To me, it looks like it's leaking above the exhaust and then running down and around it.
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Multistrada 1260S strange oily trace - is it a leak?
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Hi all,
I am completely new to the Forum so hi to everyone.
I bought new Multistrada 1260S in April 2019 and have been enjoying it a lot.
Then, I suddenly discovered something what, it turned out, nobody can detect what it is.
I send my bike to 2 different Ducati service stations and both of them had no answer - they told me - ride more and see if this will continue and increase or it will disappear.
I will post pictures and explain a bit.
This are the pictures taken at the moment when I discovered this (after ca 3.200 km on the clock).
I don't know when it appeared, either just at that time or it was there for a longer time, or from the beginning.
First, we all suspected (were almost sure) that it was faulty valve cover gasket.
But after they wiped the oil trace and checked the bike, it turned out that valve cover was completely dry and they couldn't discover where it was coming from.
After that, I was riding more and I was forcing it to leak (higher revs, higher speed), but only what I dot whas this below.
When I wiped that again, I got myself a dentist mirror and checked completely closely the exhaust gasket(exhaust - manifold).
Now it looks like this:
It is definitely coming from there - from the bottom part of exhaust gasked on vertical cylinder- at the service, they are telling me that it is the leftover of some grease from the factory, melting, they cannot find anything else and they are persuading me that this is not a leak.
When I closely look the gasked, it seems a bit greasy and these are some burned spots on the exhaust around it - might be some grease - maybe they put grease in the factory when they assemble exhaust and manifold together?? - and they put too much this time
But still, can it be exhaust gasket leaking? I don't know how it looks when exhaust gasket is leaking - for me it would be strange to see oily, liquid texture - it shoud be just burned and dry if exhaust is leaking.
This what I am getting is oily and liquid - and it is not getting around the bolts and everywhere around gasked like on the first picutres, now it is just a tiny oily trace at the middle of the exhaust gasket- and not even close to qty like it was when I first discovered it,
Do you have any idea what this could be?
Thanx in advance,
Greetings from Croatia,
I am completely new to the Forum so hi to everyone.
I bought new Multistrada 1260S in April 2019 and have been enjoying it a lot.
Then, I suddenly discovered something what, it turned out, nobody can detect what it is.
I send my bike to 2 different Ducati service stations and both of them had no answer - they told me - ride more and see if this will continue and increase or it will disappear.
I will post pictures and explain a bit.
This are the pictures taken at the moment when I discovered this (after ca 3.200 km on the clock).
I don't know when it appeared, either just at that time or it was there for a longer time, or from the beginning.
First, we all suspected (were almost sure) that it was faulty valve cover gasket.
But after they wiped the oil trace and checked the bike, it turned out that valve cover was completely dry and they couldn't discover where it was coming from.
After that, I was riding more and I was forcing it to leak (higher revs, higher speed), but only what I dot whas this below.
When I wiped that again, I got myself a dentist mirror and checked completely closely the exhaust gasket(exhaust - manifold).
Now it looks like this:
It is definitely coming from there - from the bottom part of exhaust gasked on vertical cylinder- at the service, they are telling me that it is the leftover of some grease from the factory, melting, they cannot find anything else and they are persuading me that this is not a leak.
When I closely look the gasked, it seems a bit greasy and these are some burned spots on the exhaust around it - might be some grease - maybe they put grease in the factory when they assemble exhaust and manifold together?? - and they put too much this time
But still, can it be exhaust gasket leaking? I don't know how it looks when exhaust gasket is leaking - for me it would be strange to see oily, liquid texture - it shoud be just burned and dry if exhaust is leaking.
This what I am getting is oily and liquid - and it is not getting around the bolts and everywhere around gasked like on the first picutres, now it is just a tiny oily trace at the middle of the exhaust gasket- and not even close to qty like it was when I first discovered it,
Do you have any idea what this could be?
Thanx in advance,
Greetings from Croatia,
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Let's hope this is the case... If so, I would pay this guy another lunch
Some guys were telling me it could be head gasket actually, and that this could be the oil that is circulating through oilways inside head and finding it's way out...I don't like this scenario
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