Have I blown it up? :(

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by Nelson, Oct 6, 2013.

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  1. Thanks for the offer Dink, think my brothers mate may have one..:upyeah:
     
    #41 Nelson, Oct 6, 2013
  2. Cant be of any help, but I hope you manage to get it sorted soon :smile:
     
    #42 mattmccabebrown, Oct 7, 2013
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  3. You're about as much use as mens tits :wink:
     
    #43 El Toro, Oct 7, 2013
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  4. Hmmm, this all sounds very familiar to what I've just had done. The vertical pot on my 1098R started passing oil. It turned out to be a cracked piston. As stated, don't run it just in case. I was lucky my whole engine didn't get lunched. I'll upload pics when I get to my laptop.
    Anyhow, the up shot was a new piston kit with barrell. I've asked around and looked on tinterpipe and it seems a very rare occurance. Ducati were keen to have the old cracked piston for analysis.
     
    #44 Mary Hinge, Oct 7, 2013
  5. I'd not bother testing it mate until I found the source of the oil! If you try and test it with oil in the barrel you will get a false reading also you will force oil into the tester! I could not say where the oil is from and tbh Id only be guessing, sadly sounds like a head off job and inspect what you have.

    You could use a bore scope like I have to look at the inside of the cylinder it may give you a clue. Also I'd want to be sure I have not overlooked any simple breathers etc etc before I stripped it down.
     
    #45 arthurbikemad, Oct 7, 2013
  6. Cheers, who did the work/under warranty?

     
    #46 Nelson, Oct 7, 2013
  7. Thanks Arf'

    I was of the same thoughts, something clearly buggered, time to get the spanners out.... again!
    Can't think of any breathers on this motor to check?

    Thanks (everyone) for the responses.

     
    #47 Nelson, Oct 7, 2013
  8. As you already know mate the investigation of where the oil is coming from is first on the list, I'd not test anything, wind anything, start anything until I was sure where it's coming from, others may be more in the know than me ;) Good luck! You may have stopped it before anything major was going to take place!
     
    #48 arthurbikemad, Oct 7, 2013
  9. Hopefully start to pull her apart this/next week, at least it's happened in Oct not April!
    Few call have revealed you can't buy rings anymore, has to be a piston and ring set...:rolleyes:
     
    #49 Nelson, Oct 7, 2013
  10. if its gonna be a piston set.
    stick some pistal hc pistons in.
    much better than stock
     
    #50 Phill, Oct 7, 2013
  11. If you don't want to start it to do a compression test, you could always do a cylinder leak down test, far more information gathered from this test, you'll know if its gasket, valves or rings/piston, and you don't have to start the bike, just manually put it on tdc.
     
    #51 mentalist, Oct 7, 2013
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  12. try Steve at Piston Broke in Bristol he may know of alternatives, been in the business years. [h=5]Address:[/h]Unit 13-15
    Easton Business Centre
    Felix Road
    Bristol
    Avon
    BS5 0HE 0117 941 2300
     
    #52 chaz, Oct 7, 2013
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  14. #54 Nelson, Oct 7, 2013
  15. Aren't they interchangeable ?
     
    #55 Birdie, Oct 7, 2013
  16. Now your being picky
     
    #56 Mr C, Oct 7, 2013
  17. I'd imagine the pistons are. The pots certainly have different part Nos.
     
    #57 Nelson, Oct 7, 2013
  18. Hope you get sorted mate, be interested to see what the cause was myself.
     
    #58 Dubs, Oct 7, 2013
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  19. This is said piston from my 1098R. The crack had actually propagated around the crown and through the bosses that houses the gudgeon pin. Piston broke 002.jpg

    Piston broke 002.jpg
     
    #59 Mary Hinge, Oct 7, 2013
  20. Oh, and fixed under warranty by Italia Moto in Lincoln. Sound lads.
     
    #60 Mary Hinge, Oct 7, 2013
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