Now the hand book says to be gentle, the dealer says start as you mean to go on and the internet is divided.

So other than letting the engine warm up before giving it the beans, what do you folks think about the whole 'running in' issue?

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Been covered before..

 

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Iv always followed the book,its only a1000 miles,then drive it like you stole it

My mate was on the red line in every gear 10 miles out of the show room in his brand new VRS 1.4.

He says it uses hardley any oil after 5,000 miles.

Goes like **** off a shovel too!

I was gentle with my Fabia VRS for the first thousand or so miles and I ended up having to put in 0.5ltr of oil in ever 1000 miles

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Now have 600 miles on my new Vrs, have driven it hard from day one but always let her heat up, handy having the on board oil temp reading. I used same method on my 07 type r, used approx half a litre top up of oil every 12k or so. My brother took it easy for first 2k with the same motor and his drunk a litre of oil every 1000 miles...... Vary engine speed and load, worst thing to do IMO is sit at same speed, engine speed for extended periods of time...

ive done the same on my new one as my last two CR Vrs's and driven it hard through the gears in sports mode now and then but only when its hot as above.  Ive had a same results in that the last two hardly used any oil over 80,000 miles after running in like this.  

 

My L&K which I got as an 8000 mile ex demo drank a litre of oil every 10,000 miles so can only guess this was run in in a different way.  It was also a PD which may have burnt more?

I ran mine in according to the book on the basis that having built thousands of these engines VW knew best how to run them in, but that's down to personal choice.

 

The absolute big no no is don't labour the engine especially at low rpm, that's what b8ggers them up as it glazes the bores resulting in excessive oil consumption. Varying the rpm and avoiding full throttle is how I ran mine in, gradually building up to giving it the beans. It used 1/2 a litre during the first 1500 miles and has used none since (now done 6k) Running it in as per the book also gives you chance to get used to the car and gives you something to look forward to

What I thinks weird is how people seem to only consider the engine when running in, when it's also every moving part that needs running in.

I certainly wouldn't be 'pressing on' with brand new tyres and brakes.....

What I thinks weird is how people seem to only consider the engine when running in, when it's also every moving part that needs running in.

I certainly wouldn't be 'pressing on' with brand new tyres and brakes.....

Good point! Although surely once the tyres and brakes are warm there's not really any cause for concern.

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Good point! Although surely once the tyres and brakes are warm there's not really any cause for concern.

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No, new tyres and brakes take a few hundred miles to bed in.

i made sure i kept off any bad corners for the first 100 miles for the tyres to wear their coating off (just in case).  TBH ive been babying it a lot since I got it, only putting it into sport to run through the gears on the straights when hot.  

 

500 miles and alls good.  It actually feels faster than my mkii through the gears from 2nd and 3rd on a rolling start which im happy about

No, new tyres and brakes take a few hundred miles to bed in.

Yep, new tyres are pretty slidey until you scrub the surface off.

Glad I know about the tyres then!

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