Having got a new MY01 WRX, what problems could occur if taken above 4k revs (6k revs) while in running in period. Not talking all the time just now and again.
A friend with Porch says can do the engine some good, as it brakes the engine in better than keeping it below 4k revs till 1k miles then flooring throttle.
Any feedback?

 

Can't be to sure, kept mine down for the first 1000 miles (most of the time ;-))

It's done about 4000 miles now and i still think it's loosening up.

 

if my understanding is correct, the impreza has different oil put in for the first 1000 miles.. and it isn't advisable to go over 4000rpm, as it could potential damage the engine.

Of course, they could have lied to me

 

If they use different oil is just UK supplied cars? I have an import from Holland and it states that the first service is 7500 miles as there is no 1k service needed. I'm taking it for 1k service just to be safe though.

 

Manual used to say (and may well still say) to keep below 4K revs unless in case of 'emergency'. Personally, I did not exceed the 4K at all, but even then kept it under 5K until I got 3,000 miles on.

TONY

 

It also used to say :

No harsh acceleration or braking.
Don't keep at a constant speed for long periods of time (i.e. motorway).

None of which obviously applies to any car that is a hire car or a company car..

When somebody desided to drive into the back of my girlfriends car (F reg Renault 5 Campus) Imagine how happy she was when given a brand new (less than 100 miles on the clock) Renault Clio 1.2 as a hire car until the insurance had sorted everything out.

Obviously I had to hit the rev limiter from cold in that car everytime I drove it.... Would I ever buy an ex hire/company car? Not on your life!

The way you run a car in is more important for the state of the engine in later life. I have heard people say that cars that are thrashed from new are quicker than properly looked after examples. The downside is that they are likely to be oil burning heaps by 50,000 miles...

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by tonybooth:
<B>Manual used to say (and may well still say) to keep below 4K revs unless in case of 'emergency'. Personally, I did not exceed the 4K at all, but even then kept it under 5K until I got 3,000 miles on.

TONY[/quote]
Holy sh*t how did you keep that up or down as the case may be. Surely you gave it a blast now and again. You must have the patience of a saint.

 

StuBoy

You'd think the oil would be the same regardless of where you buy as they're all supplied from the same factory, aren't they?

[This message has been edited by boultsy (edited 01 October 2001).]

 

I kept mine to around 4k but didn't worry if the odd spurt took me over to 5 - 6k. I didn't sustain any revs at that level though. I was told by the dealer to really zip it up to the temporary rev limit to aid things bedding in. Seems like it was sound advice.

Can't remember which dealer told me, but I was definitely also told that the new one doesn't really need a rev limit, as long as it is driven pretty sensibly and not absolutely thrashed. There's no turbo 1 min tickover stricker on my car either!!



Cheers,

Richie

 

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by RichieB:
<B>There's no turbo 1 min tickover stricker on my car either!!



Cheers,

Richie[/quote]
Hang so are you saying that even if you have given the car a quick thrash you don't need to let the engine run for a few minutes after?

 

No Pete, I'm not saying that, because I always do let it idle, just to be sure, but the dealer told me the turbo had been modified and I didn't need to bother now. Is he right? Dunno. Do I want to trust him? Definitely not.

Cheers,

Rich

 

Mine had an oil change at the 1000 mile service.

 

Yeah, I sorta wanted to believe that cool downs were not needed when the ceramic ball bearing turbos were released on a certain Nissan model.

Call me conservative, but I stuck to the cooldowns theory through getting bolloxed by a number of people who thought I was needlessly polluting their air idling the car - a mate's car promptly died soon there after - and he followed the dealer's advice