Is the beauty skin deep

[charlieswee]

Hi All, I'm new to this forum and looking for advice... '98 ev 1100, with low miles (15k).  what would cause dark stains (carbon?) on the heat fins near the spark plug on the right side?  Left side is clean. Also rust by the brake pedal catches my eye when all other chrome looks fine.
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[Muzz]

Slight leak with the plug not pulled quite down or slight leak from rocker cover.

Italian chrome.

Clean with degreaser. Treat rust.  go ride.

[Ncdan]

The bike is 22 years old, there are obviously going to be some signs of use and imperfections. Ride and enjoy it and welcome to WG👍

[Guzzistajohn]

Ride it like you swiped it  Have fun!

[SIR REAL ED]

Hi All, I'm new to this forum and looking for advice... '98 ev 1100, with low miles (15k).  what would cause dark stains (carbon?) on the heat fins near the spark plug on the right side?  Left side is clean. Also rust by the brake pedal catches my eye when all other chrome looks fine.
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My beauty goes all the way to the bone.

But for a lot of people it's only skin deep.  For some, not even visible.

[pehayes]

Pull the valve cover and replace its gasket.  NO CEMENT!  Just grease up both surfaces of the gasket.
When you have the valve cover off, look at the top/center of the head at 12:00 o'clock.  That hex is merely an access cap to reach at the top center head stud nut for torque maintenance.  Under the hex cover resides an o-ring which gets brittle and loses resilience with age and heat cycles and thus begins to leak.  Replace the o-ring as oil leaking there usually migrates down to the spark plug area.

Be happy your oil leak is on the right cylinder.  The left side is an abomination with the temperature sensor in the valve cover and you'll never stop that leak.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[lucky phil]

Hi All, I'm new to this forum and looking for advice... '98 ev 1100, with low miles (15k).  what would cause dark stains (carbon?) on the heat fins near the spark plug on the right side?  Left side is clean. Also rust by the brake pedal catches my eye when all other chrome looks fine.
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Pretty much guarantee it's the valve cover gasket, if it was the head plug oring the oil would be on lower fins. Thats the one you highlighted but there may be a smaller tiny weep from the head joint.You can see the honey coloured look to the edge of a fin lower down near the head joint. Either way minor stuff. Dont let it stop you buying it.

Ciao

[Blaufeld66]

Welcome!
To take off the rust without damaging the chrome, buy aluminum foil (the one you use in kitchen or to make foil hats to counter orbital mind control lasers), crumple it in a ball, wet with water and brush gently on the chrome. I assure you it is perfect!

[bmc5733946]

The brake pedal has been modified, extension added to move pedal off floor board to front. Oil could also come from line at inside of head, oil migrates.

Brian

[Zoom Zoom]

The brake pedal has been modified, extension added to move pedal off floor board to front. Oil could also come from line at inside of head, oil migrates.

Brian

Looks that way to me also. Pedal has an extension welded on.

ZZ

[fotoguzzi]

Everything else in the pic looks nice and clean.. paint the brake lever black in the rusty area. Guzzi engines like to rev, you don't ride it like a Harley. Peak power is at 5,000 rpm and beyond.
Let's see a pic or two of the rest of the bike.

[charlieswee]

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A few additional pics including the left cylinder head which appears clean.
Thanks again for the advice and sharing helpful tips.