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My bike tries to keep fighting me for some reason I hope my quantity of technical malfunction topics can go down a bit in the near future Here goes for the latest chapter: Since i got the bike I noticed the underside of the gearbox was always covered in mud and other sh*t. Never paid to much attention to it. During the building of a exhaust i cleaned the engine/gearbox. After a few testrides i noticed the RH side of the gearbox was ''oily'' again. First i suspected the mating surfaces of the gearbox itself, since the appear to be oiltight by means of liquid gaskets. So i cleaned the box again and powdered it with talcum/baby powder. This revealed the oil was coming from the output-shaft-seal. Here you see the output seal where the driveshaft connects to the box: And below the best picture i could take of the oil weeping down from the seal: I like wrenching a lot, but im not to happy with this. The timing sucks because spring is already here. I plan on taking the bike on long trips this summer I do want to fix it before I start my holidays. However, i cant imagine im the only one with this seal ''failing'' since the MG shop sells a improved version of this seal. Since im going to fix it anyways, I might as well share my ''adventure'' I do hope, there is light on the end of this tunnel

I am new to Moto Guzzi and to this forum. I am thinking of buying Stelvio '09 that has a leak, according to the guy selling the bike it is crankshaft position sensor leaking. Can someone shed light on the difficulty of DIY repair and any useful tidbits, photos, parts, cost, etc. Is this a common problem for this bike? Much Thanks, V+