Break in Period for 2011 Engines
10-03-2011, 10:15 PM
#52
You bring up very good points, especially about engines being in a totally different league than they were back in the day.
A comment on the highlighted area: You are right, they can't legally tell you to "drive it like you stole it", but if that was the case, wouldn't Ford just say, "There is no break-in period"?
A comment on the highlighted area: You are right, they can't legally tell you to "drive it like you stole it", but if that was the case, wouldn't Ford just say, "There is no break-in period"?
And the winner is....the person with the well thought out answer he didn't regurgitate from some biker out of the seventies!!!
Back to your regularly schedualed program.
10-27-2011, 11:27 AM
#54
Senior Member
A good curvy mountain road is the thing I do. You don't have to think about changing speeds or gears. I take a 100 mile drive in the Ozark range here in Arkansas. I know a lot of people live in flat areas, but this works for me and I like the fantastic views.
10-27-2011, 02:51 PM
#55
Well, if the first 20 miles determine break-in, then a Ford Engineer got to do mine. The truck had the little sticker on it that says it was pulled from the pipeline once it was assembled, and then it was run on their test track to ensure quality.
That being said, I'll be going easy on it for the first 1,000 miles, then ramping up the throttle usage to full. I've done it this way on all my new cars, and never had any issues.
Just my $.02
-John
That being said, I'll be going easy on it for the first 1,000 miles, then ramping up the throttle usage to full. I've done it this way on all my new cars, and never had any issues.
Just my $.02
-John
10-27-2011, 09:25 PM
#56
Some people just get to carried away with the break in period of a new engine...................Just drive the damn truck.....its not rocket science
10-27-2011, 10:52 PM
#57
Engines are broken in from the factory, give em heck. Just think of all the vehicles youve test driven and thrashed. I dont purposely give the heck but I dont go easy on them either. I've owned about ten new vehicles and not an engine issue yet, (knock on wood lol)...
10-28-2011, 04:05 PM
#58
I have never cared about how the engine was broke in and I have never had a single engine I own smoke, leak or have any major repairs needed.
I drive it just way I want to and even have left a dealership with a car that I drove out of the show room floor that had 2 miles on it then left on a 1000 mile round trip that I used cruse control on. That 1996 auto I just sold 3 months ago, after sitting for 14 months with out being started it still didn't smoke when I started it for the buyer, and it started right up once the battery was charged.
Today's engines are not the engines that were build prior to the 90's. Everything is machined to match by computers for a reason. If you watch the EB test you can see how they abused that truck and the compression and rings were within spec to leave the factory as a new engine.
Just drive it like you want to drive it. If you are worried about the engine then buy an extended warranty if you are going to keep it longer then the power-train warranty. That will give you piece of mind and if it smokes in 50,000 miles they will rebuild it.
When I see an auto today that is newer and smokes I know that someone let that engine get low on oil or overheat. That's about all you can do to make it happen today.
I drive it just way I want to and even have left a dealership with a car that I drove out of the show room floor that had 2 miles on it then left on a 1000 mile round trip that I used cruse control on. That 1996 auto I just sold 3 months ago, after sitting for 14 months with out being started it still didn't smoke when I started it for the buyer, and it started right up once the battery was charged.
Today's engines are not the engines that were build prior to the 90's. Everything is machined to match by computers for a reason. If you watch the EB test you can see how they abused that truck and the compression and rings were within spec to leave the factory as a new engine.
Just drive it like you want to drive it. If you are worried about the engine then buy an extended warranty if you are going to keep it longer then the power-train warranty. That will give you piece of mind and if it smokes in 50,000 miles they will rebuild it.
When I see an auto today that is newer and smokes I know that someone let that engine get low on oil or overheat. That's about all you can do to make it happen today.
10-30-2011, 06:20 PM
#59
I have never cared about how the engine was broke in and I have never had a single engine I own smoke, leak or have any major repairs needed.
I drive it just way I want to and even have left a dealership with a car that I drove out of the show room floor that had 2 miles on it then left on a 1000 mile round trip that I used cruse control on. That 1996 auto I just sold 3 months ago, after sitting for 14 months with out being started it still didn't smoke when I started it for the buyer, and it started right up once the battery was charged.
Today's engines are not the engines that were build prior to the 90's. Everything is machined to match by computers for a reason. If you watch the EB test you can see how they abused that truck and the compression and rings were within spec to leave the factory as a new engine.
Just drive it like you want to drive it. If you are worried about the engine then buy an extended warranty if you are going to keep it longer then the power-train warranty. That will give you piece of mind and if it smokes in 50,000 miles they will rebuild it.
When I see an auto today that is newer and smokes I know that someone let that engine get low on oil or overheat. That's about all you can do to make it happen today.
I drive it just way I want to and even have left a dealership with a car that I drove out of the show room floor that had 2 miles on it then left on a 1000 mile round trip that I used cruse control on. That 1996 auto I just sold 3 months ago, after sitting for 14 months with out being started it still didn't smoke when I started it for the buyer, and it started right up once the battery was charged.
Today's engines are not the engines that were build prior to the 90's. Everything is machined to match by computers for a reason. If you watch the EB test you can see how they abused that truck and the compression and rings were within spec to leave the factory as a new engine.
Just drive it like you want to drive it. If you are worried about the engine then buy an extended warranty if you are going to keep it longer then the power-train warranty. That will give you piece of mind and if it smokes in 50,000 miles they will rebuild it.
When I see an auto today that is newer and smokes I know that someone let that engine get low on oil or overheat. That's about all you can do to make it happen today.
I do agree with varying engine speed and load though, so as to properly seat the rings, etc. - everyone's got their own techniques for breaking in a new vehicle.
-John