This is what it looks like when you water pump lets go on your new 15R

That makes me stronger in believing that also the second water pump is leaking.

The Ducati technician said that he knows just one case where a coolant leakage in the engine case split lane occured.

In addition to that, more or less coolant leaking from the weep hole seems to happen quite often at the Superquadro. I guess some customers will maybe not notice the smaller leaks (like mine), where no coolant is dropping on the ground.

Are the freaking squirters on the 15s doomed to fail too?? Damn

talk about squirting....i am getting this on a regular basis, dripping from the air box....i'm thinking maybe a 1gal sized catch can ?

it seems to be approximately 4ozs+

RD16RR said:

talk about squirting....i am getting this on a regular basis, dripping from the air box....i'm thinking maybe a 1gal sized catch can ?

it seems to be approximately 4ozs+

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Have you pulled your tank to see how the airbox looks?

Mine was dripping from the airbox as well but nowhere near as much as you're seeing. I pulled my tank on Friday and definitely had some misting around the sides of the airbox and some accumulating in the bottom. I've never had my oil level above the marks (manual says to check cold) but it seems to be pulling in some excess. I wiped it all out and will now run the oil level half-way between the marks rather than at the top. If mine keeps dripping oil then I'll take it in for dealer inspection. I called them and discussed it with them prior to pulling the tank.

Hmm....I don't see any drips or leaks from mine yet. I have 3K miles on it, over 90% track.

slickwill said:

Have you pulled your tank to see how the airbox looks?

Mine was dripping from the airbox as well but nowhere near as much as you're seeing. I pulled my tank on Friday and definitely had some misting around the sides of the airbox and some accumulating in the bottom. I've never had my oil level above the marks (manual says to check cold) but it seems to be pulling in some excess. I wiped it all out and will now run the oil level half-way between the marks rather than at the top. If mine keeps dripping oil then I'll take it in for dealer inspection. I called them and discussed it with them prior to pulling the tank.

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It has been to the dealer, and they drained out what they thought was an overfill from an oil/filter change they did & they cleaned the air box and area around it and lower fairing, no big deal - they drained it down to the low mark in the window - it still dripped....although less than before....it has now just done what you see in the picture..way too much to deal with safely....so i may rig up a catch can/bottle..the more i use the tach, the more it gets blown out of the crank case breather

It's happened because he's ducati Two Worlds disaster never buy ducati

PAMELA said:

It's happened because he's ducati Two Worlds disaster never buy ducati

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You back again creep.

pamela said:

it's happened because he's ducati two worlds disaster never buy ducati

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Mutt1979 said:

Don't worry about the oil though (unless it's excessive!?). The R's will do that due to those skinny ass two ring pistons. My dealer told me about it before I even took the keys and he threw in a couple of litres for me.

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Yeah that doesn't bother me, my last 14R burnt up a bit of oil. Just got to keep an eye on it, mine burnt up a lot though during the run in, a lot more than normal, I'm keen to see what the go is when they get the parts they are waiting on. Hate catching the ....... train to work.

So finally the water pump of my 1299 was changed yesterday a second time under warranty. Additionally, the radiator cap was also changed because it controls the max. pressure in the cooling system. If the pressure is too high, it may also generate a coolant leak at the weakest point, the water pump shaft seal.

I rode 140 km today after the dealer did finish the replacement, so far no more coolant is leaking out of the weep hole. I hope it stays that way! If so, the question is, was it the pump again or the radiator cap....

On Saturday, I'll ride again, lets hope and see.

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Oil from over filled crank case -- this has been going on now for maybe 500 to 1000 miles - we drained off oil to the low mark, as it was leaving essentially a puddle under the bike - but even at the low mark it dribbles out -- occurs when oil escapes through the crank case breather into the air box, then while on the side stand, it finds the drain....dribbles out of the bottom of the fairing - the shop will look deeper on next visit

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If there's still a lot of oil in the breather line(s), this could be going on for a while.

700 hard kms on the bike after the pump was changed and it seems all good.
What a bike now it's run in. Holy .... this thing is fast. Bouncing it off the limiter in second and grabbing third before braking as hard as you can and shifting down into a turn is too good.
The dealership messed up and the casings were leaking all near the clutch cover and down at the front on onto the headers and smoking up after the first long hard 300km ride. Just got it back and that's all fixed now with more sealant on this time.
Hopefully that's the last time it's in the shop for a while. Too many trips for a bike that's only got 2000kms on it now.

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If there's still a lot of oil in the breather line(s), this could be going on for a while.

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yes, in fact it has....so far, all season - it seems the motor will have to come apart to fix it (would take 2 weeks minimum as a good guess) - they are pointing at the piston ring(s) as the culprit...there is a defect/gap that creates significant vacuum pressure in the crankcase and that pushes the oil up thru the breather hose in to the air box - a small catch bottle would help (while it drains), but i seem to be just dealing with it right now...it marks its territory wherever its parked...and then i carefully add just an ounce or two to keep the motor happy

Did ride my 1299 on Saturday again for 140 km, no more coolant is coming out of the weep hole. Repair seems to be successful now! But no idea if the reason for leaking from the weep hole were the first two water pumps or just the radiator cap?

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yes, in fact it has....so far, all season - it seems the motor will have to come apart to fix it (would take 2 weeks minimum as a good guess) - they are pointing at the piston ring(s) as the culprit...there is a defect/gap that creates significant vacuum pressure in the crankcase and that pushes the oil up thru the breather hose in to the air box - a small catch bottle would help (while it drains), but i seem to be just dealing with it right now...it marks its territory wherever its parked...and then i carefully add just an ounce or two to keep the motor happy

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Please keep us posted. Last night when I put my bike on stands a quarter size drop of oil dripped from belly pan. I have had my oil level always at midway between marks. I might lower it to minimum level. I have small drips of coolant from weep hole and now this potential problem. Starting to get a little frustrated.

I've got 16,000kms plus on my 1199S Tri (About 13,300 Miles) so far never encountered leaks of any sort whether it be coolant or oil...

Oh well, I hope it stays that way, as I plan to keep her for a long time.

I'm getting a bit frustrated too. After the second replacement of the water pump of my 1299S last autum (including filler cap of radiator) and about 300 km riding directly afterwords with no more coolant coming out of the weep hole, unfortonately the problem came back after the first ride this year.

After a ride of 135 km, back home and bike on the side stand, coolant leaked out again, not only one small drop, but as much that it went all the way down to the bottom end of the alternator cover and stayed there as a big drop.

During the second ride, a really big drop came out the weep hole during a brake after 120 km, and again after 40 more km back home. I could watch it myself with a flashlight coming out of the weep hole after a minute of engine off.

I have no idea why the problem is back again. I can't belive that all three water pumps do leak such an amount of coolant to be accepted as normal after only 200-300 km.

I got back with the problem to my dealer waiting for an info what to do next. Changing the water pump again is not promising a final solution I guess.

Ill bite. After building a couple of these things from scratch, there are a plethora of assembly variables. If the engine is assembled correctly and the attention to detail is there, it is going to be fairly rare that you have an issue. There isn't anything inherently wrong or deficient in the engineering or design but there are a lot of fairly critical assembly steps an procedures that can make or brake your experience. You get a fresh assembly on a Monday by an enthusiastic tech, you have a much better chance of having a worry free experience vs assembly late Friday by a pissed off 20 year guy who could give 2 ..... if its right or "good enough". Now there are a host of design and engineering WTF were they thinking issues but they are more pain in the ass types of things and the rest are fixable. I came from HRC so for me, this was a learning curve for sure. I had to build and assemble the bike from the ground up to get what i wanted. It was a huge pain in the ass every step of the way and I have an aerospace shop with a composite materials room so I was able to make whatever i needed and even then it was a pain in the ass. My first HRC kitted 1000RR made 209 hp in 2005 on VP and it basically assembled itself never got hot. Never leaked and a 5 yo could have worked on it. Welcome to Ducati.

jogy what is the prognosis? Mine weeps intermittent. Some rides nothing, some rides, a little comes out after sitting. Weird thing is that it is reducing on its own but still weeps a little. My previous Pani had a squirter leak. This one appears to be the weephole. Bike runs great though, and sounds great. Hardly any shavings on the magnet at first oil change and burned only a bit of oil in first 500 miles doing proper running-in.