Ducati Monster Forum

Hey guys, I had this bike (01 monster 620ie) for about 3 months. It was supposed to be for the woman but I ended up selling it to a friend. If it were physically larger I would have kept it for myself.

Anyway, my friend is telling me it has an oil leak. Even though I parked it in the same exact spot and put roughly 1k miles on it myself I never had the issue. The bike has about 12k on the clock.

Is there an inherent issue with this model, or is this a common issue and nothing to worry about? Every bike has it's quirks, I'm hoping this is just one of those.

Anyway, here are the pics.

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BZNguGNLPA4/UAsFSEfjzBI/AAAAAAAAH1I/XrZIAukyRBo/s512/20120721_140831.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RdyavWSiBB4/UAsFRTdMTXI/AAAAAAAAH1A/KN86n3G-Ph4/s512/20120721_140808.jpg)

thats clean enough. [thumbsup]




by the way, I can see your tank prop. [cheeky]

I'd like to bet on that oil coming from the case breather valve, more specifically the washer/seal between it and the engine. It's easy enough to replace and cost very little.

It can be other things, but try that first...

Could be the breather, could be a cylinder base leak.  Clean the area thoroughly, go for a ride, inspect.  Still not sure?   Clean the area thoroughly again, dust with aerosol foot powder, go for a ride, inspect.  The stain in the foot powder will lead you to the source of the leak.

Ya know, the first few times I popped the tank on these bikes I thought to myself "man, what brain dead idiot designed this thing and couldn't even have some sort of prop for the tank" I would always use a bungee between the top latch and the rear cowl.

Then my friend send me that picture and I smack my head....there IS A PROP!!!