Exhaust vain relocate?

[skidoo2012]

Ijust got a pro this week and have seen some threads on here about peole moving the exhaust vain? Just a question i was wondering what the purpose of this was and what do you gain? and is there anything else i should do before i ride it? Any help will be great!
Thanks!

 

[sledcrazzy]

HUH?

 

[KAWGRN]

I think the exhaust vein is connected to the knuten arm!

 

[switchassault]

Ijust got a pro this week and have seen some threads on here about peole moving the exhaust vain? Just a question i was wondering what the purpose of this was and what do you gain? and is there anything else i should do before i ride it? Any help will be great!
Thanks!

Yes, the vain can be moved but must be clamped and glued too! I think RKT sells a kit!

 

[mtncat1]

what's a exhaust vain

 

[Merlin]

Ijust got a pro this week and have seen some threads on here about peole moving the exhaust vain? Just a question i was wondering what the purpose of this was and what do you gain? and is there anything else i should do before i ride it? Any help will be great!
Thanks!

Exhaust valve solenoid drain(or vent) perhaps???

Basically routing it to a point outside the engine compartment to minimize mess.............

 

[skidoo2012]

Sorry for the confusion its called an exhaust valve relocate? Now do you know what im talking about?

 

[Oregonsledder]

Sorry for the confusion its called an exhaust valve relocate? Now do you know what im talking about?

Nope.... you can't relocate the exhaust valves??? You must be concerned about the muffler bearings... Geeze!! Kids today!

 

[skidoo2012]

Hahaha well what the heck is everyone talking about?

 

[Merlin]

Sorry for the confusion its called an exhaust valve relocate? Now do you know what im talking about?

Dude, please read the post below again, focusing carefully on the highlighted & underlined portions...........

It is the hose for the exhaust valve solenoid vent that needs to be relocated/re-routed..............In it's factory location, the hose spews oil in front of & underneath the engine and makes a he77 of a mess..............

Exhaust valve solenoid drain(or vent) perhaps???

Basically routing it to a point outside the engine compartment to minimize mess.............

 

[bigchevrolet]

what has worked for some to be the best route to move this?

 

[fastlane]

this must be where the oil is coming from on mine, took it for a little spin to the gas station and back, it is a new 13 model, put .5 miles on it and got back, there was oil everywhere in front under the motor, looked like it was coming out of the exhaust pipe connection but that is dry, underneath the y-pipe was covered in black used oil, it sprayed up all over the motor, leaked to the point of dripping on my garage floor... nice to have a brand new sled covered in oil under the hood.... is there anything a guy can do? i assume thats what this guy is refering to???

 

[Merlin]

what has worked for some to be the best route to move this?

this must be where the oil is coming from on mine, took it for a little spin to the gas station and back, it is a new 13 model, put .5 miles on it and got back, there was oil everywhere in front under the motor, looked like it was coming out of the exhaust pipe connection but that is dry, underneath the y-pipe was covered in black used oil, it sprayed up all over the motor, leaked to the point of dripping on my garage floor... nice to have a brand new sled covered in oil under the hood.... is there anything a guy can do? i assume thats what this guy is refering to???

There have been 2 main approaches to re-routing the exhaust valve solenoid vent hose:

1/ Out the front the sled through the openings near the A-arms

2/ Out the R.S. of the belly pan near the exhaust pipe dump

If you do a search on this forum you'll come up with some posts that have pictures included..............

 

[Mark's RMK]

Oily Mess

And there were also posts suggesting that you use some black silicone on the conncections of the exhaust pipe to the Y and similarly to the can. Black high temp silicone.

 

[fastlane]

the oil leak i have is not coming from the exhaust, all exhaust connections are dry... must be the exh valve vent hose, my dealer had no idea..

 

[ak49er]

So, the concensus is to take these sleds, whose emissions are highly regulated by the EPA, to not harm our riding environment from their emissions, and vent the oily drippings out into the virgin backcountry's water sheds, headwaters and resovoirs?

All to avoid a little washdown now and again?

Which would be an oportune time to look in and around the engine compartment for a little Preventative Maintenance?

Brilliant move, gentleman!

 

[Merlin]

So, the concensus is to take these sleds, whose emissions are highly regulated by the EPA, to not harm our riding environment from their emissions, and vent the oily drippings out into the virgin backcountry's water sheds, headwaters and resovoirs?

All to avoid a little washdown now and again?

Which would be an oportune time to look in and around the engine compartment for a little Preventative Maintenance?

Brilliant move, gentleman!

You make a valid point that, in theory, is difficult to argue with..............

I just don't feel that the amount of drippings that come from the exhaust solenoid vent hoses on all of the snowmobiles currently on the snow will negatively impact the environment...................Of course I have no way of backing that statement up but I suppose we could fund another government study to the tune of millions of dollars to look into the matter.............

As for me, I'll focus on packing out what I packed in when I go riding & picking up anyone elses garbage I find along the way because IMHO that is what the tree-hugging types will notice while they're on their nature walks, not several indiscernible drops of 2-stroke engine oil................

 

[The Fourth Wolf]

In the immortal words of Samuel L. Jackson...
"English M***er F***er!? Do you speak it!?"

vain adjective \ˈvān\

Definitions of VAIN
1: having no real value : idle, worthless <vain pretensions>
2: marked by futility or ineffectualness : unsuccessful, useless <vain efforts to escape>
3archaic : foolish, silly
4: having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited
— vain·ly adverb
— vain·ness noun
— in vain
1: to no end : without success or result <her efforts were in vain>
2: in an irreverent or blasphemous manner <you shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain — Deuteronomy 5:11 (Revised Standard Version)>

VENT, on the other hand, is to relieve pressure, or in the case of the Pro RMK exhaust...a length or rubber tubing designed to drain residual lubricant caught in the exhaust valves.

I rerouted my exhaust vent tube. The stock tube is too short so I replaced it with three feet of 1/4" ID brake line. The vent tube is routed down in a gentle curve to the shock tower opening and safety wired to the belly pan. The excess tube was trimmed off.

I drilled a 1/16" hole for the wire. Silicone your exhaust donuts as well. My Y-pipe fitting was leaking.

 

[ak49er]

I got three years on a PRO, three on an IQ, and they bellow out quite a mess out of the vent hose. Not gallons, but a definite quaintifable amount has come out of these engines.

So your buklhead gets dirty, get some Goof-Off, grab a beer and hose her down.

A quick Google search will show that the tree-humpers and scientists are starting to link amphibian mutations to synthetic lubricants. Think three-eyed and five legged frogs.

And they are also showing that the birds that are eating aqautic invetabrates are linked to the lubricants as well. Think: "crossbilled" birds (where the upper and lower jaws don't align.)

And in one study they even mention that the only ORV's that could possibly reach some of these watersheds have to be snowmobiles due to the fact that we can access more terrain than any other ORV due to snow cover over seasonally impassible areas like rock fields, creeks valleys and steep angles.

These lubes are on our chassis swing points, jackshafts, etc. but most predominanlty the injection oil. Now you guys that use convential oils aren't exaclty off the hook either, it's just that the synthetic are more toxic to these organisms.

Responsibilty comes in all shapes and practices.

I personally would Dry-Hump a tree if it guarantees I can teach my future grandchildren to ride in the same areas I ride in.

For an example of cause and effect: Our Dads' diesels were dirty, sooty, slow trucks, The OEM's listened to them and made them cleaner, quieter and more powerful. We wanted even more power and develop and throw on tuners and DPF deletes that give us insane amounts of power and over-fuel the hell out of them.

And we get: "Smoke-Shows" or even stupider, guys who can't afford a tuner so they throw on a "Smoke-Switch" that shuts down the turbo and over fules so they can roll-smoke.

Only took about four years of public complints and the EPA is now going after the aftermarket producers of some of these components.

It will not be long before they start going after us individual truck drivers.

I want a tuner, I want 1000 ft/lbs of *** stump-pulling tourqe. But I not gonna' smoke and be a spectacle that the vocal minority will target.

 

[Merlin]

I got three years on a PRO, three on an IQ, and they bellow out quite a mess out of the vent hose. Not gallons, but a definite quaintifable amount has come out of these engines.

So your buklhead gets dirty, get some Goof-Off, grab a beer and hose her down.

A quick Google search will show that the tree-humpers and scientists are starting to link amphibian mutations to synthetic lubricants. Think three-eyed and five legged frogs.

And they are also showing that the birds that are eating aqautic invetabrates are linked to the lubricants as well. Think: "crossbilled" birds (where the upper and lower jaws don't align.)

And in one study they even mention that the only ORV's that could possibly reach some of these watersheds have to be snowmobiles due to the fact that we can access more terrain than any other ORV due to snow cover over seasonally impassible areas like rock fields, creeks valleys and steep angles.

These lubes are on our chassis swing points, jackshafts, etc. but most predominanlty the injection oil. Now you guys that use convential oils aren't exaclty off the hook either, it's just that the synthetic are more toxic to these organisms.

Responsibilty comes in all shapes and practices.

I personally would Dry-Hump a tree if it guarantees I can teach my future grandchildren to ride in the same areas I ride in.

For an example of cause and effect: Our Dads' diesels were dirty, sooty, slow trucks, The OEM's listened to them and made them cleaner, quieter and more powerful. We wanted even more power and develop and throw on tuners and DPF deletes that give us insane amounts of power and over-fuel the hell out of them.

And we get: "Smoke-Shows" or even stupider, guys who can't afford a tuner so they throw on a "Smoke-Switch" that shuts down the turbo and over fules so they can roll-smoke.

Only took about four years of public complints and the EPA is now going after the aftermarket producers of some of these components.

It will not be long before they start going after us individual truck drivers.

I want a tuner, I want 1000 ft/lbs of *** stump-pulling tourqe. But I not gonna' smoke and be a spectacle that the vocal minority will target.

I'm fairly certain that the validity of the above study is up for debate as common sense would tell me that the amount of drippings from overgreased suspension/chassis components & exhaust valve vent hoses would have negligible impact on the environment but I definitely do take your point..............


On the other hand, I couldn't agree more with you on the attention, albeit negative, that's drawn to pick-ups that are over-fueling so bad that they could be confused for coal burning locomotives............


In the end we all want the same thing, for our children & future generations to have the privilege of enjoying this sport as we have................


Regards,


Glen