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Originally Posted by cab83_750
I would say 6-7 miles per day of street driving and 50-54 miles fwy driving (to/from work is 59.9 miles round trip). I never ever redline my car. If there is such a thing as "average RPM range" on the freeway, I would guess that mine would be between 3500 and 4500 RPM.
My 'shift light' is set at 5.5K and I have seen it go on possibly no more than 3 times for the last 5K miles.
I hope that the next 800 miles would be the end of my engine break-in period  Then, I would make others happy when their theory of 'longer engine break-in' proves right.  And possibly, close this thread!!!!  |
How many miles were on the car when you got it?
I ask because it's possible that you may never have seated the rings on your car, driving the way you do. I'm sure you've read that school of thought on engine break-in, but if you haven't, it might be worth pondering:
Break In Secrets--How To Break In New Motorcycle and Car Engines For More Power
The issue you're having seems to be explained by that theory pretty well - namely, you didn't push the engine hard enough to seat the rings. Anyway, I'm not trying to flame - it was just a thought.
I actually just added a quart to mine. Did my first oil change at 1K, and I was nearing the low dot on the dipstick at 3800 miles. I'm going to get it changed when I add my oil cooler next week, so it will be interesting to see how the next 3K miles goes. I bought extra ester oil from the dealer on the assumption that it would eat about a quart every 3K miles. If oil consumption stays in that range, it won't bother me.