Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: oil leak

Author: Chris Berry

Date: Jul 16, 2001, 6:19 AM

Post ID: 1707508881


Kinda what I figured...will go on a search today for new o-rings. If I
can't find them, I guess it'll be a week without riding! :(
Off I go!
Chris in NC

 Well, they were certainly round in cross section when the factory put them
in! What you are looking at is total forced deformation and loss of
elastic
memory after years of pressure and heat and submersion in an oil bath. Bet
you a dollar they are also hard as a rock and with small cracks. That's
exactly why they leak after years.

I would NOT use hardware store o-rings unless you want to do this job
twice.
Get them from your Guzzi parts supplier or from a good bearing house so you
know they will tolerate oil and heat properly.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA
EV, EV, SPII, V-65-C, Monza, SuperAlce
MGNOC L-403

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