Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: oil leak

Author: Chris Berry

Date: Jul 16, 2001, 11:38 AM

Post ID: 1707512659


Well...80 cents and 30 minutes of labor later, I don't think it leaks
anymore! Couln't find what I thought to be the exact size o-ring (no one
around here has metric), but found what looks mighty damn close...viton too!
Seems to work well, the bike ran like usual which is to say well. We'll
see if that was the problem later this week.
Chris in NC


 From: Chris Berry <guzzis-@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: oil leak
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:19:06 -0400

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Kinda what I figured...will go on a search today for new o-rings. If I
can't find them, I guess it'll be a week without riding! :(
Off I go!
Chris in NC

 Well, they were certainly round in cross section when the factory put them
in! What you are looking at is total forced deformation and loss of
elastic
memory after years of pressure and heat and submersion in an oil bath.
Bet
you a dollar they are also hard as a rock and with small cracks. That's
exactly why they leak after years.

I would NOT use hardware store o-rings unless you want to do this job
twice.
Get them from your Guzzi parts supplier or from a good bearing house so
you
know they will tolerate oil and heat properly.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
EV, EV, SPII, V-65-C, Monza, SuperAlce
MGNOC L-403

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