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From: warren@ihnss.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: How do you break in a new car?
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Date: Fri, 8-Jul-83 16:19:38 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  8 16:19:38 1983
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My own experience suggests that avoiding doing anything abusive
during break-in or otherwise may be more important than the specific
procedure.  My older car (135K miles, 11 years) is a 4 cyl toyota. 
The only engine problem I have had was a stuck valve problem, which
is standard on this particular model.  It still doesn't consume
enough oil to have to worry about it between changes.  My break-in
for this car consisted of driving it 1100 miles in two days.  I did
keep it slow for the first 300 and tried to vary the speed some, but
back then 70 was the legal limit, and they get mad at going under 40
on an interstate, so I didn't have much leeway.

My other car (72K, 4 years) is a 4 cyl rabbit was broken in
commuting to work according to VW's directions.  Again, no problems
except for the valve stem seals, another standard repair problem
fixed for free.  The instructions suggested restricted RPM's for the
first 2K miles, and varying the speed.  It is interesting to note
that you could drive the car at 70 and still be under the RPM limit.
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	Warren Montgomery
	ihnss!warren
	IH x2494