Whats The The Way To Drive The 1St 1000Km's With A New Diesel Engine?

[juliusk]

I've recently purchased a new Fortuner with a 3.0 Turbodiesel engine, the saleslady suggested me that i shouldnt drive the 1st 1000km not too fast. I couldnt pass the 4000rpm according to her.

As this is my 1st new private (had new company cars before)car in my life i really dont know if this is true or not as i am reading different stories online.

Some say, i should drive more then 4000rpm to not make the engine lazy as it would lose some power if i dont use the engine to the max on a regular basis from the start.

For now i have been driving the first 500km below the 4000rpm and followed up the saleslady advice but she also told me this Fortuner doesnt have a automatic light which is switched on when its dark and it does have i ensured her

Anyways, would like to hear any comments from experts on Thaivisa ;-)

[John 1]

You will get same advise from this forum as from the web some this and some say that.

[chiang mai]

I bought a new Vigo 2.5 deisel (basically a Fortuner) a month ago and for the first 1k kilo's I have avoided any rapid acceleration, speeds over 90 and anything more than 4k rpm.

[Ace of Pop]

Thrash em from Day One. No Worries.

[chiang mai]

I previously said not more than 4k rpm, having looked at my tach I realise I meant to say not more than 3k rpm.

[Woodsie888]

Thrash em from Day One. No Worries.

Exactly.

Give it heaps from day one.

[guzzi850m2]

During the first 1000 km in my Ranger I tried to vary the revs as much as possible and sometimes had the pedal to the floor but not for long periods of time.

I had the oil changed when passing 1000 km despite Ford Pattaya told me it was not necessary, well I am an engineer so I know what I am doing in that regard.

[Songhua]

Formally running-in a new engine is not as crucial as it used to be and some even advise these days that you should give it an occasional squirt to loosen it up and prevent it becoming a lifelong slug.

[Ace of Pop]

Yup, dealers love you to Nanny Them. Then the faults show up after the warranty run out.

[keemapoot]

Formally running-in a new engine is not as crucial as it used to be and some even advise these days that you should give it an occasional squirt to loosen it up and prevent it becoming a lifelong slug.

True, many of us still think you have to "break-in" a new car like in the old days. I'm sure IMHO or someone will be along shortly to confirm why this is no longer true, and hasn't been true for quite a while.

[cooked]

I always bought new trucks for tax reasons and over 40 years the advice went from 'don't go above a certain number of revs' to 'vary your speed regularly', then to 'drive normally'. The last one I bought had no information about 'running in' at all. Just don't thrash it and change the oil and filter after 1000 km or so as mentioned above.

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[juliusk]

They suggested as well to come back when i had 1k km on the clock as well so thats my plan. I will push it a bit more, didnt even try to push the pedal to the floor to feel how ''powerfull'' the engine really is.

Hope someone indeed can confirm i should drive more quicker so i can head to the motorway today to try out

[Songhua]

They suggested as well to come back when i had 1k km on the clock as well so thats my plan. I will push it a bit more, didnt even try to push the pedal to the floor to feel how ''powerfull'' the engine really is.

Hope someone indeed can confirm i should drive more quicker so i can head to the motorway today to try out

I have been told to drive both of my new cars (one petrol, one diesel) 'normally' in recent years. Neither of the owners manuals even mention running-in the engine.

[juliusk]

They suggested as well to come back when i had 1k km on the clock as well so thats my plan. I will push it a bit more, didnt even try to push the pedal to the floor to feel how ''powerfull'' the engine really is.

Hope someone indeed can confirm i should drive more quicker so i can head to the motorway today to try out

I have been told to drive both of my new cars (one petrol, one diesel) 'normally' in recent years. Neither of the owners manuals even mention running-in the engine.

Thats the other thing, i only got a owner manual in Thai, i did send Toyota Thailand an email if could get a English one but since that was last week and i guess and hope that i didnt get a reply because of Songkran...

[Ace of Pop]

You change the Oil as per Book unless your daft. I'm sure Toyota are not.

[rubberduck]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

[ThaidDown]

Re owners manual... just ask dealer to get you one. It has a part number just like anything else. They may charge or not, in my experience.

[juliusk]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

Here it goes,the first **** reply, well mister Big Boy Rubberduck, enjoy your Landcruiser. I am quite happy about the Fortuner and hopefully you are happy with your Landcruiser...

Re owners manual... just ask dealer to get you one. It has a part number just like anything else. They may charge or not, in my experience.

Thanks, will ask them AGAIN and otherwise just give Toyota Thailand again a call. Bit strange if you buy a 1.4M car you not get the owner manual for free but again, we live in LOS

[Woodsie888]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

Yep, those Prado 4.0 litre V6's are really common here in Thailand...............................

[keemapoot]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

Yep, those Prado 4.0 litre V6's are really common here in Thailand...............................

Yup, and too bad there isn't a "dislike" button.

[chiang mai]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

They'll need to be detachable balls since it was voted in the UK as the SUV as most likely to be in for repair most often.

[ThaidDown]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

Here it goes,the first **** reply, well mister Big Boy Rubberduck, enjoy your Landcruiser. I am quite happy about the Fortuner and hopefully you are happy with your Landcruiser...

>Re owners manual... just ask dealer to get you one. It has a part number just like anything else. They may charge or not, in my experience.

Thanks, will ask them AGAIN and otherwise just give Toyota Thailand again a call. Bit strange if you buy a 1.4M car you not get the owner manual for free but again, we live in LOS

You did get an owners manual for free, ok it was in Thai, reasonable in Thailand. One time I asked for an English owners manual after we had got the car and they charged around 200 baht. Next time asked for english manual before we got car and they provided English instead of Thai at no charge.

[Ace of Pop]

If one puts a Thai Handbook along side the English Version ,you must be thick as Pig Shit if you cant work it out.What you need is just the same.. Km, PSI. Never read em anyway apart from service intervals

[transam]

What I would do.

The main thing is getting any crap, and l mean mainly stuff you can't see, out of a new or rebuilt engine, so change the oil and filter after 1000 km, forget what the book says. Engine ''break in''' is a thing of the past now with modern piston ring materials/technology, and bore honing, though am sure minute crap particles will be present. Of course the filter will be doing it's job but.

Your ride will operate and cruise well under 3000rpm so don't worry. As for foot to the floor stuff, wait till after 1000km oil change.

[Ace of Pop]

What I would do.

The main thing is getting any crap, and l mean mainly stuff you can't see, out of a new or rebuilt engine, so change the oil and filter after 1000 km, forget what the book says. Engine ''break in''' is a thing of the past now with modern piston ring materials/technology, and bore honing, though am sure minute crap particles will be present. Of course the filter will be doing it's job but.

Your ride will operate and cruise well under 3000rpm so don't worry. As for foot to the floor stuff, wait till after 1000km oil change.

RUBBISH, Belt n Braces. Today's Machining and Cleaning misses nothing , but i must admit it makes you feel better if you do an extra early change.

[juliusk]

If its only 200 baht for a owners manual, i dont mind to pay that amount of course. Gladly would pay even more as long i have it in English.

What I would do.

The main thing is getting any crap, and l mean mainly stuff you can't see, out of a new or rebuilt engine, so change the oil and filter after 1000 km, forget what the book says. Engine ''break in''' is a thing of the past now with modern piston ring materials/technology, and bore honing, though am sure minute crap particles will be present. Of course the filter will be doing it's job but.

Your ride will operate and cruise well under 3000rpm so don't worry. As for foot to the floor stuff, wait till after 1000km oil change.

I get a lot of different replies as was expect but all WELL appreciated! Perhaps i should contact a Toyota dealer in my home country and ask them whats the best way to drive the 1st 1k km's.

[transam]

If its only 200 baht for a owners manual, i dont mind to pay that amount of course. Gladly would pay even more as long i have it in English.

What I would do.

The main thing is getting any crap, and l mean mainly stuff you can't see, out of a new or rebuilt engine, so change the oil and filter after 1000 km, forget what the book says. Engine ''break in''' is a thing of the past now with modern piston ring materials/technology, and bore honing, though am sure minute crap particles will be present. Of course the filter will be doing it's job but.

Your ride will operate and cruise well under 3000rpm so don't worry. As for foot to the floor stuff, wait till after 1000km oil change.

I get a lot of different replies as was expect but all WELL appreciated! Perhaps i should contact a Toyota dealer in my home country and ask them whats the best way to drive the 1st 1k km's.

They will tell what they ''think'' or what their book says. Some of ''us'' here have built race engines reading about technology breakthroughs regarding hardware over the years. If you follow my suggestions your ride will be very happy.

[Ace of Pop]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

Fortuna . Is it not the old Toyota Sports Rider , tarted up.?.. That was reasonable value i'm told..

[transam]

A Fortuner, hmm... playing the Big Boy with little money

Men with balls go for a Landcruiser Prado 4.0-liter V6 with double tank.

Fortuna . Is it not the old Toyota Sports Rider , tarted up.?.. That was reasonable value i'm told..

No.

[IMHO]

Up until the 90's it was commonplace for manufacturers to provide run-in instructions in the owners manual. Now they don't. It's not because they are trying to save ink, or no longer GAF about warranty claims