Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Shazaams! Posts > Shazaam! on Engine Systems > Oil Change - What to Look For

[ils]

Shazaam!'s a genius!
Is there a Cult Of Shazaam!?
I'd join.

[KeefyB]

Originally posted by phil_h

Thats quite an open ended quote isnt it.
That crank design started life in the pantah engines ... and must be in the f1, 906, 907, 851, 888.
Why have we never heard of the problem ?
Was it used _starting_ from a particular year too ?

It happened to my '92 851 around 20k miles.
While the motor was being rebuilt by Baines Racing they had a '93 888 come in with the same prob,oddly with roughly the same milage on the clock.

[Jools]

Originally posted by Shazaam!
The first problem is that the oil galley plug on pre-2001 model year engines were made of aluminum and would unscrew causing a catastrophic loss of oil pressure that results in big-end bearing failure.

Hmmmm....Food for thought.

I don't know whether the plug on my bike is ally or steel, being registered in June 2001 probably means that the bike was built in early 2001 or more likely in late 2000.

So, probably ally then. Something else to watch out for...not that my bike ever gets thrashed or anything

[keith_mann1959]

I thought the crank plug problem was fairly widely known. I believe this is what did for my first 748 BP. Expensive to fix.

[chris999]

nice pictures ????!!!!

[rockhopper]

Yeh, i thought the oil gallery plug was quite well known about. Difficult to do anything about it without a full engine strip.

[yorkshire pud]

shazamm.bril.