Ducati 848 Bike Tear down, need to inspect a low compression engine EP01

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@jacobzaccharia3313 11 ай бұрын

This bike belonged to a mate of mine who was dying of cancer and really had a bit too much on his mind to care for the bike properly. But i will tell you he did have a good time on it. Clearly he throttled it when he was alive 😂. Now I’ve got it and I would love to see it back on the road. @desmowerx was the only man brave enough to have a go!!! Loving the progress! If anyone wants to donate parts I’ll put your name on the side of the tank as part of a custom respray at the end!

@andrewrobotham2913 11 ай бұрын

A very worth while reason for restoring the bike, you have the best person to do it, Nelly clearly likes a challenge, consider starting a 'go fund me' I am sure you would get some support. Drop the engine Nelly, far easier on the bench, if anyone can bring this bike back you can.

@DesmoWerx 10 ай бұрын

Its now out as per 2nd video 😎

@robmarsh9442 6 ай бұрын

After being released from my retainment period by his kings men I managed to start my 1098 after it standing for 18months.unfortunatly on a tanks worth of fuel it manage to burn most of the engine oil.im no mechanic but after watching you videos a few times it's given me the confidence to remove the engine to find the cause. Thanks for posting vids...

@DesmoWerx 6 ай бұрын

Glad you are finding them useful, hope you get your bike sorted 👍

@madduc1481 11 ай бұрын

Definitely would like to see you removing the heads in the bike. Interested in seeing the process.

@DesmoWerx 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your choice and watching 🙂

@bigdaddy741098 11 ай бұрын

I'd be interested to see how difficult it is to take the heads off with the engine still in. I have a feeling that will teach us that it's easier to just drop the whole engine even if we only need to do head work lol.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

An interesting viewpoint, the horizontal is straightforward, the vertical slightly more challenging. 😁

@kenalford2538 11 ай бұрын

Greetings from Spain! Great to see you again, love your videos. Given what you've found so far, i reckon dropping the engine out makes sense.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😎

@LeTessier916 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Nelly. Great to see another Ducati video from you. Pull out the motor and remove the heads on the bench

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, hoping to get much more content out this year 😎

@jonnow1234 11 ай бұрын

Long time, no see. so glad you're back - have always enjoyed your videos. For me definitely drop the engine first. I don't think it's much different *(in difficulty) from the 748 which I did on my own, and it just makes sense as the access is so much easier for everything. Looks like the front exhaust studs have left a little sticking out, so a straightforward weld nut on to then remove? Very interested to learn what the issue is. Bizarre that someone is prepared to let a bike get into such a state, then being prepared to pay, what is going to be a large bill to get it sorted. Bonkers

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Glad to be back and thanks for watching, I think the nut welding route is the easiest way forward forward for the studs. See the pinned post for the bikes background, its worth saving if it can be done 😊

@jonnow1234 11 ай бұрын

That's interesting, the providence of a bike is always good to know. Yes the welded nut on trick has always worked well for me. I think the high temp also helps break the corrosion down in the threads. I learned from using oxy-acetylene how the rust on steel to steel parts breaks down - sort of almost goes to a dust. Happy days and once again, thank you

@jamesbazel3384 11 ай бұрын

Great video as always, this bike has clearly been left outside and neglected. By the way the intake tube bolts are not correct that's why the tube mounting point got damaged.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

The bike was left outside for a couple of years. Thanks for the info on airtube bolts 😎

@TheCooperville 11 ай бұрын

Great to see another video mate. The bike has a lot of small issues but with some time and elbow grease it will come up a treat. Always a shame to see a bike in such a state but it’s going to make for a very interesting set of videos and I look forward to seeing what’s wrong with it. One of my 1098,s has the engine out at the moment so I would appreciate to see your method of removing and also re-installing the engine when it comes time

@DesmoWerx 10 ай бұрын

It looks worse that it is, having been sat outside its just mainly dirt, I think it will come up quite nicely. 😊

@spencerabaker 11 ай бұрын

Re removing the heads in-situ - yeah would be interesting to see it done that way….If I got to the the point of needing to do this, however, I’d more than likely be done with it and drop the whole engine…especially with this one…”basket case”….hoping the current owner didn’t pay too much (anything) for it? Another interesting video though Nelly, great to see you making more content, always enjoy watching the projects.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your choice, will need to drop the engine anyway as part of the planned works 😊

@desmoandrew1763 11 ай бұрын

nice tear down ... sure seems this bike has suffered from the elements ... be interesting to see what things look like when the heads come off. Re next steps, realling comes down to the expectation of going deeper into the cases

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

We shall see, the fluid in the exhausts was unexpected fun, hoping that is water ingress rather than from the engine!!

@MrJmarathonitis 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate your videos, I believe to take the motor off the frame since you gone have to do it anyway, I would. Great videos, glad you are back.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoy them 😎

@kris4362 11 ай бұрын

Nelly another good one.Thanks for sharing.👍👍👍👍😎 (HOKITIKA STH WESTLAND NZ)

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Kris 😎

@stabes70 11 ай бұрын

Top work as usual. Do you repair Ducatis as yourvfull time job?

@DesmoWerx 10 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊 I build engines and work on Ducati's a side business. Its not my main job

@bryansautoandmotorcyclerepairs 11 ай бұрын

Hey desmowerx when i took apart my ducati 848 to replace half of the crankcase i used your videos and they helped alot long story short the duc 848 runs perfectly again. One small issue. While removing inspecting and replacing everything i noticed that one of my valves on my cylinder heads had a very small thin hairline crack on it ); i didnt want to replace due to my lack of experience and i had already done so much work to it i wanted to make sure it started back up before tackling that job. But the bike starts up and runs just how it use to but that hairline crack is a ticking time bomb i need to fix. ASAP. Im gonna have to disassemble the whole cylinder head down to the smallest componenents i will let you know the outcome once i get there thank you for everything

@bryansautoandmotorcyclerepairs 11 ай бұрын

The hairline craxk was so thin very thin but it was visible to the naked eye. And i was able to feel it when i scratched it with my finger nail. I worry about the valve shattering t pieces everytime i start the bike up but so far so good. It is located on the disc shape of the valve. Im 25 and i am gonna take on this job wish me luck

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Good luck, its a brave move to put a defective valve back in and leave it there. Its not too hard to replace the valves on a Ducati once the head is off 😊

@bryansautoandmotorcyclerepairs 11 ай бұрын

@@DesmoWerx yes and i dont mean i put it back in there. I mean i never replaced it because of not knowing how to dissassemble everything that a ducati head has in it . I basicalley took the motor apart and took heads off but left the cylinder head intact. Not removing anygears or components from it. When i put evrrything back together i didnt replace the valve. I just took note that it was a job for the future , sadly the future is now );

@richiektm 11 ай бұрын

Heads of Institute for a change and I fitted on full termi system to my 848 evo SE when the bike was about 12 months old and it was loud😂

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks, yep the full termi's sound amazing 😎

@xyesman5519 11 ай бұрын

Hi. Would drop the engine as you certainly intend to open the cases, checking for the mains, gearbox etc

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your choice, will certainly need to drop the engine anyway due to the work needed.

@siumimi 7 ай бұрын

Appreciate your video, what is the fault compression reading?

@DesmoWerx 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. The compression test was done for the owner by another technician so I don't have the specific readings.

@6foot5rider 11 ай бұрын

Question for you when you are doing these tear down if you see a crank bearing that’s failed how often do you find more internal damage? Was told I can change these out but it’s essentially going to be an engine rebuild. Trying to decide if I should do that or get a new engine

@DesmoWerx 10 ай бұрын

It would really depend on how badly they have failed, if its catastrophic then it could have damaged something else. Most of the time I change them as the engine is apart so its a good chance to change them as the cases are split, only dealt with a small number of failures and they had no impact on any other part.

@petertog 11 ай бұрын

Valve guides!!

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Not a leak cause typically in a direct fashion but a damaged valve guide could stop the valve operating correctly, it would certainly lead to excessive oil use as well.

@planetpallen 11 ай бұрын

On the bench.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your choice 😊

@topfentorte 11 ай бұрын

Please keep the engine in the frame, since that teaches more to us diy guys

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your choice 🙂

@Kenkemp540 11 ай бұрын

Drop the engine - based on what we've seen so far you'll likely find more issues once the heads are removed and the engine will need to come out anyway.

@DesmoWerx 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your choice, fingers crossed there is not much to do 🤞😎