pen15ofgoldd
Passed Driver's Ed
Do you guys/ladies actually break in your cars? Or are these cars built ready to go?
I don't believe in break-in periods. It used to be that you had to change the oil at about 1000 miles to get all the metal shavings out. Modern engines are machined much tighter and synthetic oils lubricate better.
I do believe in varying the RPM. If you go cruise control at the exact same speed during break-in the engine can settle in to work best only at that RPM.
Engine is broken in at the factory.
Engine is broken in at the factory.
Wrong.
Well, at least all my friends that work as tech in the VW dealer told me to take it easy.
In the old days yes, motors came tested already. Nowadays, to save $$ you should do it yourself.
My last 2 GTi's I have gone APR the same day I bought the car. This 2010, I 'll wait 5000 miles. (This coming week I already have 3800 miles)
+1 I spoke yesterday with the Area Manager for VW, and the engines are dyno'd before they leave the factory.
Being run on the dyno and run for the hours it takes to properly break in an engine are two different stories. If VW says follow their break-in policy, I see no reason not to. It's a few weeks out of the years of a car's life.