I think I was advised not to exceed 50mph for the first 1000 miles (or something like that) when I bought my Roomster, has anything much changed with the newer engines?  I'm due to pick up my yeti next week, and would like to know what the guidelines are, and whether it is essential to stick to them, not that I'm bursting to take it to the limit.

It's all on p129 of my owners manual:-

 

First read and observe the introductory information given on page 129.
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.
The red scale of the rev counter indicates the range in which the system begins
to limit the 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.
Never drive at unnecessarily high engine speeds, even after the running-in period
is complete.
On vehicles fitted with a manual gearbox, at the very latest shift up into the next
gear when the red area is reached. Observe the recommended gear » page 24,
Gear recommendation. Very high engine speeds when accelerating (accelerator)
are automatically restricted » .
With vehicles with a manual gearbox, do not drive at unnecessarily low engine
speeds. Shift down a gear when the engine is no longer running smoothly.

 

Colin

I went from 2nd to 1st yesterday full redline wont be doing that again nearly came to a stop crapped myself  

Edited 18 March, 201610 yr by skoda1982

My car is an ex-demo, so I very much doubt those "instructions" were abided by!

It has now done 102k  miles and still uses no oil.

Just drive it and enjoy it.

My car is an ex-demo, so I very much doubt those "instructions" were abided by!

It has now done 102k  miles and still uses no oil.

Just drive it and enjoy it.

 

Likewise - my Superb had done 14k in 6 months as a lease car, can't imagine whoever drove it adhereing to the runin procedures - uses no oil though

 

 

 

I had a company 1.3 Astra in the past (circa 1989) where when I picked it up I ignored the run in procedures and gave it a mixed bag of driving - some steady and some giving a bit of pedal. There-after was a great car and pulled amazingly well for the engine size and was much nippier than other similar cars on the fleet.

 

I decided to run in my new Octavia 1.4 16v 75 (2001) in the same way - despite the non turbo engine size has always performed reasonably well (considering!) and except for a few months with a blocked oil breather has never burnt oil (now at 120k)

Edited 17 March, 201610 yr by bigjohn

made sure it was well warmed up then spanked mine to within an inch of its life on the first trip out.

pretty sure I'd hit double figures on the odometer.

The last time I had an oil burner was in the 60s when an auto racing friend suggested BP Corse+ .......he then found out it was meant to be drained after each race as it was highly detergent.

The carbon 'seal' was dissolved and it was a great oil burner from then on.

Nothing in the last 50 years though........surely you'd have to be very unlucky today.

Keep the engine spinning freely don't flog it in too high a gear,

change down in plenty of time and brake gently (the discs need

to build up a work hardened skin) polish regularly, clean the

windscreen and wiper blade edges, have fun.

My car is an ex-demo, so I very much doubt those "instructions" were abided by!

It has now done 102k  miles and still uses no oil.

Just drive it and enjoy it.

My car is not an ex-demo and I'm absolutely certain those instructions were not abided by    Like Graham says, just enjoy.

Engineering standards and tolerances have improved so much over the years that running in is no longer the problem that it used to be. I don't think many boy racers buy Yetis so I doubt that anyone will achieve valve bounce.  ( I don't class BossFox as a boy racer, more like a development engineer.)

Drive it sensibly and don't let it labour and you should be OK.

 

Fred

I think I was advised not to exceed 50mph for the first 1000 miles (or something like that) when I bought my Roomster, has anything much changed with the newer engines?  I'm due to pick up my yeti next week, and would like to know what the guidelines are, and whether it is essential to stick to them, not that I'm bursting to take it to the limit.

You don't say what engine you're getting but it will be easy to exceed 50 mph with whatever it is due to the high gearing employed nowadays.

 

As said, just don't rev too high or labour it and avoid long motorway runs if you can.

Its a 1.2 tsi DSG.  Thanks  everyone for the replies.  Mike.

Like in #4 just drive it, maybe a wee bit of mech sympathy, but I don't hold back and none of my vehs have used oil. modern tech & mats are wonderful.

 

Mike

if its anything like the 1.8 tsi, i would more often drive it harder than softer to bed in the piston rings!! thats half the reason the 1.8 TSI's use so much oil, not properly run in. (i.e. use most of the rev range dont just fanny round at low rpm)

Edited 23 March, 201610 yr by delitfol

I remember tuning a BSA Bantam and having the bore honed, then running it in,

carefully at first then my local moto cross riding dealer said the top of the piston ring

mark should be around 1/16" higher than the previous bore mark.

Keep it light and revving, and (in those days) change the oil regularly was the advice.

It went well but my brother bought a Yamaha 90 race kitted road bike that went like

a dose of salts even with the carbureter restrictor fitted!

To ensure maximum fuel economy and minimum oil consumption the best thing you can do with a new engine is to drive it hard.