Overflow for coolant and the like. Don't mess with them. Yea, when a bike is tipped you will see fluid coming out of some of them, otherwise is it rare for them to actually have fluid dripping out of them, BUT if they do it doesn't mean anything is wrong either, thats what they are there for so don't get too worried unless they are fluidy* all the time and your fluids become low. Most people have had those drip/leak fluid at some point or other, lol, good luck

 

Your airbox has 2 chambers, a clean side which is the air that is actually entering the engine. And a dirty side which is the air before it is filtered. The air enters the dirty chamber from the your snorkle or air inlet tube, once into this chamber it has to pass thru the air filter to get to the clean side chamber to be used by the engine. If you where to look at the tubes and see water in the dirty tube but not the clean tube you have gotten water into the dirty chamber but not the clean chamber.
If you have water in the clean and dirty tubes the water has made it past the filter and then into the engine

 

Thanks. I see on your wheeler description a rear bumper for your 650 xmr.. its the xt bumper that fits?

 

Makes sense now. Thats a way better description than the manual which basically just says they exist. Thanks!

 

Yeah its a Gen 2 bike and I bought the XT Rear bumper, and installed myself. The 2 brackets to mount it go to some bolts already on the bike, but they are a pain to get out and reinstall. They have lock nuts that you cant even see so getting a wrench on them is tough and then trying to hold the nut in place along with the bracket and restart the bolt...... do-able but patience is required.

 

i hope you guys could help me out i have a 2013 1000 xmr but i seem to get water in my CLEAN hose like all the time

 

i have the same problem with my 2014 xmr 650 i have tried everything and am still getting water in it and none in the dirty tube or the main airbox. I am going to take mine to the dealer. unless someone figured it out?

 

did you guys do anything to prevent your airbox from melting? id be willing to bet you both have a hole in your airbox....

 

Check the bottom mount bolt on the air box idots from the factory put to long of a bolt in it whent threw the air box check this if u dont have a melted hole

 

Best thing to do is take the air filter out and put a mason jar lid over the intake hole in the air box and start it up and if u here air theres your hole

 

Heres what my airbox looked like before my dealer replaced it and wrapped the front pipe under warranty.

 

You could try sealing off those drain tubes on the bottom of the air box. My syatv kit called for it. I filled them with silicone and put them back on to seal. No problems so far.

 

Wouldnt sealing them keep the water, small debris in the airbox and potentially sucked into the engine? My dirty tube has been filled with all kinds of random crap, clean one is still clean. Seems like they work well the way they are..

 

I haven't had any issues, if I remember right I only sealed off the dirty side. I think.