new 2012 370Z

Red__Zed · 10-17-2011, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34

I was just talking about what the nissan owners manual says.

I'm just clarifying what is actually the case.

KaienZ34 · 10-17-2011, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by XwChriswX

I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.

Did they tuck you in?

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

dammit where are the pictures of the oil
cooler?

It's TOP TOP secret!!

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

I'm just clarifying what is actually the case.

XwChriswX · 10-17-2011, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34

Did they tuck you in?

Yup, then I called enterprise rent-a-car because they picked me up.

Red__Zed · 10-17-2011, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by KaienZ34

engine break-in is generally done at the factory, second, even if it wasn't... pistons are settled against the cylinder wall well within the first 25 miles...

Bonzo · 10-18-2011, 12:17 PM

danegrey,
Please post getting your new 2012 to this thread attached below. I am trying to figure out production dates and delivery times. Can you give us your car's actual build date (dealer can supply), the actual day it arrived, and the aprox VIN# (I don't expect you to give out the exact number, but if you could tell us if it's like close to #50 or #100 or what ever, that would be a big help).

Thanks --- Bonzo

Please Post Here When You Get Your 2012

Oh yeah, and EVERYONE here would love to see pictures of the oil cooler.

RunNgun · 10-18-2011, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

engine break-in is generally done at the factory, second, even if it wasn't... pistons are settled against the cylinder wall well within the first 25 miles...

Is this something particular to the Z or are you speaking of all cars? I just ordered a Mustang and pretty much everyone still see's metal filings in their oil up to 1000 miles.

Red__Zed · 10-18-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RunNgun

Is this something particular to the Z or are you speaking of all cars? I just ordered a Mustang and pretty much everyone still see's metal filings in their oil up to 1000 miles.

Metal filings are going to be there for the first 3-5k no matter what. Keeping the revs low is not necessary though.

Read up on piston seating, etc.

When I broke in my freshly built f20's we would run them to redline on the third pull. Lasted for hundreds of drag passes.

somatic · 10-21-2011, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

engine break-in is generally done at the factory, second, even if it wasn't... pistons are settled against the cylinder wall well within the first 25 miles...

but nissan still reccomends you take it easy for the first 500 miles.

Bonzo · 10-21-2011, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by somatic

but nissan still reccomends you take it easy for the first 500 miles.

I believe it's been posted here on this forum that in the 370 Z manual it says, nothing over 4000 RPM for like the first 1000 miles or something like that. Someone with manual will have to confirm.

Bonzo · 10-21-2011, 10:12 AM

Here it is in the 2010 manual, page #296.

Nothing over 4000 RPM for the first 1200 miles.

Red__Zed · 10-21-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by somatic

but nissan still reccomends you take it easy for the first 500 miles.

It's 1200 and it's all warranty-denial crap.

If you build a new engine and don't run it out at all in the first 1200 miles, it will likely fail catastrophically. Luckily, Nissan does this for you.

wstar · 10-21-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

It's 1200 and it's all warranty-denial crap.

If you build a new engine and don't run it out at all in the first 1200 miles, it will likely fail catastrophically. Luckily, Nissan does this for you.

I think beyond warranty denial, they're also trying to cut the new-car accident rate. Getting most consumers to "go easy" on the car for a while at first will cut the rate of people who get on the car hard before they've learned to feel the car's reactions and know its capabilities, which leads to those low-mileage catastrophic wrecks.

But I agree with Red, as far as real engine break-in is concerned: (a) the factory has done it for you, and (b) if anything, if the engine *wasn't* fully broken in, you don't want to be too soft on the engine early on. The main thing with break-in on a modern engine is piston ring seating/sealing, and you want to make use of the cross-hatch score-marks on the cylinder walls to properly abrade the rings under stress conditions before the score-marks are worn smooth from regular driving.

Bonzo · 10-21-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

It's 1200 and it's all warranty-denial crap.

If you build a new engine and don't run it out at all in the first 1200 miles, it will likely fail catastrophically. Luckily, Nissan does this for you.

I really don't see what the big deal is. So you take it easy for the first month, B-F-D. Doing that CERTAINLY won't hurt, and it could help. Driving the crap out of it right away certainly COULD hurt. I say it's worth it to take it easy even if there is even a slight chance it will help in the long run. I want this car to last for a long time.

Red__Zed · 10-21-2011, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Bonzo

I really don't see what the big deal is. So you take it easy for the first month, B-F-D. Doing that CERTAINLY won't hurt, and it could help. Driving the crap out of it right away certainly COULD hurt. I say it's worth it to take it easy even if there is even a slight chance it will help in the long run. I want this car to last for a long time.

Read up on piston seating/sealing.

Your engine comes from the factory usually 80% broken in. If you don't do a pull, you are hoping Nissan got it right.

The vast majority of oil consumption cases on the 350 were due to failure to seat piston rings at the factory, and then consumers taking it easy as directed. The 370 had similar oil consumption issues...likely the same cause.

somatic · 10-21-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Red__Zed

It's 1200 and it's all warranty-denial crap.

If you build a new engine and don't run it out at all in the first 1200 miles, it will likely fail catastrophically. Luckily, Nissan does this for you.

im talking about the basic recommendation. i sell nissans everyday and im required to say 500 lol. thats what they say

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