996r Oil drain plug
 

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

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/down...h_id=1059?Cat=

Hope it helps;)

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

Not a lot of people know that:puzzled:

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

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

998/996r workshop manual

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

scanned all 156 pages myself

By the way its around 16meg & zipped using Winzip

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

Thanks Totto as well!

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