Running a new Jimny in for off road use

Hi,

After watching many videos and reading reviews and sites like this I decided to get a Jimny which I collect tomorrow with 4 miles on the clock. I've only had used cars before but I'm aware of having to run some cars in.

When is it safe for me to take it off road without risking damaging it? I wasn't planning anything major at first just a few muddy tracks before I venture anywhere else

I've read a little bit about limit rpm for first 600-1000 miles and againt after 3000, it will take me an age to do that many miles on my commute..

Thanks

If you're really looking to keep the car perfect mechanically then you'll do well to download the full complete technical manual for the Jimny (I've got one that I found on this forum from someone).

The reason being that it includes a really thorough inspection guideline for the car and also a nice easy to understand schedule. Basically if you use the car off road they recommend quite a lot of oil changes and inspections etc.

Other than that you'll just find that scratches appear and you'll be upset at first but after a while you won't care.

Oh.... DO NOT TRY AND DRIVE UP GRASS BANKS. You can't do it on the Duellers. Maybe in the absolute dry but not in the wet. I found out the hard way.

Basically on the RPM front yes, keep the revs low-ish for the first 1000 miles or so. It won't take long to get through. Give the engine oil a swap out if you fancy at that time.

:lol: ENJOY

The last two cars we've bought new (Ford and Suzuki) the dealers said the same. No problem in high rpm, but don't let the engine work too hard. So better stay in a gear a bit longer than you would normally do, before changing up.

Kier wrote: Hi,

After watching many videos and reading reviews and sites like this I decided to get a Jimny which I collect tomorrow with 4 miles on the clock. I've only had used cars before but I'm aware of having to run some cars in.

When is it safe for me to take it off road without risking damaging it? I wasn't planning anything major at first just a few muddy tracks before I venture anywhere else

I've read a little bit about limit rpm for first 600-1000 miles and againt after 3000, it will take me an age to do that many miles on my commute..

Thanks

brand new jimny take it offroad are you mad :laugh: my advise would be if you don't want to risk damaging it dont do it

When I had my old SJ engine reconditioned, so like a new engine with honed bores and new rings etc, I was advised to go easy on it building the revs up gently until 1000 miles, not to put too much load on it or to sit at the same revs too long. So if you are on a motorway vary your speed to allow you to vary the revs and when at lower speeds drop it to 4th to vary the revs.

Having said that, a mate told me years ago that when he was younger he and his colleagues worked for a company that gave out identical mini metro's as company cars and he ignored this all and thrashed his from new. His was apparently then always faster by a noticeable amount and went wrong less often. Not sure I would advise this when spending my own money though!

We get new cars at work with delivery miles on them and they all get thrashed from cold from the moment they get into our yard. None of them suffer and all have to do 150k miles now. Brake pads and clutches seem to be made from cheese on new cars now though to make them environmentally friendly and smoother to drive.

I've gone off on a tangent now. You'd never have guessed I might to that. During the war....

Kirkynut

I have seen a few videos of production engines beeing bench tested at the factory and they get thrashed

Also i have heard thrashing a motorbike engine is actually better for it? dont know if its the same for a car...

The reason they say keep it easy is that all the engine parts are rubbing together and wearing down to the propper fit so the harder you thrash them the more heat is generated