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I'll tell you what - this is real customer service. I am still getting help after all this time. What a great place. Looking back, I see I never updated this thread after I put my sump back together. I cleaned everything with brake-kleen, locktighted the inside, threadlocked the outside and nary a drop of oil has come from the engine since. More oil is in my hair than the bottom of that engine. BTW- "nary a drop" is Tennessee talk - it means "an absense of even a small amount of the substance" in English.

Bill, I had black orings with a different part number for that. Assuming you mean the tubes inside the pan that connect the oil filter assembly to the pan. But I'll check my parts list and diagram again when I go home. !Thanks! Scott

You still looking for this? I have a spare

Yup I put it together today Left out the little green orings with no home Put a dab of blue thread locker on it just to make me feel better And filled it up with oil No leaks from the tubes Thanks all Scott

You are exactly correct about the taper fitting. I am just trying to fit a part into the mix that I see on parts diagrams and manuals. oil hose oring, green viton, return to rear pan and oil cooler [Part Number: 90706010] I am wondering if someone before me has replaced the nipples and that there should be a groove or something to install the oring into.

The "other side" (flat side) has the crush alumininum washers. My bike came without the green orings, but my bike had a slight leak, and I am trying to put everything back "correctly". The parts books and workshop manuals show this thing in an exploded diagram, so I really dont know exactly how it is installed, but this should be the right end. The part number for this is oil hose oring, green viton, return to rear pan and oil cooler [Part Number: 90706010]

HI, I apologize in advance if this is covered somewhere. I did look and I did not see it. I am buttoning up the lower sump on my Rosso, and have a question about the oil send and return nipples that come out of the sump on the front and connect to the Oil Cooler. I have attached a photo of my fittings. if you look closely I have fitted a green viton oring to the one on the right in a place that I THINK it may belong. There was nothing on these fitting when I took them off, but these orings are in all the parts diagrams, so I ordered them when I got my new gaskets and crush washers etc... I cannot find a good diagram or description of how these should be installed in any of my resources. I have seen other posts talk of grooves in the fittings, but mine just have threads. Comments, Suggestions? Scott

Thanks foto and savage. Hopefully I wont have to use the hairspray - the sumps are off and new gaskets are about to be installed. Everything is clean as a whistle and I am shooting for no more leaks! But I will remember that trick the next time something like this comes up.

I have a question. I added the Roper plate to my Rosso Mandello over a year ago. I ended up with a leak. Not a real leak that is readily detectable, but a drip drip drip always when you arent looking leak. I suspect it is between the top oil sump and the enngine block around the plate itself, but that is mostly a guess. The oil seems to thinly spread out and drip down from the fins on the bottom of the motor. I have just pulled it all apart again and REALLY cleaned everything up. I actually washed the upper and lower sumps and I had several meals out of the lower one just because I could. Added all new gaskets and am ready to tighten up the screws. I have a question that I would like opinions on. Dave Richards in Guzziology (great book) says to anti-seize every aluminium thread to prevent corrosion. That makes a lot of sense. It is also how I put my roper plate in before. Ratchet suggests Brakleen and threadlocker in every hole. That also makes a lot of sense. I would be interested in hearing anyone's opinion about these two different ways of going about this before I close up my oilpan and "torque" the fasteners. THANKS!!!!!

Hi Dan, Thanks, Yep, I didnt mean to start a volcano, but I am sure not going to get in the middle of it. Both these guys have given me good advise on past questions and I value their opinions, but jeez - that chemistry lesson is what I left college for after nearly blowing up the lab. I did the lube changes, didnt take off the cover, but I'll be back in there before long to look at those plugs and I probably will pull the cover and have a look see then. I still need to check those problamatic bearing anyway that I didnt get a chance to look at before. Scott

Thanks Greg - told you I was pretty new here and that post was full of information. I always enjoyed history and that thread is the Red Line History story, I reckon. Heck, I even saw that my buddy, Wick named a new (old) Grunge Band in that thread. The Pink Mollys

Well - I used to manufacture a few products in a former life. I do know that MSDS are mainly provided for workers safety and the HASMAT team when they show up to the fire or spill. I wouldnt use one as a sales brochure or buying guide. For anyone interested, I have a bottle of Red Line "Heavy" on my desk, and Moly included or not, it states on the label that it is "Compatible with petroleums and synthetics". I take that to mean whether or not you need (or want) to, you probabaly could add the Moly into this stuff with at least no ill effects. Now, I am going home in a bit, break out the Red Line and tomorrow...... Scott

All good suggestions, thanks. I wiped the mangets clean, have a brand new bottle of "heavy" on my desk, and when I get home, it's going into the drive. I'll keep tabs for the next little bit on how the plugs look and if no more metal shows up, then I'll consider that a done deal. Oh, the bike has about 7000 miles on it. Not exactly new, but not over the hill either. I have no maintenence information from the former owner, so I am changing everything and paying careful attention. Scott

Thanks for all the details, Ratchet As I recall, someone once said, on some forum, somewhere, "Inquiring Minds, " well, you know... Scott