Opened my sludge trap, and it was FULL of black goo
But more weirdly, there was also a piece of sheet metal in there. I have checked around, but have seen no mention of it anywhere
Was it placed there by the wise people at ducati or is it a clever improvement by a hobby engineer ?
Or is it a broken piece of some tool a mechanic from hell used to dig out old goo ?
It looks like the sheet metal divides the oil that enters the crank from the hole that leads the oil to the rods
Stian
Oslo
Norway
weird sheet metal in sludge trap
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and what about the oilfeed ?
Think I found about the sheet metal. Looks like a clever device to help sort out the goo from the oil. A bit more advanced than the english motorcycles I'm used to...
But I am a bit confused by the oil feed through the end of the crankshaft. The hole is quite big the first 2-3 cm into the shaft and then it looks like its blocked.
There is a small hole there though, because if I put some oil in there and let it gravityfeed through, it seeps down into the sludge trap after a few minutes. I guess it will work better with warm oil under pressure...
But I would think the hole should be as big as possible to ease the pressure on the oil pump ?
Does this sound like the normal crankshaft ?
I just want to check that everything is fine before I put the engine back together...
But I am a bit confused by the oil feed through the end of the crankshaft. The hole is quite big the first 2-3 cm into the shaft and then it looks like its blocked.
There is a small hole there though, because if I put some oil in there and let it gravityfeed through, it seeps down into the sludge trap after a few minutes. I guess it will work better with warm oil under pressure...
But I would think the hole should be as big as possible to ease the pressure on the oil pump ?
Does this sound like the normal crankshaft ?
I just want to check that everything is fine before I put the engine back together...