New Car Run-in period - Aggressive or By the manual?

Speeding@160mph · 31st March 2010, 14:25

Just took delivery of my A4 2.0 TFSI yesterday night :-)

Very curious about the run-in/break-in practices of our forum members - An Engineer friend of mine recommends just ripping though the engine at all speeds & gears without redlining for the first 1k. Another who recently bought the C says just go slow and you will be fine.

Aggressive Vs Passive - Which one did you guys adopt? More importantly, which works better?

I've also read that a lot of the guys here who are having Oil issues on their new Turbo cars could be due to a Passive break-in? Any thoughts?

amitoj · 31st March 2010, 14:31

Search and ye shall find...

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/owning...r-new-car.html

Congrats on your A4

sachinj12 · 31st March 2010, 14:45

Sedate. Baby her for the first 1k mark. Gradually work her up.

NOTORIOUS · 31st March 2010, 14:54

congratulation on your car bhai , i agree with sachin. take care of your car , in turn she will take care of you.

Shan2nu · 31st March 2010, 15:29

Well, i think a bit of both should do the trick. Normal driving with short bursts of acc.

When we bought the OHC VTEC back in 2001, i didn't know anything about cars. The first thing i did when i exited the showroom was redline the first 2 gears. I did 195kmph with just 500kms on the odo. But on other days my mom would drive it below 3000rpm.

Then when i learnt about engine run in, i thought my engine would just fall apart. But even after 71K kms and 8.5 years, it still feels tight and powerful.

Shan2nu

Rehaan · 31st March 2010, 15:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitoj

Search and ye shall find...

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/owning...r-new-car.html

Thanks.

Heres one more : How to decide on break-in / running-in period?

This thread is closed - please continue in the thread mentioned by amitoj above.

cya
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31st March 2010, 14:25	#1
Speeding@160mph BHPian Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Delhi Posts: 185 Thanked: 6 Times	New Car Run-in period - Aggressive or By the manual? Just took delivery of my A4 2.0 TFSI yesterday night :-) Very curious about the run-in/break-in practices of our forum members - An Engineer friend of mine recommends just ripping though the engine at all speeds & gears without redlining for the first 1k. Another who recently bought the C says just go slow and you will be fine. Aggressive Vs Passive - Which one did you guys adopt? More importantly, which works better? I've also read that a lot of the guys here who are having Oil issues on their new Turbo cars could be due to a Passive break-in? Any thoughts?
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31st March 2010, 14:31	#2
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,348 Thanked: 3,066 Times View My Garage	Search and ye shall find... http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/owning...r-new-car.html Congrats on your A4 Last edited by amitoj : 31st March 2010 at 14:33.
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31st March 2010, 14:45	#3
sachinj12 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,187 Thanked: 168 Times	Sedate. Baby her for the first 1k mark. Gradually work her up.
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31st March 2010, 14:54	#4
NOTORIOUS BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 808 Thanked: 124 Times View My Garage	congratulation on your car bhai , i agree with sachin. take care of your car , in turn she will take care of you.
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31st March 2010, 15:29	#5
Shan2nu Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli - Karnata Posts: 5,533 Thanked: 125 Times View My Garage	Well, i think a bit of both should do the trick. Normal driving with short bursts of acc. When we bought the OHC VTEC back in 2001, i didn't know anything about cars. The first thing i did when i exited the showroom was redline the first 2 gears. I did 195kmph with just 500kms on the odo. But on other days my mom would drive it below 3000rpm. Then when i learnt about engine run in, i thought my engine would just fall apart. But even after 71K kms and 8.5 years, it still feels tight and powerful. Shan2nu
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