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Running in the Engine - Engineering explained.
- Andy2640
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Ok, Gen 4 manual says:
*The future performance and reliability of the engine depends on the care and restraint exercised during its early life. It is especially important to observe the following precautions during its first 600 miles.
* After starting, do not race the engine, wait until warmed up
* Avoid prolonged vehicle operations at a constant speed . Moving parts will break in better if you are vary your speed.
* Start off from a stop slowly, avoid full throttle starts.
* Avoid hard breaking, especially during the first 200 miles.
* Do not drive slowly in a high gear.
*Drive the vehicle at moderate engine speeds.
* Do not tow a trailer fopr the foirst 600 miles.
So, some of these are obvious, like brakes being worn in, and waiting for the engine to warm. However.....
I would love to know whats actually happening during the first 600 miles. Or not happening if the engine is stressed. Anyone wanna make this super clear and preferably detailed for monkey boys like myself.
It has preoccupied a lot of my driving time, wondering what is going on under that hood with the engine and transmission. And at what point do we start incrementally increasing revs etc, and by how much etc etc...... ?
Super - mega detail welcomed. Guess work will also be happily tolerated
Andy.
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If you just rag a brand new engine, there's a chance that a couple of those bits might decide not to play nicely and jam or knock bigger chunks off each other, so it's better to take things easy to allow for gradual wear.
It's not such a big deal these days are manufacturing tolerances are far tighter, but still well worth it.
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So, when would you start introducing higher revs then mate? After say 600 miles or...? and finally (sorry, i ask far too many questions) at what point will you hammer it
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One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
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*Respectfully means letting everything get up to temperature.
With any 4x4 vehicle, the worst thing you can do is drive at a constant speed on the motorway for ages. That creates an uneven wear pattern in the ring & pinion sets. Varying your speed avoids this.
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AlexK wrote: Had a conversation with a test engineer for a performance brand about this a few years back. His opinion was that babying a vehicle can do just as much damage as thrashing it. He swore that vehicles he'd driven hard but respectfully* from new had measurably better performance in later life.
*Respectfully means letting everything get up to temperature.
With any 4x4 vehicle, the worst thing you can do is drive at a constant speed on the motorway for ages. That creates an uneven wear pattern in the ring & pinion sets. Varying your speed avoids this.
Thanks you 2. Now........ that is interesting! Conflicting advice always intrigues me. Decisions decisions. To give it some, or not to give it some, now that is the question. Mmmhhhhh???
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Lambert wrote: would they treat their own car like that
Yes, but to be clear neither he nor I are advocating thrashing anything. We're both strong advocates for the concept of mechanical sympathy. His perspective was that pootling about everywhere like an old lady with blue hair leads to a vehicle with stunted performance.
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Lambert wrote: All things in moderation.
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I basically drove it gently for the first 1200 miles not really exceeding 4000 rpm. Between 1200 and 2500 miles I gradually started accelerating a little harder and taking the revs higher though not sustaining high revs for any length of time. All through that period the engine has felt very tight. I am now at 3200 miles and the engine is feeling a lot better, free reving and sounds less harsh.
So I now drive it basically ‘normally’.
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