Filter plug in breather hose?

[Pat Conlon]

Hey folks, I've been meaning to ask, when I re-jetted my carbs on my '84 (w/stock air box)  I did not properly reconnect my breather tube to the airbox elbow....I discovered this on a check out ride, what a friggin mess, oil everywhere.
When I cleaned up the bike I found what looks like a fiber filter plug laying on my engine case.

Question: Did this come out (or blow out) of the breather tube? Possibly used to reduce oil in the blow by?
I don't see this little goodie listed in the Yamaha microfiche...
I have a fair amount of blow by on my 120k mile motor, so in my effort to keep my carbs clean I've converted over to a K&N crankcase breather.

Thanks amigos!   How many days until the WCR?

Paddy

[ren-dog]

Hey Pat,
I've had a look at the parts on my workbench
on which lies the entirety of an 84 1100,
and I see no fibre filter/plug in the pile of exterior crankcase bits.
That being said I have used scouring sponges as blow by filters.
You know that green plastic fibre mesh that is used
to scrub the burnt shit off pots and pans.
Hope that helps

[Pat Conlon]

Thanks dog, (sorry mate, I can't recall your name) The filter plug would be inside the breather tube if it were there at all.  Pat

I've had a look at the parts on my workbench
on which lies the entirety of an 84 1100,
and I see no fibre filter/plug in the pile of exterior crankcase bits.

[LA Mike]

Thanks amigos!   How many days until the WCR?

Paddy

68 DAYS....which is way tooooo long!!!!

[ren-dog]

No worries Pat,
If you are referring to this hose,
then there is nothing inside.

Cheers,
Mark

[Pat Conlon]

Okeydoke, thanks Mark!

No worries Pat,
If you are referring to this hose,
then there is nothing inside.

Cheers,
Mark