There is oil in my air box!

[Blunet600]

I found oil in my air box yesterday ( i ride a hornet 600 04 model), so i cleaned it out with a cloth (as much as i could) then emptied some oil out of my engine as there was a little too much in.
What damage has or could this have caused to my bike?
Im all worried now that the bike is going to get problems.
Cheers.
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[demoNSR]

What type of air filter do you have, is it a sponge type, or the paper type?
Reason i'm asking is because the NSR has a sponge type filter, and when you clean it, you have to soak it in oil before you put it back in. Obviously you would squeeze out the excess first, otherwise you would choke the engine.
How much oil was in your airbox?

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Don't worry too much about it. That's where your crank breather empties, and since you overfilled it with oil, it blew the excess out of the crank breather.

Just double check you don't get more.
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[Blunet600]

There wasnt alot, it was around and dripping down the sides of the box, but no puddles inside it. Its a cylinder shape, not sponge.
My mate said its just the breather hose putting it in there, will i need to clean out the breather hose?
cheers.
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[Blue_SV650S]

[Blunet600]

A smidge. . . it was above the top line of the dipstick... just before it rounds off.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Blunet600]

no. I put in without screwing it down.
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[Vincent]

The only harm it can cause is to dirty up the filter over prolonged time. Just clean it up every few momnths - nothing to worry about.
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[temeluchus]

as ham said, normal if the oil level is a little high or youve been giving it the berries
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