hi all what is the recommended run in mileage and speed. Getting my sm greenline next week.the road tests say its got long legs. any body know the gear ratios and final drive ie miles per 1000 revs in 5 gear on all models to compare, does 6 speed get higher ratio. do 4x4 get lower ratio for extra weight,also does 4x4 get lower first gear for heavy trailers caravans.any thoughts

Hi, I don't know about gear ratios but the best thing to do when running in a new car, you will get lots of different opinions on this by the way, is to use the engine freely, use the gears and keep the engine spinning at various speeds and loads. Don't allow the engine to labour in too high a gear and low revs, finally give the car some heavy right foot and high loadings occasionally to bed things in well. Hopefully after that you should enjoy a motor that pulls well, is easy on fuel and doesn't use oil.

Ian

Hi, I don't know about gear ratios but the best thing to do when running in a new car, you will get lots of different opinions on this by the way, is to use the engine freely, use the gears and keep the engine spinning at various speeds and loads. Don't allow the engine to labour in too high a gear and low revs, finally give the car some heavy right foot and high loadings occasionally to bed things in well. Hopefully after that you should enjoy a motor that pulls well, is easy on fuel and doesn't use oil.

Ian

+1 to all that. :yes:

Hi, I don't know about gear ratios but the best thing to do when running in a new car, you will get lots of different opinions on this by the way, is to use the engine freely, use the gears and keep the engine spinning at various speeds and loads. Don't allow the engine to labour in too high a gear and low revs, finally give the car some heavy right foot and high loadings occasionally to bed things in well. Hopefully after that you should enjoy a motor that pulls well, is easy on fuel and doesn't use oil.

Ian

That's not what the Yeti owners' manual says:

The engine has to be run in during the first 1 500 kilometres.

Up to 1 000 kilometres

– Do not drive faster than 3/4 of the maximum speed of the gear in use, that is 3/4 of

the maximum permissible engine speed.

– Do not use full throttle.

– Avoid high engine revolutions.

– Do not tow a trailer.

From 1 000 up to 1 500 kilometres

– Increase the power output of the engine gradually up to the full speed of the gear

engaged, that is up to the maximum permissible engine revolutions.

During the first operating hours the engine has higher internal friction than later until

all of the moving parts have harmonized. The driving style which you adopt during the

first approx.1 500 kilometres plays a decisive part in the success of running in your

vehicle.

You should not drive at unnecessarily high engine revolutions even after the

running-in period is complete. The maximum permissible engine speed is marked by

the beginning of the red zone on the scale of the revolutions counter. Shift up into the

next higher gear on a vehicle fitted with manual gearbox before the red zone is

reached. Extremely high engine revolutions are automatically governed, by the way.

For a vehicle fitted with a manual gearbox the converse situation also applies: Do not

drive at engine revolutions which are too low. Shift down as soon as the engine is no

longer running smoothly.

+1 to all that. :yes:

+1 as well.

Or to put it another way; spin the engine (not too high revs) don't let it labour i.e. on along motorway uphill gradient use 5th or 4th rather than 6th that you'd probably use usually.