996r Oil drain plug

[MARTIN H]

Decided to change the oil in the 996r, I bought a filter and washer last week and 4 litres of 15w50

Can anyone tell me the procedure for draining the oil as I have not done this on a deep sump engine before. I assume the small hex bolt is the drain plug and the gauze filter is inside the lowest part of the sump secured by the 4 hex bolts?

It goes without saying that the sump plug washer supplied by the dealer is for a normal 996 as it does not seem to relate to anything on my bike!

Cheers

Martin

[Crunchy]

If you click on this link it will tell you everything you need to know but were to frightened to ask about oil and filter changes.

http://www.ducati.ms/ubbthreads/downloadattachments.php?attach_id=1059?Cat=

Hope it helps;)

[MARTIN H]

Thanks Crunchy, however its of no use to me. I needed info for the later deep sump engine. Its totally different down there compared to the 996 etc engine shown in your link.

Thanks anyway

Martin

[Crunchy]

Not a lot of people know that:puzzled:

[rockhopper]

http://www.ducati.com/doc/catalogue/999R_Eu_04.pdf

Might help, your 996R has the deep sump testastretta engine?

[Totto]

998/996r workshop manual

www.totto.plus.com/Ducati manual.rar

scanned all 156 pages myself

[Totto]

By the way its around 16meg & zipped using Winzip

[MARTIN H]

Cheers Rockhopper! Yes its the deep sump engine. Just wanted to know how to get access to the mesh oil screen/filter. Found it on page 56 I think it was. The guy I bought the bike off said he had changed the oil very recently but I didnt think there was any harm in changing it anyway. The oil that came out looked pretty new so I think he was telling the truth.

Thanks for the replies

Martin

[MARTIN H]

Thanks Totto as well!

I'll go and see how much oil I can get on my driveway!