Breaking new car in.
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Hello...does anyone here have advice on how to break in a new car? At what speeds to alternate at, oil changes, warming up styles (drive off/idle) stuff like that? Thanks!
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saw in a car mag...that when u break a new car...u do it until u reach 1000km or something....some kS ppl do it till 5000km....anyway from what the mag says...u have to change the engine oil to remove all the debris when yr engine is on....otherwise they will cause an imprefect seal ...in short..low engine power....
then when u rev the car...rev to 3/4 of the rpm range will do.....and also dun treat it like it's a race car...don exert it or stress it hard during the break in period -
i think more proper way should be called "running in new car"...at first read thought it's breaking in new car..hahaha
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The safetest way is to follow the advise or instructions of the car dealer, from whom you have purchased the new car. -
I don't mean to be rude, but if people listened to dealers who tell the 'truth', then a lot of us would be buying new cars again and again. It just doesn't make sense for the dealer who is actually a salesman, to destroy his future livelihood by teaching you how to make your car last as long as it can. There was this guy at Mazda who told me the 6 could be pulled up to the redline and should be for the first 1000 km so as to expose the pistons and seals to the full range of operating specifications. I know that's a partial truth, but up to the redline? I don't think so!Originally posted by Atobe:The safetest way is to follow the advise or instructions of the car dealer, from whom you have purchased the new car.
I was looking more on information like varying speeds, stop-start patterns, warm up idling patterns and such. -
this is probably the reason why he/she started a thread on this in the first place,,,,,Originally posted by PeRsEuS:I don't mean to be rude, but if people listened to dealers who tell the 'truth', then a lot of us would be buying new cars again and again. It just doesn't make sense for the dealer who is actually a salesman, to destroy his future livelihood by teaching you how to make your car last as long as it can. There was this guy at Mazda who told me the 6 could be pulled up to the redline and should be for the first 1000 km so as to expose the pistons and seals to the full range of operating specifications. I know that's a partial truth, but up to the redline? I don't think so!
I was looking more on information like varying speeds, stop-start patterns, warm up idling patterns and such.
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best is ask e workshop... but think 4 for new is after u travel a certain distance den u go change e duno wad oil.. think is filter oil ezit? then 2nd hand car is all give to workshop n check n maintence
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My style has always been to keep it under 90km/hr and under 3000 RPM at all times. Drive at varying speeds in varied gears to expose the parts to different driving conditions. I've always used mineral oil for the first 7000-8000 miles as the friction is higher thus it can wear out the rough edges better compared to synthetic which will make the pistons so slick against the cyclinders that no wearing down of the burrs will be done at all?
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hmmm.....not bad....not bad.......Originally posted by PeRsEuS:My style has always been to keep it under 90km/hr and under 3000 RPM at all times. Drive at varying speeds in varied gears to expose the parts to different driving conditions. I've always used mineral oil for the first 7000-8000 miles as the friction is higher thus it can wear out the rough edges better compared to synthetic which will make the pistons so slick against the cyclinders that no wearing down of the burrs will be done at all?
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wah liaO
, my dealer never tell me anything 
, somemore from the day i took my car, i go 140 -160km/h liao 
... What's the different if I never run in I've already done 3000km. 
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What model is your car?Originally posted by chuajoe:wah liaO , my dealer never tell me anything , somemore from the day i took my car, i go 140 -160km/h liao ... What's the different if I never run in I've already done 3000km.
I think it varies from engine to engine...depending on cruise speed and correlated RPM.. I think once you go over 3000RPM which most 1.6 liter cars touch at 120km/hr, it will be considered as speeding, not morally or legally, but for the car. Maybe this will affect your pistons to seal in a way that allows higher engine acclimatization to performance instead of fuel efficiency and smoothness? That's what I deduced.. I mean a runner is a runner a sprinter is a sprinter?
I prefer keeping it at 90 cos my new car is around 2000+ at that speed, and that's the limit anyway.. I am pretty stuck on the idea that 2500-3000RPM at 80-100km/hr is where your engine is comfortable cruising, provided you warmed up the car properly of course. -
Do an Italian tune up if you dare!!! Go to Malaysia along the East Coast where there are not so many cops and speed traps and let goooooo. You can do 180kmh there or more if you try and your car can do it. Don't kill yourself or any cattle or tigers crossing the road. Watch out!