My Ducati 888 SPO is in trouble...
I have finally encountered something that has me stumped.
While riding my 1993 888 SPO (rather hard, but nowhere near redline) into a corner in third gear, suddenly the red oil light flickered on, and the engine began making a jingling noise. I shut it down & called a friend to bring me my trailer.
Ducatis, especially these damn four-valve models, are fucking expensive to split the cases and do major repairs. They are very complicated engines, and like women, are sweet when they are running well. Money must be spent to keep her happy. And if she turns into a bitch, she can clean you out.
So, I have had my riding and mechanical buddies suggest everything from "perhaps the key in the oil-pump has sheared..." to "No, It sounds like a piston problem" to "maybe something broke off" (like D'uuhhh...). No one knows, and these bikes are so complex that without special tools and specific know-how, an amateur like me is unable to adjust the desmodromic valvetrain. let alone split the case and poke around looking for stuff. This ain't no old Triumph Bonneville here.l
So, before I embark on this akin-to-brainsurgery project, I should get ideas and advice from anyone who may have experienced something like this. I hate like hell to pay several months salary to have some shop do this.
Anyone got some familiarity with things that go jingle in the sump?
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