Gear oil coming out of breather tube

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Pressure washed the Zforce the other day after a muddy ride.  Rode to work this morning and noticed oil burning smell. Looked and gear oil was coming out of the rear diff breather tube and getting blown up on the exhaust.  i am afraid I might have gotten some water down the breather tube.  I have wiped the oil off and hope it goes away after burning off.  Any ideas or suggestions?

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Quote from: airnav33 on July 14, 2022, 01:52:36 PM
Pressure washed the Zforce the other day after a muddy ride.  Rode to work this morning and noticed oil burning smell. Looked and gear oil was coming out of the rear diff breather tube and getting blown up on the exhaust.  i am afraid I might have gotten some water down the breather tube.  I have wiped the oil off and hope it goes away after burning off.  Any ideas or suggestions?
Many get that...including me.. as we in the US always fill these level with the fill hole where with CFM...that's too much. As tough as it is to do so, only put in what the manual calls for. Your gut wants to fill it to the hole...and that's OK unless you road-run or do things that get it hot and run it hard. Just easy trail riding won't ever throw it through the tube. But do check it for "Milk" and if so change it ...like now.
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