PeteRock

Whats the normal thing for running in a brand new car?, I keep on hearing thats a thing of the past and thought I would check first!!

Cheers everyone!


PeteRock

Catherine

Snap Pete, thats what I was going to ask. We are collecting ours on Friday and I would like to know the do's and dont's.

PeteRock

Im collecting mine a week on tuesday cannot wait, hence all the questions already! lol

Catherine

Pete, what are you having?

Did I read somewhere that is an SL?

We are having an silver Wagon SL

PeteRock

Just getting a standard subaru 4 door wrx, quite a upgrade from a saxo!

sti-04!!

Hey !!
I got my MY04 Sti about 5 to 6 wks ago & for the 1st 1000 miles i took my time
Upto 500 miles i didnt go above 3500rpm, then i gradually took it up a little until i got to 997 miles, got it serviced & then it was bye bye bank account with all the optimax i am & have used !!!!!!
Its hard but for the 1st 1000 take your time & it'll be well worth the wait

Sti-04!!

Jolley

Something like keep below 4000rpm for the first 1000 miles, then have the oil changed (they only charge you for parts, not labour). Then you are free to do whatever you want. The dealer should tell you all of this when you pick it up, but if not it is in the handbook.

wrx_sti_my04

Hi Sti-04
Me too, only I have still got another 200 or so to go for the 1000. Just beginning to open it up a bit (3000 rpm for around 500 miles, now up to 4000 on a warm engine, now and then 4500 when I want to scare myself. Can't image what it will go like when I don't change gear every two seconds....

How long did the 1000 mile service take, any problems?

Cheers

sti-04!!

Hi m8,

the svs took about an hour as its only a general check over & oil & filter change

no problems as yet with it

& i have done 2.5k as yet but a new audi company car next week will sort that out

Have Fun

sti-04!!

richieh

have a look here http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm (dons asbestos suit and runs for cover )
richie

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Run in for the first 1k (keep under 4krpm) oil change, run in for a further 500miles, in this time, slowly increase the revs until at 1500 (approx) miles you have reached 7k, should be fine from then on in

Tony

vindaloo

Ahh the counter argument to taking it easy! If it breaks it's under warranty

I did think about this but with a turbo, erm I dunno . Running 'ordinary' oil through the turbo sounds like a bad idea, even for a small mileage. Can you get high temperature 'mineral oil' that won't break down in the turbo?

As well as the engine, you also have to think about the transmission, brakes etc. WOTing it would be fine so long as one didn't burn up the clutch and brakes doing 0-100-0s or similar.

Vindaloo.

billythekid

The main thing to remember is let the engine warm up fully, even when the water temp guage shows up to temp the oil wont be any where near up to temp, will take about twice as long as the water.

Brian the Sn@il

i have a mate who thrashed his NEW WRX from 0 miles and its settled down at 265 BHP on the rollers.

So long as you dont red line all the time the days of running are over.

Billy the kid is spot on regarding warming up first though.
Go for Gold, i am in the WR-1 dont want a slow one

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Well not quite true Brian, your not just running the engine in, you have all the diffs, gearbox and other moving parts to consider also.
Saying that, i ran my Spec C in carefully, that put out 343.5lbs of torque on the rolling road, not bad for a standard car thats only suppose to push out 290lbs

Tony

RRH

the interesting thing is that you can still do about 125 and stay below 4000 revs

STI @ 21

with my STI8 I was given a run in advice piece of paper, mine was slightly different, as it was an ex demo car, and apparently they put in a different kind of oil for these, as well as running them in for longer at the factory, as far as I know. Anyway when I was test driving the dealer asked me to keep it below 5000 revs, and then when I brought the car with only 197 miles on the clock, I kept it below 4000 revs until the 1000 mike service. Have had no problems with it at all. Wouldn't follow the counter argument about thrashing it as its under warranty, as you never know what kind of long term damage you could be doing to the car, which could blow the engine just after warranty has ended, and you won't be smiling then. Wait for the first 1000 miles they will soon pass, and its a good way to get use to the car, by taking it gently. Trust me the wait will be worth it, when you get it back from the 1000 mile service and you take it up to near the redline for the first time, you won't be able to get the smile off your face.

Chris

Rewolf

Was careful to keep below 4K until 500 miles, which allowed about 100mph in 5th when the conditions allowed (new WRX). Very, very difficult to achieve in 1st & 2nd if you don't have a feather for a right foot. After 500 let the revs get a bit higher - up to 6K in occasional bursts. Had 1K oil change on Wednesday, and it cost nothing. The new free parts and servicing as of cars registered from April 1st just caught my car .

wrx_sti_my04

Is this just for the WRX or will the STi be the same. I have 60 miles to go, booked in on Wednesday. The last 940 miles have been fun, can't image what the next 1000 will be like!!!!

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

Take the next 500 miles after the service pretty gentle, you will have new oil in and the fact that your car will be dog slow will just depress you
Slowly take the car up the rev range after the 1k service until you eventually reach the red line (but not in one go, ie for 100 miles after the 1k service dont go above 4.5, then 5 after another 100 miles and so on).
Your car will be happy and so will you

Tony