Hi, have a new to me 2018 V4S, it's had a rough life - picked it up from auction at the end of last year as a salvage title with crash damage - but was just cosmetic/easy fix stuff.
Got it all back together and running nice without too much effort this spring - Ducati really seem to have come a long way in ease of assembly since they got bought by Audi
Downside is, when flushing the coolant, I found oil at the top of the radiator - not a ton but enough to basically fill the neck of the radiator and some had also made it into the expansion tank.
I've heard of plenty of issues with the V-twin Panigales having leaks in the water to oil intercoolers - leading to oil in the coolant - but haven't seen so much on the V4's getting oil in the water (separate oil cooler so no leak path to the coolant).
Was wondering if it could be something to do with the water pump (read lots of issues with that) but am thinking that what I've got is a leak from some part of the pressure side of the oil circuit into the coolant circuit - and not sure if the water pump has a pressurized oil supply to it (haven't found a diagram showing the oil circuit). Seems like it would be unusual if it had but if anyone can confirm/deny would be great.
No leaks from the engine (well, some weeping from the front cam cover but I know how to fix that), all runs great (just incredible machines), with no warning lights.
Any thoughts from anyone?
Am guessing that head gaskets are first thing to check, but just asking in case anyone has come across similar before and able to share before I get elbows deep in it...
Got it all back together and running nice without too much effort this spring - Ducati really seem to have come a long way in ease of assembly since they got bought by Audi
Downside is, when flushing the coolant, I found oil at the top of the radiator - not a ton but enough to basically fill the neck of the radiator and some had also made it into the expansion tank.
I've heard of plenty of issues with the V-twin Panigales having leaks in the water to oil intercoolers - leading to oil in the coolant - but haven't seen so much on the V4's getting oil in the water (separate oil cooler so no leak path to the coolant).
Was wondering if it could be something to do with the water pump (read lots of issues with that) but am thinking that what I've got is a leak from some part of the pressure side of the oil circuit into the coolant circuit - and not sure if the water pump has a pressurized oil supply to it (haven't found a diagram showing the oil circuit). Seems like it would be unusual if it had but if anyone can confirm/deny would be great.
No leaks from the engine (well, some weeping from the front cam cover but I know how to fix that), all runs great (just incredible machines), with no warning lights.
Any thoughts from anyone?
Am guessing that head gaskets are first thing to check, but just asking in case anyone has come across similar before and able to share before I get elbows deep in it...
