2020 VW Golf R estate running in procedure

[Prolex-UK]

Hi

Just bought a new one.

The last of the 7.5 models

Just wondering about the running in procedure.

Anything different from the norm ?

Ta

[anonymous-user]

Try reading the manual
Seriously though, no need to do anything special over standard advice.

[anonymous-user]

Fill it with 4 drug dealing mates at drive it flat out around greater Manchester in heavy traffic. Preferably pursued by an X5 Police car.

[AJB88]

Start engine, let oil get up to temperature and drive it hard.

[Prolex-UK]

Discombobulate said:

Try reading the manual
Seriously though, no need to do anything special over standard advice.

Cheers

Collect it today

[shtu]

Basically, don't be afraid to drive it. Avoid wringing it off the limiter or chugging along like a canal boat, but don't baby it. (some schools of thought are that under-use early in an engine's life gives rise to bore-glazing problems later)

The British obsession with avoiding rpm is a peculiarity dating back to the 1950s and before, when cars were taxed based on cylinder size. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower#RAC_horse...

That resulted in Britain being filled with tractor-like long stroke engines that simply didn't rev. Those designs are long gone, but the driving habit lives on.

[catso]

shtu said:

Basically, don't be afraid to drive it. Avoid wringing it off the limiter or chugging along like a canal boat, but don't baby it.

This plus avoid too much steady RPM - use plenty of acceleration and engine breaking to vary the revs whilst keeping plenty of 'load' on the engine.

Or, in racing terms; take it easy out of the pits and then thrash the bks off it...

[320d is all you need]

Do people even need to "run in" mass produced cars?

Certainly not I'd argue, I'd imagine they are all ran on the dynos at the factory, plus unless you're dropping oil early like some M cars insist then there's no point?

Just warm it up, and enjoy

[Prolex-UK]

320d is all you need said:

Do people even need to "run in" mass produced cars?

Certainly not I'd argue, I'd imagine they are all ran on the dynos at the factory, plus unless you're dropping oil early like some M cars insist then there's no point?

Just warm it up, and enjoy

collected it today from VW at Oldham

snowing at the time ....

Will take it steady for the first 1000 then give her some beans.

[Steve vRS]

320d is all you need said:

D I'd imagine they are all ran on the dynos at the factory,

Pretty sure that they aren't.

The only car I've owned that needed running in officially was a 2001 Impreza WRX. It was delivered, filled with running in oil and had to be limited to less than 3000rpm I think. Once you hit 1000 or 1500 miles, you got the oil changed and then off you went!

[cslwannabe]

I followed this for both my Rs (only cars I’ve had from new although both had circa 300 miles on by the time they were delivered. Gives you a chance to get used to the car and also lets everything else bed in. The economy was still improving on my last R when I got rid at 31k and neither have used any oil. This one hasn’t done as many miles owing 9 months of wfh... They start to sound a bit better once they’ve done a few k miles too.

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/faq/running-in-a-petr...

[culpz]

AJB88 said:

Start engine, let oil get up to temperature and drive it hard.

That's what I've always done and never had any issues.

[AJB88]

culpz said:

That's what I've always done and never had any issues.

My Cupra 280 ran 4 years with Stage 2 after this procedure.

[anonymous-user]

No need to run in cars this century

[cslwannabe]

The early miles on a car can greatly effect its oil consumption in later life, so I’m lead to believe.

[Prolex-UK]

cslwannabe said:

The early miles on a car can greatly effect its oil consumption in later life, so I’m lead to believe.

This could well be the case.

Wondering if the cases of people complaining about high oil consumption in Audis & VW's followed the give it the beans from day 1 ?

[anonymous-user]

Prolex-UK said:

cslwannabe said:

The early miles on a car can greatly effect its oil consumption in later life, so I’m lead to believe.

This could well be the case.

Wondering if the cases of people complaining about high oil consumption in Audis & VW's followed the give it the beans from day 1 ?

No, because VW redesigned the piston rings and pistons in EA888 gen 2 to cure the oil consumption. They don’t get let off the hook by passing the stty engineering on to the customers!

[cslwannabe]

I wasn’t talking about the engine in the R specifically. Again the perception is cars with multiple different drivers get ‘run in’ better as different people typically have slightly different driving styles, therefore subjecting the car to different loads, which I believe still has some significance for the early miles on a new car.

We had an 06 Octavia 2.0 TDi and a 10 plate - both bought at approx 1 year old and 12-13k miles. One used to need topping up with oil between services, the other didn’t use a drop. I put it down to different running in / usage when the cars were new. Just my 2p worth however!