My rear pot is showing way more wear and issues than the front (which is like new) on my strip down on the 916. All the refurb work will be required on the rear which has more wear and is leaking oil into the head like a sieve....... needs shimmed, valve lap, seals, rings........... front is perfect, something definitely in that all right....
at least you've got 80K out of it. Merc CLK, 29,000 miles. Gearbox ECU speed sensor fails. Have to change the whole ECU for a ten pound magnet. 1300 quid plus 3.5 hours labour and 145 quids worth of additional parts because you have to strip the bottom of the gearbox sump off just to get to it. Merc think it's acceptable and as the car is out of warranty 'shove it up your arse sir'. I'll never buy a used merc again. Utter rubbish. Anyway, back on track... Warming up... it's more important to make sure that the oil is pumping through all the galleries, normally the first 30 - 90 seconds of the engine starting. Sometimes though loading the engine will get it to temperature quicker than idling it, but engine temp isn't the whole story, bearings and drive train also need warming up so the gentle first couple of miles to let wheel bearings and final drive settle. If you're particularly well heeled - Kope999, I'm looking at you You might want to consider taking a take off from your coolant line and using an external auxilliary pre heater. These will warm the coolant to operational temperature and cycle it round your engine block. One quick disconnect later and you're good to go off the button in the time it takes you to get your gloves on. The other thing to bear in mind is heat soak.- that's actually what murders a lot of turbos in cars, they're ragged, not allowed to cool down sufficiently and then suffer premature failure. Heat soak is often used in racing where an engine is cycled, and then shut off allowing the heat to soak into the block before being fired up again. With the coolant system not working as the egine isn't running the engine has no choice but to absorb the heat energy itself. As for pissing neighbours off... air cooled engine, termi's and flatslides... I say n'more!
Well I counted today 45s max. And oil does not need 90s to get to vertical cylinder. I have put my engine apart6 months ago, moved the heads that were lyingonthe floor for all that time and oil still came out.
A professional opinion/advice from a Ducati Technician would be good, forgive me if one already posted....
I'm the same as most others on here - 45 seconds while I put my gloves on then off at a slow'ish pace until she fully gets up to temperature and the tyres are reasuringly warm before I start to get more generous with my wrist action... My dad, on the other hand, would sit on his BSA for several minutes while he warmed it up when I was a lad
90 seconds or so for me but my hyper never gets above 4 bars hot which is nice.....rsv4 is the total opposite after a few mins I may as well drive a BBQ to work....no matter what the weather.
