Running in..

[GBR1]

First of all hello to all, been following lots of treads here with great interest!!

Finally pulled the pin a few weeks ago and have brought my first Porsche, a Cyaman S Black Edition. Can wait to pick it up next week, so my question to you all (sorry the search does not work on PH) is how best/whats recommended to run the car in. Other cars I have had new the dealer said drive it how you will always drive it from day 1, I have heard others say don't go above X revs for the first 500/1000 etc miles...

All opinions welcome....

Thanks

GBR1

[mollytherocker]

Follow what the manual says.

MTR

[bobsan]

It's the same for all int. combustion eng. : fit low quality oil, keep revs down for first 500 miles, go higher upto 1000 miles, most important don't let engine labour in lo gear.

Then Change oil to quality synthetic, keep off redline till 2000 miles. Just as important don't drive like granny either.

[Flat6time]

Or, The other school of thought that says give it some welly (but stay away from the red line) from the word go, which helps to set the piston rings in place. If the car has a warranty, and you keep it out of the red, then you have nothing to worry about if things go tits up.

[ajb3031]

When I ran my Cayman S in I followed the manual. I think the running-in was also to get me used to the performance too. I've had fast bikes, but this was my first truly fast car.

My wife said I was a bit OTT and that during the running-in period I also loved the car more that her

I also planned my first drive as a reasonably long one.

1) I plotted the route to ensure that I did about 150 miles on the first drive.
2) Ensured that I used a mix of roads so that revs were varied all the time.
3) Tried to time it so that I wouldn't get held up in traffic jams.
4) For the first 15 miles I kept revs low to about 2,500 rpm to ensure oil was up to temperature.
5) After that I used up to about 3500 - 3800 rpm, varying regularly
6) Gradually used more pressure on the brakes, to ensure that those were bedded in well.
7) For the first few drives I never used more than 50% throttle


Generally I followed the same routine upto about 1000 miles, but also had an oil change at 750 miles.

From 1000 miles onwards, every 250 miles, I would increase my rev limit by 500 rpm. With the very occasional +500 - 1000 rpm on top of that just to "stretch" the engine, then let it cool down a bit. I still made sure that I was varying the revs constantly. Even after 1000 miles, the majority of time I kept revs below 4000 rpm

Once run in, the car was a joy to own and didn't use any oil after running-in period. Every drive was a pleasure and I always ran at low revs for the first 10-15 miles. After that I used it normally, using all the revs.

The silverstone day is well worth it to understand both your and the cars capibility.

Then my wife said "I understand the porsche bug now, but could the whole family go out together..." the 911 arrived

Enjoy your car... they are fantastic

Adam

[Rockster]

GBR1 said:

First of all hello to all, been following lots of treads here with great interest!!

Finally pulled the pin a few weeks ago and have brought my first Porsche, a Cyaman S Black Edition. Can wait to pick it up next week, so my question to you all (sorry the search does not work on PH) is how best/whats recommended to run the car in. Other cars I have had new the dealer said drive it how you will always drive it from day 1, I have heard others say don't go above X revs for the first 500/1000 etc miles...

All opinions welcome....

Thanks

GBR1

Follow the owners manual regarding break in.

Never use a non-synthetic oil in these engines. Porsche doesn't approve any but full synthetic oils for these engines.

Remember the break in guidelines advise keeping rpms under some upper threshold, but this does not mean you have to baby the car for 2K miles. Once warmed up -- but it takes some time to get the engine/oil completely up to operating temp -- you can subject the engine to more agressive throttle inputs, make it work harder.

Also, remember the car is new and keep a close eye on vital fluids. A new car might have a fluid leak and the sooner you spot this and have it taken care of the better.

Sincerely,

Rockster.

[Trev450]

As already mentioned, keep an eye on the fluids, particularly the engine oil as they are quite prone to using some during the first couple of thousand miles.