I was doing my 45,000 mile service on the G11.
I put the fancy Alum Dipstick in to check the new oil fill level and on unscrewing it it felt Wrong. Sure enough the rod and sheared of and into the bottom of the pan. Looking at it I can see the pin that secures the rod is not far enough away from the start of support hole. Guzzi's vibrate and with the long lever of the rod I'm sure the vibration sheared the dipstick at the fixing pin. Bad design, there's a reason vibration tolerant steel is used as dipsticks.
Well now I'll ordering up a pan gasket, dipstick and work on my Zen.
I put the fancy Alum Dipstick in to check the new oil fill level and on unscrewing it it felt Wrong. Sure enough the rod and sheared of and into the bottom of the pan. Looking at it I can see the pin that secures the rod is not far enough away from the start of support hole. Guzzi's vibrate and with the long lever of the rod I'm sure the vibration sheared the dipstick at the fixing pin. Bad design, there's a reason vibration tolerant steel is used as dipsticks.
Well now I'll ordering up a pan gasket, dipstick and work on my Zen.