posted 07-02-2003 11:37 PM                  

Oil change is very easy, suggest Mobil-1 5W30. 12,000 pound capacity plastic ramps are popular, available at WalMart, etc., for roughly $25.00.

Also use a grease gun - front upper balljoints, rear lower balljoints. Pop the plastic caps and lube GENTLY (I wouldn't trust a lube shop using air power).

-GRROWL

P.S. - You might also want to consider a small floor jack (Sears has a 2-1/4 ton one for $29.99 with jackstands) - lift pads are along the side rail, use a 2x4 on the jack to clear the body. This would be useful to help put on ceramic brake pads (and front mud flaps if you don't already have them) which seem to be the first two recommended mods.

Good luck, and have fun. The standard maintenance stuff on the prowler is really very straight forward.

posted 07-03-2003 12:35 PM                  

It sounds like this will be the third oil in the kat since you said the dealer already changed it once.

Regardless, here's some food for thought from the Mobil-1 web site:

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Don't Just Take Our Word For It:

Mobil 1® comes as standard equipment in some of the finest production vehicles you can buy. It's "factory fill" in Chevrolet Corvette, all Porsches, Mercedes-Benz AMG models, Dodge Viper, Ford Mustang Cobra R and all Aston Martin cars. Here are some remarks from some of the top engineers and executives at these renowned manufacturers.

"Every car produced in the factory in Stuttgart gets its first oil from Mobil 1. And that means that all our cars and engines are developed with that product."
– Herbert Ampferer, Director,
Porsche Motorsports

"Mobil 1 is the only oil we use for our engines as the first filling. And then we put the sticker in the engine compartment just to make sure that people know what's in their engines."
– Domingos Piedade, Managing Director,
Mercedes-Benz AMG

"Based upon the results we saw several years ago in endurance racing with Team Shelby, we felt Mobil 1 could do the job in the Viper, Dodge's highest-performance sports car."
– Charlie Brown III, Viper Engine Supervisor,
DaimlerChrysler Corporation

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If it's good enough for the Viper as original fill, it should be good enough for the prowler from day one. In fact, does anyone know the prowler factory fill? It seems quite possible that CAAP only used only Mobil 1 in both the Vipers AND Prowlers.

posted 07-03-2003 01:04 PM                  

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Originally posted by BeWare:
I was told because the engine is not borken in until 5000 miles. I am not an expert but when someone in the business tells me especially when they lose a higher dollar sale I did as suggested. And I said others would disagree. I must be physic

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The "factory breakin oil" is a relic of the past. It's not true now; it wasn't true 10 years ago. 30 years ago, maybe. The "factory breakin oil" was, in ancient times, a non-detergent oil that allowed the rings to lap to the cylinders. Modern engines have much closer tolerances, don't need breakin oil, don't come from the factory with it. In fact, I'm still interested if anyone knows whether the Prowler came with Mobil-1, which would be the same as they put in the Vipers on the next line in the same plant.

-GRROWL

posted 07-03-2003 05:27 PM                  

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Originally posted by jan bruggeman:
[B]prowler did not come w/mobil 1.if it did you wouldnt have to change to it.

i would use only a mopar filter.no frams

B]

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JB,

It sounds like you're responding to me, but I don't understand the first line above.

Second, I agree with you that Fram is generally considered to be the worst filter on the market. However, do you realize that, HORROR OF HORRORS, that Mopar filter in your car MAY BE A FRAM???

See:
http://minimopar.net/oilfilterstudy-mopar.html