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best oil for 960 900

posted by  spook on  Mon Sep 15 19:17 CST 2014
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Dear 3toes,

Hope you're well. $90 for an oil change???!!! Yikes!!!

Many Brickboarders do our own oil changes. I use Mobil 1, Full Synthetic, 10W/30. Others - depending on location - use 5W30 or 10W40.

Since you just bought a 960, do you know - backed by documentation - when the timing belt, timing belt tensioner, and water pump were last changed? On 960s, a broken timing belt (or a failed tensioner) allows valves to strike pistons, bending valves and possibly ruining pistons (and so the engine). If you do not have documentary proof (date, mileage, part numbers, etc.) that the timing belt has been changed, do it as soon as possible.

See the FAQs for a list of preventive maintenance tasks.

Hope this helps.

Yours faithfully,

Spook






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