

Turn the blade by hand – It will be a lot easier to turn! You may even hear the sound of the blender change, as the lubrication kicks in!Īfter running the blender for a total of about a minute or so, remove the motor and set it down. Run the blender for 20-30 seconds at a time, 2-3 times. This helps with the lubrication process, as the oil is forced down into the spindle axle. As long as you didn’t go overboard on coating everything with oil, it shouldn’t be a problem, especially if you keep everything upside down. Verify that oil is not spraying everywhere. Turn the motor on at the lowest speed setting (e.g. For other blenders, you may need to press the buttons.

Note: For the Ninja, you press down on the cup (or in this case the blender motor) to activate the motor, so go ahead and do that. Next, turn the blender upside down, and fit it onto the cup/blade assembly. This is the critical part: turn the blade mechanism upside down and pour about 1-2 teaspoons of oil in between the cup mount and the spindle, as shown.įrom this point on, keep the bottom portion ‘upside down.’ Don’t turn it over, or all of the oil will leak out!


Use a bowl or something to catch any excess oil that may drip off. Turn the blades by hand a little bit to work the oil in. In addition, pour some of the oil directly onto the spindle shaft of the blender blades. The mixture should go up to the max-fill line. After all, this will be touching parts in this blender that may come into contact with your food, so you want to make sure that it is safe to consume in the event that it does make it into your smoothies!įill the cup with warm water and 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil. Get some olive oil, any type should be fine, the key is that it is food-grade olive oil. This is really a great blender, the updated version is the 1000w Ninja which is what I would get if I were buying one now… In this quick guide, I am using a Ninja 900w blender (which I don’t think is made anymore) but the principle is the same for just about any blender you are using.
