Engine Health

[GeorgeWood]

The initial message was deleted from this topic on 02 July 2020 at 20:05

[GeorgeWood]

This particular engine would be a 1.5 EcoBoost 3 cylinder 200BHP so too new of an engine to know definitively but presumably it’s similar to other engines!

[GeorgeWood]

So what do we think in terms of time and miles before a bad engine shows itself?

[GeorgeWood]

ddom said:

Modern engines need very little, if anything. Oils now are unbelievably good, as is the metallurgy of recent times. But, running in traditionally was so poor it might have actually hindered engine life. You do need WOT in short bursts and no loading it up at low revs.

Most manuals state no WOT though and keep revs low, very conflicting info!

[GeorgeWood]

ddom said:

Traditionally with a new engine you need to seal the rings, best for oil consumption and lifetime.

https://www.enginebuildermag.com/2018/05/how-to-br...

Why does every owners manual usually state revs below 3k etc? Totally agree with what you sent though.