bklynWRX Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi, I looked and only came across some brief discussions of this. I'm breaking in an AUTO LGT LTD, my wife's actually. I drive an 06 WRX. What do I need to know/be careful of in this first 1000 miles? Thank you! - G. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi, I looked and only came across some brief discussions of this. I'm breaking in an AUTO LGT LTD, my wife's actually. I drive an 06 WRX. What do I need to know/be careful of in this first 1000 miles? Thank you! - G. Take it easy the first 1000 miles. Then after first oil change drive it like you stole it with 93 octane for a while so the computer learns the throttle and hopefully it will avoid any stutter issues. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklynWRX Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hey I see you're in NYC, we are too. Great car for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gasaraki Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 93? Hmm so I guess I have to fill up at Sunoco then. This is for us NY people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzy Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 It's my daily commuter. I traded an 04 sti for it. Hey I see you're in NYC, we are too. Great car for the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pijanica84 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 You guys keep 93 right. I always put 93 in mine because finding 91 is impossible in Ohio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbc84 Posted February 3, 2008 Share Posted February 3, 2008 I did this method: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm Basically beat on it the day i picked it up from the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bdubs Posted February 4, 2008 Share Posted February 4, 2008 Taken from cars101.com website: Break-in period for the first 1000 miles Don't race the engine, keep RPMs under 4,000 for the most part and vary the speeds with normal city/highway driving. Don't use the cruise control or go at one steady speed for a long time. Avoid hard starts and stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma_USMC Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 I did this method: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm Basically beat on it the day i picked it up from the lot. Ordered a brandnew LGT yesterday. What methods have you used and have you seen any evidence that this is effective? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbc84 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Ordered a brandnew LGT yesterday. What methods have you used and have you seen any evidence that this is effective? If you search on google, youll probably end up with tons of different sides. even on this forum I think I asked what way is best to break it in and there were different sides. I chose to pretty much beat on it the day I got it and worked its way up to redline within the first 20miles. I did it personally because my friends mechanic does the break in the same way on the engine he built for him and his personal car which both are pretty high powered turbo cars. I guess since you just ordered it you got about 3 weeks like me to research which way you want to break it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma_USMC Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 If you search on google, youll probably end up with tons of different sides. even on this forum I think I asked what way is best to break it in and there were different sides. I chose to pretty much beat on it the day I got it and worked its way up to redline within the first 20miles. I did it personally because my friends mechanic does the break in the same way on the engine he built for him and his personal car which both are pretty high powered turbo cars. I guess since you just ordered it you got about 3 weeks like me to research which way you want to break it in. Thanks for the response. I've set myself on the same method. One thing I never understood is why they call it a "break" -in if your just going to go easy on it. It is a BREAK in after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTTuner Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 Break in as you would normally drive it. Just avoid long constant cruises at the same RPM. Hard accleration at LOW rpms is also a good break-in practice. This helps seat the rings to the cylinder walls. Wait till 200-300 miles or so before you crank it up to redline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 I did this method: http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm Basically beat on it the day i picked it up from the lot. yea, i feel like if you feel like you will drive your car hard, do this method, i did. if its just a grocery getter, go the method in the manual, slow and easy and oil change at 1500, thats what i did, synth at 3k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bbc84 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 yea, i feel like if you feel like you will drive your car hard, do this method, i did. if its just a grocery getter, go the method in the manual, slow and easy and oil change at 1500, thats what i did, synth at 3k I havent switched over to synthetic yet. I did hard break in, did oil change at 500miles, oil change at 1500 miles, oil change at 3000 miles, oil change at 5500 miles, and now Im going to start going with the 3000 mile intervals. I am using Castrol GTX w/ a Purelator Pure 1 filter for all oil changes. As soon as I hit 10k miles or so Ill switch over to Mobil 1 Syn probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ma_USMC Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 Deleted, I searched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bklynWRX Posted March 13, 2008 Author Share Posted March 13, 2008 That's an interesting comment about the oil type and change intervals, can you elaborate on why you're doing the 500 mile frequency so early and then switching to synthetic later? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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