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What do you make of this?

Blimey, that guy was lucky not to drop the bike with all that oil over the tyre.
It certainly makes me glad i've got an "old" 1100 and not one of these fancy new 8 valvers!
 
londonrob wrote:
Blimey, that guy was lucky not to drop the bike with all that oil over the tyre.
It certainly makes me glad i've got an "old" 1100 and not one of these fancy new 8 valvers!
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Yes, the old bikes are perfect and never ever fail.
:huh:
 
Well, they are perfect, aren't they?

'coz that's what we make 'em ;)
 
That's a strange one, all right. <shrug> Can't imagine it being an across the board problem. I blame Louigi..B)
 
:huh: might sound stupid but i'd like to know too, what is a core plug?

(sounds like someting you need to plug the cpu with.)
 
Heh, if I understand correctly, they could be called the Achilles Heels too :)
 
Yes, but usually only on water cooled engines, I blame Luigi's late lunch...
 
I suspect in this case that the offending item was a plug stopping off an oilway drilled from the outside of the head. I have seen them weep a little, but never come out completely.
 
Core plugs are like a pressed metal disc with a lip on it. They block holes that have been bored through the engine block sometimes to machine an internal surface. They are pressed in or tapped in with a hammer and punch. Years ago it was common, (on most Brit car engines at least), for core plugs to blow or weep on the water jacket. You simply drilled a hole in the old one, pulled it out and tapped in a new one. £2,.... job sorted.
 
Gary

The core plugs (frost or Welsh plugs) I liked best were the ones at the rear of the engine block which required the engine to be removed or a hole cut in the cabin firewall to access them.

Graham
 
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