Running in - thank god I didnt listen to most of you guys

[Andy B]

I read the article with interest because I'm picking up my new car in a month.

I've had a few cars and motorbikes from new and have followed the instructions, and all the vehicles have been 'ok', but this makes me wonder if they'd have been a little better had I done things differently.

I never realised why you needed to run an engine in, so the information about piston rings is very interesting to me.

If there are any other people out there who ignored the running in advice and suffered no bad consequences, I'd be interested to hear it.

I quite like the idea of more power and better fuel economy just from doing the right thing for the first few miles.

[TeddyKGB]

Personally would never contravene what the manufacturer states - it's not as if you need to be giving VW any reason not to uphold their warranties

[Andy B]

Here's some more information about how to bed in a new engine:

http://mainlube.com/cms/uploads/File/197%20SB%20Running%20In%20Lubricant%20(ws).pdf

Does anyone have a link to the owners' guide description, or any other online links?

[08micsta]

with regards to the post with the mainlube post. i will refer my dad that site. he is a lubricant specialist and one of the biggest oil suppliers in cape town. im sure he will have something to comment about. as for running in. my dad says its extremely important. i believe him. he works with with machines that are 8 or 15 times more expensive than our gti. in 14 years of business he has not had one failure. i shall try post tomorrow

[fliptophead]

I think Hurdy is 100% correct in his observation.

Run in period....

Yeah right....

of course we all stuck to it rigidly.....

Erm....
well I did, until I forgot too... erm... exactly.

I've had a few honda's over the years with the V-tech engines and the garage's advice when I picked them up was to "rag them as hard as you can" out of the box... And honda's are notoriously good for not going wrong...

If youre reasonably sane with it, it should run just fine, but listening to the people who give the warranty is a fairly sane thing to do I would say.

Do I like the way my Ed30 sounds... yes... 
Does it get good mpg.... matter of opinion ( 32-33mpg pootling around on 95 ron and better on 98 ron ambrosia)
Do I love it... Totally
6500 miles and ruunning just fine.... ( touching wood)