Mileage now is 9,210mile.
I rode into London on Monday and when in traffic got an oil warning light come on. Went after I pulled away and the revs got above 2,000rpm but came back whenever at idle. After letting the bike cool overnight I rode home without any warning lights at all. If it wasn’t for the light I’d have never had any concerns. I suspected a dodgy pressure sensor so have ordered one from Guzzi along with an adaptor so they’ve clearly had problems with these and have now changed the design.
However, I decided to investigate properly today and the found that the oil level was a bit low. Just on the bottom of the dipstick. Sorry about the blurry photo but you can see the level just about.
I then started removing the plasticwork so that I could see if I could find a leak. Quite a lot was oily so I eventually ended up removing the tank and had a look in the airbox which has quite a lot of fresh oil in it.
The engine breather pipes come into a collector box on the from of the airfilter and the hoses have been leaking and dripping oil down onto the engine which is where I think most of the mess has come from. I haven’t checked the pressure sensor yet so that could also be leaking.
So I am a bit baffled. I would have thought that oil in the airbox would indicate the crankcases being overfilled with oil. But the dipstick suggests otherwise.
Can anyone give me any ideas as to what might be going on? I appreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks,
David
I rode into London on Monday and when in traffic got an oil warning light come on. Went after I pulled away and the revs got above 2,000rpm but came back whenever at idle. After letting the bike cool overnight I rode home without any warning lights at all. If it wasn’t for the light I’d have never had any concerns. I suspected a dodgy pressure sensor so have ordered one from Guzzi along with an adaptor so they’ve clearly had problems with these and have now changed the design.
However, I decided to investigate properly today and the found that the oil level was a bit low. Just on the bottom of the dipstick. Sorry about the blurry photo but you can see the level just about.
I then started removing the plasticwork so that I could see if I could find a leak. Quite a lot was oily so I eventually ended up removing the tank and had a look in the airbox which has quite a lot of fresh oil in it.
The engine breather pipes come into a collector box on the from of the airfilter and the hoses have been leaking and dripping oil down onto the engine which is where I think most of the mess has come from. I haven’t checked the pressure sensor yet so that could also be leaking.
So I am a bit baffled. I would have thought that oil in the airbox would indicate the crankcases being overfilled with oil. But the dipstick suggests otherwise.
Can anyone give me any ideas as to what might be going on? I appreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks,
David