Hi guys n gals our 2015 DVT 1200 Multi went to the local bike garage for belts valves and full service. Was running fine before hand. Mechanic rang me, I thought was a call to say the bike was ready, to be collected. Instead he told me the bike was running rough on the front cylinder. On investigation he found the front spark plugs fouled (NGK MAR10A-J ) heavily but didnt have any spare and as its Bank hol weekend was told further investigation will have to wait til Wednesday. Said he couldnt clean the plugs as they are iridium coated and not ok to clean? He did go on to say it was running on the bench for in the workshop for an extended period for reasons he did mention but I cant remember now (changing coolant possibly). Any duc mechanics /technicians or knowledgable folks on the forum who might know what this might point too please? Cheers for any help and advice.
And, anyway. If it is fouling, then just put in a basic plug that you can buy anywhere -even on a bank holiday. Sort out the issue and then replace with an Iridium plug that you are not going to wreck. The problem need to be addressed first. How many plugs is he going to buy? A new Iridium plug goes in every 5 minutes after the previous one has been fouled? This is stupid...
My understanding is that when changing the belts on a DVT engine it is all to easy to get the timing wrong because of the DVT actuators on the cams. See https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threa...d-bad-starting-idle.67848/page-4#post-1399666
You are being sensible (and helpful), now. I prefer the "local mechanic theory" that Ducatis are magic....
Wondering if you know your plugs fella? Ngk has a shortage of their stock across Europe and the specific ones for the ducati multistrada are a certain type.....
Easy for you to say my local Duc dealer is a 100 mile round trip and booked solid for fours weeks but heh thanks for the input fella lol
I just looked at where you are located - Cumberland - so fair enough! You could always move.....but that'a a nice part of the country.... I'll shad'up!!!!
Yes it is. The setting of the DVT belt timing is a tricky job for an experienced ducati mech. In my case, rough running etc, My Mechanic owned the fact that he had put the timing out and apologised profusely. It took him quite a while to find the issue as well. He had to check the cam timing several times before he realised... My money is on the mis-timing.
Yep sounds very similar to my situation, thankfully they're going to sort the problem out - even taking it to a Duc dealer if necessary. As a Duc owning mate said "Bloody ducatis should have bought a Honda....nah the Ducs are brill!" Lol
The only way to set the DVT's is with the holding tools for the cams and crank. One of the tools is applied to the lhs of the crank apparently. This was the missing step that contributed to my bikes issues I was told. Whatever, it is not a job for someone who hasn't done one before. Strangely, all this coincided with my plug leads crapping out, also causing bizarre running issues. All up, took me more than a year to get it sorted, lucky I have another bike to ride...
