Good afternoon

I've purchased a new Superb 280, 4×4....as you all may read, the manual is instructing a period of about 1500km as engine running-in, which I think we have to follow, but on the other hand, many users and manufacturers are not seeing it as a necessity. Did any of the respected owners has firm experiance/knowledge about it??

Ps. Sorry if it is a repeated topic, if so, please just redirect me to the appropriate thread(s).....thank you ☺😊

There is most definitely a very interesting topic on running in on here........somewhere!

Hopefully someone will hyperlink it for you.

Even though this is a big debate, i think most would agree that modern engines are in much less need of the owner's ultimate attention for running in, and the impact of that is also nowhere near as great as in engines of the past.

Still, the principle is to introduce the engine to higher revving gradually during this 1500km period. That does not mean one should baby the car as if there's an egg below the throttle pedal but rather, take your time to warm up the car and gradually rev it higher and higher as you cover most mileage up to the 1500km mark. Very roughly, up to 4500rpm for the first 500km, going higher up to 5500rpm till the 1000km and then even 6500 once closer to 1500km.

The thinking is that the engine goes through  the full range of the rpm during this period before the moving parts settle and so is able to develop its full potential. That implies proper warm-up of-course, oil up to 90deg, and gradual operation.

The running in period will help the brake pads & discs bed in as well, not just the engine

A lot of discussion and useful information in this thread.

Running in TSI engines - Skoda Superb Guides - BRISKODA

 

Just don't put too much load on the engine during the first 1500 km so avoid Economy mode so the gearbox is not trying to maintain excessively low revs.

Avoid excessive braking for the first few hundred km so they bed in nicely and won't be warped.

Similarly avoid hitting kerbs, heavy braking, acceleration and cornering for the same distance so the tyres scrub off the initial smoothness. You will surprised how much the steering and handling feel changes as the tyres 'bed' in and the braking performance improves from improved grip.

Hammered mine - but came from an old car sales back ground and all the better ones seemed to have been canned a bit in the first few hunderd miles - not suggesting that for everyone but done it on every car i've had in the last 20 years which is about 8 new ones