Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > Supersports: SS / SuperSport / Supersport 950 > question about oil cooler connections on MK1 superlight.

[Redsps]

A question for anyone who may know this.
On my superlight's oil cooler there is a what appears to be a isolating valve connected to the coooler.
It only moves a quater of a turn, either on of off, like the plumbing valves with the blue or red handles.
How do I know which is way it should be, there is another smaller oil line connected to the out going side of the valve, which goes to the bottom of the carbs , linking both carbs and then returning to the cooler.
What is this for, it's not shown in the manual.
I'm a bit concerned that this valve could easly get moved to a closed postion, so I need to be sure what postion it should be in normal rididng mode,would it have been part of this mod for the carbs etc.
any help guys.

Cheers
R

[bolds]

Its the carb heating kit to help with carb icing in winter-it diverts hot engine oil round the float bowls to stop icing-cannot remember which way the tap works though-would presume if it was on pos it would not divert the oil

[Red-Duc]

I would assume that if the handle is at right angles to the tap it would be shut and inline for open, that is the way the plumbing valves work

[FiscusFish]

90 degrees to main oil line, oil goes via carbs, then to cooler and "stops" carb icing... Inline with hose and the oil goes straight through to the cooler.

Never made a blind bit of difference either way on my SL...