All being well!, my Dad should be picking a pre-reg '15 plate Yeti on Saturday. Its a 2.0 TDI 110 SE in Silver.

 

Has a couple of extras on it with front parking sensors and the Supersport steering wheel upgrade.

 

It was registered 3 weeks ago and has got 10miles on the clock, so I was wondering peoples opinions on engine running in periods and

 

what they have done with their new Yetis when they had them.

 

Its the first new car my Dad has ever had, and I am yet to buy a brand new car so I was interested in people opinions on running in a new engine.

 

Any input gratefully received,

 

 

Lewwy

just drive it as normal, being a diesel you wont need to thrash the nuts off it anyways, keep the revs under 4000 and it'll be peachy

Agree just drive and enjoy.

Agree. There is no running in as such now. Just remember to let the engine warm up before using the performance and don't "lug" it at low revs.

Try to vary the revs and drive it normally. A new engine treated too gently will use more oil as the rings will not bed in as well as one that uses revs up to 4000 without thrashing it.

Agree with the above posts.

Mine had 15 miles on the clock when purchased.

Covered 26000 miles so far and no oil usage.

Just drive it, my Yeti had 300 miles on it and we towed the caravan 180 miles on holiday, fully loaded with kids, dog, bikes etc.   No need to nurse it.

I was about to mention towing. The owners manual says 1000 km [625 miles] before you do so. I was a bit concerned about this as I was away towing 1500 miles for a month, less than a month after getting mine. I managed to get 680 miles done before I set off.

The first 200 miles from new the engine was tight and used about 1/4 L of oil.  It loosened up noticeably up to the 600 miles, and after the maiden tow of nearly 600 miles fully laden in a day she was a different car when we arrived on site [using about 1/8 L more of oil].

The car has about 7,000 miles on it now and has used no more oil. She revs freely and pulls well, but does have a slight knock if revved hard on a cold engine. I am not suprised at this as it is not good practice, but is booked in to the local garage for checking over just incase.

 

Colin

I probably didn't drive it hard enough, just for economy.......hasn't had any oil added between annual service.

I just avoided excessive revs, and avoided changing up too early, the Maxidot suggests gear changes, Most of the time, I find it too early to change up, as it can labour the engine.

As with any engine, wait till it is warm before trying any performance driving.

When getting to your destinaltion, drive the last mile or so with a light throttle, to make sure you are not switching off a really hot engine and turbo.

This applies in traffic too, and with the Greenline, with auto stop, you could be doing 70+ mph, up an incline say... then all of a sudden the traffic is stationary, the Greenline will turn the engine off there and then... NOT GOOD, in my opinion of course.

Also it might decide to do a regen in that case the turbo will be smoking.

We more often switch off the auto stop, at the start of such journeys, but also when starting off with a cold engine... in fact... we switch it off most of the time..hmmm..

I followed the recommended procedure in the Owner's Manual.

Honest John has some advice on this FWIW.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/running-in-a-diesel/

I have followed this as far as possible and have never added oil between services

Having read all of that ^^^ I'm not sure if I will sleep as well from now on.

The Yeti user's manual has a section on running in a new engine:

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, i.e. 3/4 of

the maximum permissible engine speed.

› No full throttle.

› Avoid high engine speeds.

› Do not tow a trailer.

From 1 000 up to 1 500 kilometres

› Gradually increase the power output of the engine up to the full speed of the

gear engaged, i.e. up to the maximum permissible engine speed.

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 car

 

 

Jim

I thrashed mine pretty much from 300 miles onwards. And it doesn't use any oil - at all.

When I was manager of a fleet of tankers in the water industry the mantra was always to thrash 'em from about 250 miles onwards - Leylands, Volvo's Scanias mainly, all clocked up 500k miles without serious engine probs, just those created by garages recovering them front forwards, g/box probs, when recovered tail up no probs at all! Have followed that with my diesel vehicles, never a prob with high if any oil consumption!