Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > General Motorcycles only > fzr600 on brink of death lol

[loverobot]

after caning one of my fzr600s for four solid days in blistering temps in spain i have the following probs -

white smoke out of exhaust when cold and when warm but revved hard
blackish fluid dripping from the exhaust join where the can meets the downpipes - seems only when cold
losing oil - quite quickly

i am thinking

rings
valves
maybe a fuelling prob

what do i need to look at, in what order and will i need to remove the engine from the frame?

i have another engine i could put in but it is from a race bike and currently has no starter clutch so would need to swap that over

also the 'oily' bike cost me £300!! so i dont want to lob loads of cash at it

thanks

[rockhopper]

White smoke in the exhaust is coolant, oil would make blueish smoke. So perhaps head gasket has gone. You say its using a lot of oil though..

[TP]

Shoot it, replace with Ducati.

HTH

[Glyn]

sounds like head gasket

[andyb]

compression check, then again after squirting a bit of oil down the plug ole.........

[loverobot]

what would the oil down the plug hole do andy / tell me?
head gasket - not thought about coolant - will check it out!

[rockhopper]

Do a compression test. Squirt some oil in and do it again. If the reading goes up then its a rings problem, if it doesn't then its a valve or other problem.

[loverobot]

excellent
cheers
i am thinking rings - if head gasket that would be cool
if rings the engine gets binned !