Subject: Re: Low Mileage Ambo
Author: Rich Pardo
Date: Aug 22, 2003, 7:56 PM
Post ID: 1714252525
Why not take the heads off and look? It doesn't take more than a couple of
hours to take them off and put them back on.
Or check the existing oil for flakes. Someone was warning about the oil
looking metalic when the chrome breaks down in another thread.
| From: Donny <donn-@bellsouth.net> Reply-To: Loopfram-@topica.com To: Loopfram-@topica.com Subject: Low Mileage Ambo Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 02:47:10 +0000 Okay, so I've been hearing the horror stories about chrome peeling off cylinders walls and trashing engines of bikes that spent a lot of time sitting. I picked up my first Guzzi last week, a 1970 Ambo with 6200 miles. It obviously spent a lot of time in the garage, but was supposedly started regularly. It runs well, but now I'm concerned about destroying the motor by riding it. I did a compression test today with the motor cold, both plugs out and throttle wide open and got a solid 180 lbs on each side. Does the fact that the bike has good and equal compression indicate that the jugs are okay and the bike is safe to ride? Is there something else I can check short of tearing the top end down? I'd like to avoid unnecessary work and expense, but at the same time I don't want to trash a good motor by pumping chrome flakes through the oil passages. Donny |
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