Oil Changes - Does it need to be off the ground?

[Peter Aawen]

The drain plugs are apparently made from a relatively soft metal. Make sure your allen wrench is fully inserted before loosening or tightening to reduce the risk of stripping the hex hole. There are aftermarket drain bolts made of much stronger metal and using the more traditional hex bolt head design. You might consider replacing them at some point to prevent the problems others have had with the original drain plugs.

Replacing the the 'relatively soft metal' plugs with aftermarket plugs made of much stronger metal can sometimes be a trap!! The soft metal plug can act like 'a fuse' by giving up before the metal it's tightened into fails..... replace the soft plug with something made of stronger metal & the next thing that can happen is stripping or cracking whatever the plug is threaded into! And if that's the sump casting.... :shocked:

Can be safer just to be very careful with the soft plug!

 

[jmurray]

600 mile service? I was told the same thing when I purchased my '14 RTL (currently at 300+ miles) but reading most post on this forum states it should be at 3000 miles.

 

[900Dave]

600 mile service? I was told the same thing when I purchased my '14 RTL (currently at 300+ miles) but reading most post on this forum states it should be at 3000 miles.

998 1st service is at 600 miles
1330 1st service is at 3000 miles

 

[Orange Spyder Man]

oil filter for the 1330 engine is HiFlo #HF556... ebay sells them

osm

 

[Bensonoid]

I get my filters from Bajaron. Site sponsor and great guy to deal with

:agree:Most definitely