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Originally Posted by MR.
Read the manual guys... It states exactly what is not allowed!
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Originally Posted by RingMeister01
You have to load the engine guys. Full throttle on and off to compress and seat the rings of the piston. Those of you who are "babying" your break-ins are doing irreparable harm to your pistons. You'll experience better gas milage and power if you vary your engine speeds and load the motor. For example, hit the highway and do 40 - 80 mph pulls at full throttle at low, mid and then higher rpm's maybe 10 times. Do an oil change and you'RE done. Thats the break-in.
FYI you do know that before any cars leaves the BMW factory ill go through a dyno pull...right?  |
This 'break in' period always confuses me as there are so many theories. I've had a number of new cars and always driven pretty sedately and stuck to the break in guidelines for the first 1500 kms or so, whether this is best i don't know.
Ringmeister you mention 'full throttle' is good for break in, which i have heard before, however in the guidelines that MR posted it states '
Avoid full load', is full load & full throttle the same thing? this is why i get so confused. lol
The first month or so of new car ownership is always the most stressful for me as i don't want engine issues or extreme oil usage down the track due to a bad 'break in period'.