Vacuum Line issue

[Scutler]

I don't know if any of you have experienced this. The vacuum line in the picture does not seem to want to stay in place. The synthetic nipple that it attaches to is starting to deteriorate due to me constantly reattaching the line. Any solutions you guys suggest?

 

[hasenpfeffer]

It unclear which vacuum line that is?

 

[Scutler]

It unclear which vacuum line that is?

I'll try to get a better picture. This is on the right side of the bike.

 

[kjackbrown]

what does it connect to (head, evap can, valve....)?

 

[Ogre_fl]

Umm.....isn’t that the horn?

I am betting that is the evap canister drain line and on my bike it was simply stuffed down in the frame in front of the engine.
I am not sure down in the frame is really where it is supposed to go (though I think its right), but I am pretty sure is not supposed to go on the horn.
Someone probably just put it on there because they did not know where it went.

 

[Scutler]

Umm.....isn’t that the horn?

I am betting that is the evap canister drain line and on my bike it was simply stuffed down in the frame in front of the engine.
I am not sure down in the frame is really where it is supposed to go (though I think its right), but I am pretty sure is not supposed to go on the horn.
Someone probably just put it on there because they did not know where it went.

That is how the bike came from the dealer floor. hmm

 

[hasenpfeffer]

Get a wider picture so we can see where the other end goes, and so we can see other parts to tell if something is missing. No hoses go to the horn. Most hoses revolve around the evap canister. 1 hose goes between the crankcase and the airbox.

 

[Scutler]

Umm.....isn’t that the horn?

I am betting that is the evap canister drain line and on my bike it was simply stuffed down in the frame in front of the engine.
I am not sure down in the frame is really where it is supposed to go (though I think its right), but I am pretty sure is not supposed to go on the horn.
Someone probably just put it on there because they did not know where it went.

Yes it is the horn... Im at a loss

 

[Scutler]

 

[Scutler]

The line is attached to the cannister on one end. Any clue where it should go from there?

 

[hasenpfeffer]

That's a drain tube for the canister. It doesn't connect to anything and is normally stuffed between the front engine frame with the big holes in it and the engine.

 

[msmith345]

That's the drain/open air line from the canister, just tuck it back by the frame and let it hang to where it won't drip on anything important. No worries, and it really should not be plugged up on the horn like that, if your bike has enough gas passing from the overflow tube down into the charcoal canister to overflow out that hose. You want it to be able to get out of there, so pressure doesn't build up.

 

[Scutler]

That's a drain tube for the canister. It doesn't connect to anything and is normally stuffed between the front engine frame with the big holes in it and the engine.

Thanks,

I will now sleep better at night. Stuffing it between the engine and frame an then forgetting about it.

 

[Scutler]

That's the drain/open air line from the canister, just tuck it back by the frame and let it hang to where it won't drip on anything important. No worries, and it really should not be plugged up on the horn like that, if your bike has enough gas passing from the overflow tube down into the charcoal canister to overflow out that hose. You want it to be able to get out of there, so pressure doesn't build up.

 

[Coffee]

Yes it is the horn... Im at a loss

That would be the world famous BMW designed vacuum operated horn! Yes-er-ee Bob!

 

[Scutler]

That would be the world famous BMW designed vacuum operated horn! Yes-er-ee Bob!

Had me fooled and the dealer apparently.

 

[Coffee]

Had me fooled and the dealer apparently.

To be crystal clear - I was not making fun of you or your dealer, at all.

Very easy to make that type of mistake if few bikes had been seen.