Run in period ?

by **grunta007** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:55 pm

Hi,
I am about to get a new liberty 3.0r Spec B, I was wondering what are the must do's when getting the car i.e don't rev the car over 4k. Is there any set requirements for a brand new H6 motor ??

thanks

grunta007

by **Ric** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:23 pm

When I complained about oil consumption problems, the Subaru staff advised me to "drive it hard"

I think you need to give it a few runs with wide open throttle, just don't let the revs climb too high for the first few 100km.

by **Why** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:26 pm

I ran mine in at Calder Park :wink:

by **Ric** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:05 pm

How's your oil consumption Craig?
I'm back on the "watch list".

by **Mo_GT** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:57 pm

I've followed this advise on both my old WRX and my GT:

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

No problems with either car with oil consumption or anythig else.

Bye,
Mo

by **Why** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:29 am

Ric wrote:How's your oil consumption Craig?
I'm back on the "watch list".

I went out and checked my oil, 10000km since last service and its about 1mm from the high marker and pretty clean.....no problems.

So Ric didnt you get a new motor? I would be very unhappy if this was the case :cry:

by **Ric** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 2:25 pm

I did about 3,500 km driving around South Australia, and it didn't use a drop. Three months and about 5,000km of city driving took 1.9 litres.
It's having the 25,000 service tomorrow, then they want it back to check in 2,000km.

by **Why** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:09 pm

Ric wrote:I did about 3,500 km driving around South Australia, and it didn't use a drop. Three months and about 5,000km of city driving took 1.9 litres.
It's having the 25,000 service tomorrow, then they want it back to check in 2,000km.

I would dot be a happy camper, whats the reason for the excess consumption?

by **Ric** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 3:58 pm

I'm guessing it's what I've read elsewhere, it's getting sucked around the rings when I back off. This happens a lot more often in stop-start traffic than when cruising on a highway.
I bet it drops a bit when the new Tullamarine Freeway interchange opens on feb-24, the run home in the evening is always murder.

Apart from 1 litre early on, all of the oil has been added by Subaru Glen Waverley. Luckily they are a ten minute drive from work. That way I'm not paying for any of it, and they have a log of all the oil that it is getting...

by **Ric** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:42 pm

Latest update, after my 25,000km service, they've cancelled the extra 2,000km test, and have applied to Subaru Australia to do a short-engine swap ASAP...

by **BlackGT** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:25 pm

Ric wrote:Latest update, after my 25,000km service, they've cancelled the extra 2,000km test, and have applied to Subaru Australia to do a short-engine swap ASAP...

Wouldn't it be good if they also let you run the clock back on the odometer.

by **geoff_tewierik** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:41 pm

Now you have to go through the whole run in again.

by **FO00LY** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:01 pm

drive it like u stole it! thats wot i did with mine...no probs so far

by **Spec B Wgn** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 5:18 pm

there already run in by the time you get them..

by **EXPLICIT** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 10:50 pm

Seriously - drive it like you stole it!

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