Charlie6 from
Redleg's Rides had mentioned that having a spare of this item was a good idea. But I procrastinated on getting them ordered. Last Saturday, I heard a slight pulsing, hissing sound at idle and I was thinking that maybe it was the crankcase vent. I reinstalled the crankcase vapor collection canister. This morning, the "hissing" sound was back and the left cylinder was running noticeably lean and when messing with the left carburetor, the hissing sound would go away. When the hose clamp shown here was removed, the crack in the rubber "compliance fitting" was evident. I'm not sure of the origin of the part name.
Replacements have been ordered from Raceway in Salem, OR, but it'll probably take a week to get up here. My temporary repair is a strip of aluminum duct tape around the fitting under the hose clamp. For now it seems to hold and seal just fine. BTW, this aluminum tape is actually metal and designed to seal air ducts and not the normal sticky cloth version. The parts being shipped from Raceway are not the actual Ural parts as they consider them "crap". The original lasted for 25k km, not too bad in my opinion.
There was also a small oil leak from the right valve cover. I removed the cover, inspected the gasket, cleaned all of the surfaces and buttoned it back up. No oil leak. I need to be more careful I guess. The silicone valve cover gaskets on the Beemer have me somewhat spoiled I guess. They are very forgiving.
Occasionally there needs to be one cat picture every hundred posts or so. The cat has never used this part of the cat tree but now that the old tree is getting ready to be discarded, it is getting rediscovered.
Get the silicon gaskets for the valve covers. they are a nice red.
ReplyDeleteProbably will the next time these need replacing. The ones I have now are new as of January.
DeleteYep, because of its placement, its easy to not have the right valve cover fully flush and hence, the oil leak.
ReplyDeleteDid you order the gaskets that go between the compliance fittings and where they mate to the head?
No, I didn't order the gasket. Intake gaskets are easy enough to make if needed.
DeleteHey, cool kitty picture. Typical cat, they don't want to play with it until you want to discard it.
ReplyDeleteSide note - Basil turns 10 today, our little fuzzy April Fool.
The new one is by the window and it's so sunny that the cat probably uses the other one to cool down. But the new one has a much better view of the birds on the railing.
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