Thread: The mushroom bit on the top

you're not going to damage anything Lou, it's a breather (& a filter) and can do with a wash out at times

rinse & shake it well when you finish...

... and before you paint it, ensure that it's washed off with turps and allowed to dry

Thank you exactly what I wanted to hear....

I will go wash it now perhaps its just debris caught up in it that I can see.

I dont have any turps here I have just been degreasing, washing with clean water and then wiping down with thinner seems to have been doing the trick

Originally Posted by dullbird

Thank you exactly what I wanted to hear....

I will go wash it now perhaps its just debris caught up in it that I can see.

I dont have any turps here I have just been degreasing, washing with clean water and then wiping down with thinner seems to have been doing the trick

the wire mesh in it isn't debris - that's the filter !

Ahhhhhh ok

thanks again

Actually mine is quite oily is that normal?

considering its the breather for the crankcase, yes, thats perfectly normal

Thanks sprint

Originally Posted by dullbird

Hello Oh knowledgeable ones

The mushroom looking thing on the top of the 4cyl petrol is it some sort of cleaner or something?

I looks like the one on the side which I thought was also to do with and air filter of some sort.

The reason I ask is I have just taken it off the rocker cover and I would like to just drop it in a bucket of degreaser before painting it black. however when I looked in the little gap on the side it loos like it has some sort of wire mesh of something in it (or perhaps filter material?)...so wanted to make sure I wasn't going to damage anything in there by doing so.

Did you grab it and try to lift it off, look around to see if anyone had noticed, have a closer look and find that screw under it that holds it on?

I did