Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive
 

Subject: Re: exhaust probs

Author: Martin Cooke

Date: Jul 26, 2002, 6:18 AM

Post ID: 1710675051

what's the RTV supposed to do?

cookie

ps i got the locking nuts on my own bike & i never have to touch them or the
gaskets.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Graf" <kgr-@midwestpension.com>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: RE: exhaust probs


 If you got the frame clamps and the locking nuts(I got 'em too but I'm not
quit sure if they were worth the $$)You can try some hi-temp RTV on the
threads (tip from the list!). The combination of these three things seem
to
 make my gaskets last a bit longer.

Kev

-----Original Message-----
From: EldoMike [mailto:msse-@classicguzzi.com]
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:43 AM
To: Loopfram-@topica.com
Subject: Re: exhaust probs


Has it got the frame to exhaust pipe clamps?

Mike
www.classicguzzi.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Cooke" <cook-@virgin.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 3:19 AM
Subject: exhaust probs


 to whoever wrote this (i've lost track):

"cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle and
intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B."

an air leak at the exhaust manifold will pop on the over run. an air
leak
 on
 the intake will just make it run weak in my experience.

now if anyone knows how to stop an eldo getting a loose joint at the
head/downpipe i'd like to know. got a friends bike doing this all the
time.
 NOT the nut coming loose (it's the locknut type), it just eats the
gasket
 
 after a few miles, air gets in, backfires like crazy. i put new gaskets
in
 &
 it's fine for a while, then same thing.

it started happening when new mufflers were fitted with rear balance
pipe
 
 removed. i think it may be to do with the pipes moving & flattening off
the
 gaskets. however the exhaust assy doesn't appear to be moving any more
than
 stock.

i must have put 6 sets of ex gaskets in that bike & i'm getting fed up
now.
 
cookie


----- Original Message -----
From: "E. C. Bud Durdle" <bu-@olympus.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: Digest for Loopfram-@topica.com, issue 861


On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote:
 I heard a little while ago that the popping could be from looseness at
the
 
 head/exhaust header joint, or somewhere close to that. Check to make
sure
 
 the exhaust is tight up there, and/or has no leaks.

 I am working on a 74 Eldo I just picked up with Amal Carbs. When I
let
 
 off the throttle and am gearing down
it pops through the mufflers. I have played with the air screws and it
has
 
 gotten better, but it is still
 there. I have checked the carb intake gaskets and they are fine.
Someone
 
 told me
this is a common problem with running amals on a Guzzi. Any ideas


 
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:05:15 +0100
From: "Martin Cooke" <mjco-@nildram.co.uk>
Subject: Re: carb & air filter question


almost certainly an air leak as matt has said

cookie

cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle and
intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B.

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