Hi there, just picked up my new car, just joined your forum. There was no mention of running in by the dealer but just wondered what the thoughts of the people are....?

It's a lovely car by the way...well impressed with the quality of it.

Should say in the owners book.

Nice and easy without labouring the engine and build the revs up high as the mileage goes on.

Or the other way that's mentioned on her is just drive it and don't worry about it

I researched same issue and came to the following conclusion. Be neither over aggressive or over cautious. Driving terrain should be mixed ie: town, country and motorway. Always wait for oil temp to reach operating temp before giving it some beans. Mine has 10k on clock now and feels like it is run in.

Enjoy your car.

No need to run in - give it beans when the oil (not water) is up to temp through the gears and up to the redline if you wish. This is what i did with mine and it uses no oil and gives great performance (see sig )

This question always gets very mixed responses. I always run cars in for a good few thousand miles and always take them to very high mileages. I have never had any serious engine problems with any of my cars so I can only assume this method works. That said, the luck I've had may not be linked to running in at all.

Hmm. I ran mine in - uses no oil. Mate didn't run his Leon FR CR 170 in, his uses loads of oil. Go figure.

Oil leak?

I have said this before, if you have seen the way they are driven off the boat up the dockside on cold engines then you would realise running in is slightly too late !

They always use oil. they are oil burners

I have said this before, if you have seen the way they are driven off the boat up the dockside on cold engines then you would realise running in is slightly too late !

Or at the dealers pre-PDI, having worked at a dealership I used to cringe at it!

Mine used a bit of oil in the first 2 years but nothing since its first oil change.

Thanks all...some mixed views there which all goes to help me in my thoughts. I have to say i am pretty impressed with the car so far...it handles pretty neatly for its size.

cheers again.

This question always gets very mixed responses. I always run cars in for a good few thousand miles and always take them to very high mileages. I have never had any serious engine problems with any of my cars so I can only assume this method works. That said, the luck I've had may not be linked to running in at all.

+1

As for redlining a TDI what is the point?. the power has dropped off before the redline anyway (it's starts to drop off at 4,100RPM on a 170CR)

+1

As for redlining a TDI what is the point?. the power has dropped off before the redline anyway (it's starts to drop off at 4,100RPM on a 170CR)

the bed the piston rings in. There is plenty of evidence on the internet with proof its better for you're car than keeping below certain revs

New cars get thrased in the factory, thrashed onto the boat, thrashed off the boat and thrashed on the PDI. At no point during these pre-owner thrashing sessions is the oil even close to warm so by the time we get our grubby little mitts on a "new" car, it's already been.......thrashed!

Drive it as if you'd nicked it.

Use it but don't abuse it and you should be fine. No need to take it to the redline, the important thing for bedding in the piston rings is load on the pistons, i.e. accelerating hard rather than high revs.

If you were to search the forums you are shure to find many threads on running in a new car.

Ian

What about a petrol Octy VRS?