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The quality of the workmanship comes down to one question…did he but RTV on the exhaust gaskets? If yes, hard pass.

Also, having done two of these systems, it’s so much easier to just remove the front wheel and the radiator support. Leave the oil cooler mounted in the radiator support and cap off the lines. It’s not worth fighting it and nicking up the radiator fins. Maybe 10-15 extra minutes saves tons of aggravation.
 
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On the gaskets? I get using it on the studs, but the gaskets aren't meant for it. I can't remember what the gaskets looked like on my 1199, but the V4 platform uses those two ply metal ones.
 
What RTV? All I see is copper grease. Having worked on complex cars, I agree with bp, often the best way involves removing a lot of furniture to get to the bit you want to work on, but mechanics have different skill levels and tools. He doesn't seem to be struggling.
 
If RTV is used. There's more than one "certified" Ducati mechanics who slather the gaskets with orange RTV using their finger on the outside faces of the gaskets on video on Youtube. Watch any factory video of when sealant is used. Its applied in a bead, not gobbed on and smeared with a finger.

What time in the video does he use the copper grease? I haven't watched the whole thing but skimming through when one would think it would be I never saw it.

This is the best video I have watched featuring a Ducati dealer mechanic. The video is a full rebuild of a V4R engine.

 
without watching it again when hes putting the pipes together, he smears the inside of the female join with a bit. Re RTV, if I use it I think o ring and not too much, you dont want silicone rubber in the oilways.
 
Oh, so on the pipes then…which is odd.

Anti-seize is meant to prevent dissimilar metals from corroding together. Two titanium exhaust pipes are not going to suffer from galvanic corrosion.
 
Good god, what a debacle. There are probably now as many “how to put a ....... exhaust pipe on” videos as there are “how to bake chocolate chip cookies” and here’s another one. You clean all surfaces with a clean rag and solvent including all the pipe joints. You install new header gaskets. I personally use metal lock nuts on the exhaust flange studs. You coat all of the pipe joints with a thin film of “assembly paste” This paste has a multitude of functions. If you have a tube of RTV anywhere near a Ti exhaust installation, rabbit punch yourself in the throat and take the install to someone who doesn’t suffer from whatever your suffering from.
 
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Good god, what a debacle. There are probably now as many “how to put a ....... exhaust pipe on” videos as there are “how to bake chocolate chip cookies” and here’s another one. You clean all surfaces with a clean rag and solvent including all the pipe joints. You install new header gaskets. I personally use metal lock nuts on the exhaust flange studs. You coat all of the pipe joints with a thin film of “assembly paste” This paste has a multitude of functions. If you have a tube of RTV anywhere near a Ti exhaust installation, rabbit punch yourself in the throat and take the install to someone who doesn’t suffer from whatever your suffering from.
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Sharing is caring bro and bp was the one mentioning RTV, why I do not know but you'd have to be a bit of an idiot to assemble a ti exhaust with it for obvious reasons. We have people on here who can't bleed a hydraulic line or even change a wheel, any vid where someone goes through the process is an opportunity to learn things including not what to do. bp's V4R vid was also interesting for an overview, not much detail but again great if you want to do your own work.
 
I do like watching videos of the dealer techs working. Not that all of them are what I would do, but it does give some insight.
 
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Its the little things like decent shelving/storage for the parts and the overall professionalism. Now if only we could get access to the Ducati diagnostics!
 
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Oh, so on the pipes then…which is odd.

Anti-seize is meant to prevent dissimilar metals from corroding together. Two titanium exhaust pipes are not going to suffer from galvanic corrosion.
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Nearly all of Jaret Campisi builds have used anti seize between the pipes including the ducati shop.
Can't hurt it either way

The factory header nuts are copper coated, I wouldn't put metal lock nuts or assembly paste anywhere near the exhaust.
 
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Nearly all of Jaret Campisi builds have used anti seize between the pipes including the ducati shop.
Can't hurt it either way

The factory header nuts are copper coated, I wouldn't put metal lock nuts or assembly paste anywhere near the exhaust.
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Did you really just use Campisi as a reference model? No one cares what “you” would or wouldn’t do, they care about the correct solution. The assembly paste is anti seize, it’s in an Akrapovic tube (look at the photo)and ships with the every kit. The copper coated .... nuts are stock OEM and are crap. The Ti metal tab locknuts are a Factory Corse part specifically for the application.
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The V4 kits don’t come with any type of anti seize and the instructions don’t mention it. That must be a thing for the xx99 series.
 
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