On the older bikes there are 2 approcaches and it depends on the model. Guzzi eventually produced vented capss, I think from the Sport onwards, but not 100% If you've just got the non vented cap then try to not overfill and one more thing you can try is to "burp" it. Take it out for a could fast ride and when the bevel box is hot, open the fill cap to atmosphere for few seconds to release any residual preessure build up, then screw it back on. Only need to do it once after a change

Thanks thats worth a try, new seal first though.@@MistaWeeGee

@@stephenmusty5719 Oh dear blew one of the bevel box seals? I feel your pain.

How kind of you to say so. That video was taken quite a few years back trying to solve blow-by problems on the Sport 1100 & I put it up to help a guy on the V11 forum If you want to see some more idiotic attemps by me to solve my Guzzi woes I'm more than happy to oblige, pretty sure I've got some more 😉

yes ,I watched them ALL at the time and remember this one. I have a Breva 1100 ‘06, myself. Back in the early ‘70’s I had a ‘66 Velo Thruxton . The breather on these bikes ran along the swing arm to vent. I remember Velo had done tests and found it needed something like a 32 1/4” x 5/16” breather , the length being critical to vent correctly but not suck dirt into the engine there being no valving. How many guzzi’s you got left?

@@arcboutantGot 3 Magnis, they're all Guzzi running gear, based on LM1000, Sport 1100i & Daytona RS. That problem was due to blow by, it kept blowing seals. The culprit was both cylinders out of spec, both in roundness and diameter. Dammed thing left the factory that way I reckon, sorted now though. Getting too dammed old though, no idea hwo long I'll be able to ride them

@@MistaWeeGee well ‘son’, 😉

Well ‘son’😉,I’m 5 past the 7 and still enjoy my Guzzi AND my ‘92 BMW K100rs. Had the K for 20 years come April ,has only 44,000 genuine on clock. It’s rs spec but not, thankfully, that white and blue scheme.

Bike is running the standard ignition system but the ECU is Cliff Jeffries "My ECU", the misbehaviour was down misbalanced TBs and TPS needing reset. She runs a lot smoother now

Thanks, very kind of you to say so At that point no balancing or settings on the TBs had been touched, so surprised the dammed thing ran at all, it does run a little better now

Thanks for the reply it's very much appreciated. I found the problem later after more experimentation. Turned out to be blow by, both cylinders out of spec, one by some margin, it most likely left the factory that way. I stripped it then rebuilt it (mainly for casing cleaing) never thinking the cylinder bores would be outta spec, less than 15k on the engine. Stripped it again and got the bores measured and the cylinders relined, same pistons but new rings, so far so good. Gained around 30psi on compression testing. The 1100s don't have that checkvalve, Guzzi omitted it on the Spineys with the frame coalescer. I think they were concerned about oil foaming in the sump due to the return line levels fluctuating as the valve opened and closed.

Thankyou Appreciated, I'm not so good with VA compared to others, lke Bailey. Got some other stuff though like paging in the kneeboard if you're interested

LOL I was just amazed it started and didn't blow apart, after I'd rebuilt it.

Hi Franz Yes Sir Arturo was a genuis I am a huge fan of his bikes. A great pity there were so few of them made

Sure Eric not a problem I just put it onto DropBox. Link below www.dropbox.com/sh/6hcbofixy6n2kys/AACyf6N0rrgmkqZ9DB7HPRSaa?dl=0 You on the DCS forum? I post as Weegie there too, been a while since I looked at it so if you load it up and have problems you could PM me on there

@@MistaWeeGee Thank you very much, Weegie for your VA Hornet profile, I will have a look at it soon.

Hi Matthias Yeah it was a bit of a quick & dirty video just to show it. I spent months trying to do it as well all these years ago until I read that you didn't aim for the probe but just aimed to get the basket into the centre of the HUD. After that the game took over automatically. For me EF 2000 was a real game changer, the first flight sim that actually mimiced weather and conditons. I ocassionally wonder what these guys could have been producing now if they had stayed making flight simms. It was the first that I'm aware of that actually had A2A refuelling, it's all a bit different from DCS which is my "go to" flight sim now

Weegie thanks, I’ll watch these.

That was a surprise, I made the video actually to help a specific member and it was a bit "quick & dirty" not very polished but just left it up in case it might help somebody else Quick couple of questions Wayne, you're not running Win 7 by any chance? If you are there's a problem with the Protocols and Handshakes, I have a write up that somebody else found and can pass that on. That was a problem I had at one time but I've now moved to Win 10 Next thing is have you looked at Hollywood's videos on typical methods to reset Vaicom if it's not working correctly. His videos are here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqfVpKGXo52ig5Y&t= kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpTLfYKHrbCZjrs&t= Try his suggested fixes if Win7 isn't the problem There is also a long thread on the DCS forum regarding Vaicom problems it can be found here forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=198297 I'll try to help if I can but I'm no expert on all the ins and outs of it

I dont think my PC likes voice attack. I watched the tubes and did everything on the forum, i even uninstalled and still wont work. I'm lost.

Is there a setting in DCS that needs to be on?

@@Wvallison No Wayne there are no settings that need to be turned on, the only exception is disabling the comms keys in the DCS settings page, but that in itself won't stop VAICOM working it just might bring up menus when you don't expect them . Is it not working at all or working but you just can't get the aircraft identification on the PTT page? Have you gone through Hollywood's fiirst video and set everything in Voice Attack as stated on the video? When you push a PTT key do you get a "radio burst" sound and when you issue a command check the Voice Attack window to see if Voice Attack is recognizing the command. I could make up a video, but Hollywood pretty much covers what's required in his. If you're still struggling and getting frustrated with it I'll make a short video on what you should be seeing if you think that would help

?? You've Lost me ....................I just had one of the belt tensioners threads come out the timing case Boo Hoo up to the machinist with it Monday

My fingers on a wee keyboard sir - misspell . Its one thing after another now. You’ll get there 👍🏻

I'm not sure who he's insulting there you or me ;o) Going to bolt up the pulleys and tensioners today, may even get the belts on, if I can be bothered. Be ready for a test fire in a little over a week.

Lookin’ forward 👌🏻 Chin up mate.

I'm wondering who that could possibly be. Surely has to be somebody who also has a bike.............does his first name start with an A? Anyway sure I'll post up if I make any progress

First initial I . Recently returned to a Guzzi as a second bike.

@@arcboutant BMW for first bike? I'm thinking Mr McD? How is he doing?

Weegie got it in one 👌🏻 He’s doing fine , working ‘on the buses’ at the moment.

There has been no outcome as yet, I'm afraid to say. I've replaced both mains and repeated to no effect. The oil cooler was looped out and tried this gave a pressure rise on an initial test, of around 6 psi, but I could not repeat it due to the drill spinning on the shaft. The next thought was big ends, but I'm going to reassemble with a new cooler and lines, run it up and see what happens. As of now I'm in the process of starting to put the front end together. I'll certainly post up anything I find and also on the WildGoose forum. Thanks for your interest, sometimes I feel like I'm on my own battling gravity

@@MistaWeeGee Hi, I am new to Guzzi's and don't intend to teach you to do the business with eggs.I understand there is a course initial filter in these sumps, prior to the screw-in fine filter, then the P.R.V. , weak spring dirty damaged seating,I have seen oil pumps where the impeller and shaft aren't matched and the shaft slips inside the impeller not allowing the proper spin speed,choked or worn impeller allowing a record action inside volute chamber, finally , I once changed the oil and filter on my K series BMW, on starting it was a bag of nails, after checking external items I drained the oil, took out the filter and , even though it was purchased specifically for that bike the filter had a valve inside that was either named or fitted the wrong way, mind it did NOT pass any oil then.another way to check the pup is disconnect a main feed pipe (if possible) and measure (if known) the flow rate. sorry , best I can do and am sure you will have thought of such too. please keep the vids (of the bikes) coming :))

@@arcboutant No your advice and input is greatly appreciated and thanks for it First the Hi Cam engine has identical pipework to the 1100 Sport engine and I've got one these bikes too (also with some anomalies but hopefully now well on the way to being fixed). This pipework contains the oil filter, oil pressure control valve and stat for the oil cooler. The 1100 runs up on a cold engine to around 60-70 psi on a cold engine at just above idle. The pipework was swapped from the 1100 and placed in the Hi Cam and the test repeated, with the same result. So that eliminated the pressure control valve the filter and any associated leakages and the stat. The problem first manifested itself on a different oil pump to the one used for the tests, so the pump was ruled out. The reason for the initial pump change was because the Hi Cam has a notoriously bad design of pump, which is not connected with low pressure but catastrohic premature failure. So pump ruled out, the pump also runs off a steel gear driven from the crankshaft the shaft is keyed and tapered, and it's on very tight, I hate removing them. The pump suction and discharge are straight onto the crankcase wall and the feed internal to the crankcase, although something could possibly be rigged where the pump discharges to the internal pipework assembly. However both pumps (one brand new and a different design) were giving similar results. It's got me foxed for sure. However I thought that replacing the pipework assembly would eliminate the oil cooler too as the stat is meant to hold it shut until around 70C. When running a test with the cooler removed (for access) I found that is not the case, the dammed thing covered me in lube. So I ran a test with the oil cooler looped out as I stated above. I may swap the pressure control valve with a new one as I'm only able to test it to 40 psi with a bicycle pump (no shop air, I'm no mechanic) and to be sure of it I'd need to test it to 70. However I doubt it as the double check with the 1100 pipework did not reveal anything. The oil cooler and lines will get replaced with new items as the cooler is suspect and the lines connect through 4 banjos which a really good way to increase the pressure drop, I plan to replace these with full flow fittings. If you have any other ideas I'd welcome them, there is no such thing as a bad idea IMHO. Once again thannks for the interest.

My pleasure I'll post it up with a DropBox link and add it in the descrription shoud you want to try it

Yeah I asked a DCS forum member who made a mod for the Colour display if he could make me it for the DDIs & he did. If you are on the DCS forum drop me a PM I'm on there as Weegie & I can pass it on if you like. I just turn it on using OVGME

Excellent we share similar tastes for sure. Great bikes IMHO just love Guzzis. Yeah we sometimes get a good day in the summer (but only the one usually) Safe and happy miles Kuan

Thank you that is nice of you to say so. Clock is a Formotion , wish I could have a B&R ;o) Red Green buttons operate indicators although now replaced with something a bit less naff. Bike was rewired by me and uses a MotoGadget M-Unit

Oh & it was a really fabulous day

Thank you Don't have any more of the 1100 yet perhaps this year when I take it out for its first run There are some videos of the Sfida 1000 on my channel if you care to look

Is this "the" bike? www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/another-bloody-tractor-guzzi-1100-sport.43895/page-2

Sure is Kuan I've got a more modern Duc but Magnis are really my passion