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fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« on: 10 January 2018, 05:49:01 pm »
hi all ive just bought a fazer 600 1998 model and noticed that there was a hole in underside of the exhaust between the hanger bracket and the link pipe to end can . i filled this as i thought it was a rot hole now the link pipe joint is blowing and passing condensation, was the hole i filled a condensation hole and supposed to be there ? should i redrill it think it was about 2 mm and thinking about it looked to round to be rot :S any help would be appreciated thx russ

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #1 on: 10 January 2018, 05:54:47 pm »
yep its a condensation relief hole - i thought the same thing at first as it was blowing like mad - but that was because the exhaust was f##ked

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #2 on: 10 January 2018, 06:01:00 pm »
thx ill redrill it !! cheers

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #3 on: 10 January 2018, 06:03:04 pm »
Here you are it was discussed a while back too http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,15938.25.html
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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #4 on: 10 January 2018, 06:07:23 pm »
thx anybody know what size the drain hole should be cant make my mind up weather to drill a 2 or 3mm hole back in place cheers

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #5 on: 10 January 2018, 06:56:42 pm »
thx anybody know what size the drain hole should be cant make my mind up weather to drill a 2 or 3mm hole back in place cheers
Yeh it should be the same size as it was before you filled it in  :pokefun
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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #6 on: 10 January 2018, 07:18:30 pm »
doh - lol :'(

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #7 on: 10 January 2018, 07:28:48 pm »
5mm should do the job
as the mrs says its not the size that matters - its how good a job it does

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #8 on: 10 January 2018, 07:38:44 pm »
lol  :rollin cheers

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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #9 on: 10 January 2018, 11:24:50 pm »
5mm should do the job
as the mrs says its not the size that matters - its how good a job it does


That's not what she said to me  :eek


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Re: fazer 600 1998 small hole in exhast pipe is it drain hole ?
« Reply #10 on: 10 January 2018, 11:39:00 pm »
5mm should do the job
as the mrs says its not the size that matters - its how good a job it does


That's not what she said to me  :eek
nope i saw the video - wasnt it 'its not the size that matters but at least learn to use it'  :lol :rollin