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Offline chris1h

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These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« on: 14 February 2016, 16:14 »
Read the various other topics on other forums too.. whats the overall/summary.

Both situations waiting for the engine to warm up..
1) Cain from day one giving it the good beans!
2) Give it 1k miles ish before any hard acceleration..

various threads about  sealing the rings etc from day 1 ??  :whistle: :whistle:
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #1 on: 14 February 2016, 16:23 »
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #2 on: 14 February 2016, 16:41 »
i am boring and tend to run in, cars never had used much oil, i'm also conscious of getting things up to temp on the R

i wander how many turbo failures on the R were also linked to how the car had been treated
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #3 on: 14 February 2016, 17:08 »
In my manual, page 339 and 340 suggest how the engine should be run in.

Personally I wud adhere to this, but etto.
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #4 on: 14 February 2016, 17:25 »
First and foremost always get the oil up to temp.  I wouldn't 'cain' it in the first 1k, but nor would I baby it. Mine loosened up from 650 miles in.
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #5 on: 14 February 2016, 17:27 »
Definitely don't baby it! Get the oil up to temp (90C) and give it a varied drive up and down through the gears. Engine speed isn't as important as how it gets there, but i'd try not to take the car to more than 5500revs and 3/4 throttle for at least the 500 miles.

Baby it and it will probably use oil.

That's my take, everyone's take is different and with 8 VWs from new 7 out of 8 use little/no oil between services, one was run in on motorway miles (800 of them sat in 6th gear at 2200revs - 2.0TDI) and had a big thirst for oil. I'd never do that again.
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #6 on: 14 February 2016, 17:30 »
As Booth above...it's important you get the oil up to temp first.
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #7 on: 14 February 2016, 18:15 »
Quote from: Booth11 on 14 February 2016, 17:25
First and foremost always get the oil up to temp.  I wouldn't 'cain' it in the first 1k, but nor would I baby it. Mine loosened up from 650 miles in.
Agreed.
The 650 miles corresponds with about 1000km which points at an ECU setting where protection mode gets switched out to coincide with metal bits bedding in.
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #8 on: 14 February 2016, 18:30 »
I asked my stealer the same question. He said they are pre run in in the factory. So get her up to temp and rag it!
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Re: These MK7 R's... cain from day 1 or run in....?
« Reply #9 on: 14 February 2016, 18:47 »
Quote from: Fabio Bignose on 14 February 2016, 17:08
In my manual, page 339 and 340 suggest how the engine should be run in.

Personally I wud adhere to this, but etto.

Christ, how big is the manual?
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