Breaking in a Yaris?

[blacksan]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

No turbo here... I'm using Royal Purple 5W-20 and an STP filter.

OPS, I thought you where blown.

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This is off topic, but I think it is one of the more comprehensive write ups on oil filters that I have ever read.

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

[death is my gift]

Originally Posted by ChinoCharles

I'm with Rage on this one. Having driven next to various Yarii and driven a couple myself, I can say mine felt and looked a lot different than the others. I wouldn't baby her too much, although I sympathize with anyone vowing to strictly adhere to the manual. I'm just not one to play by the rules.

i'm not one for rules either but i'm putting a lot of money into this car so i'm not taking any chances.

i can break the rules after 1000 miles.

[rage2]

Originally Posted by blacksan

On the other hand not following procedure is in fact POSSIBLY abusing the motor which MIGHT lead to premature failure and most certainly contribute to shortened service life of the engine.

If manufacturers relied on consumers to follow a procedure to ensure there's no premature failure, there'd be a warranty catastrophe in the industry and companies losing money every year replacing parts because it was out of their control but still fall within their responsibility. More than 1/2 the new owners don't read the manual or don't even know about break-in procedures, and a whole lot (like myself) believe in driving it hard right off the bat. Don't forget about rental car fleets, I doubt someone renting a brand new car will adhere to a break-in schedule :).

I've raced my cars in Solo1 and Solo2, and it's one of my secrets for staying in stock class and have a power advantage over others, because it's consistent that hard break-in will give me what others call a factory freak, 5-10% more power than average. Never have I had a premature failure. One of my older cars, I sold to a friend at 90,000km, and it's still running like a champ at 320,000km today with no oil being burnt (Acura Integra).

Of course, I only have a small sample of data with 9 cars, so it's up to you to decide if my way is better or not.

[ponieswhee]

Well I'm at 580 miles now. Tonight on the way home from work I'll flog it a bit and see what she's got. Change over to full synthetic tomorrow and have some fun before I weigh my car down with a ton of audio junk. This is my first new car and I want to be careful with it, but I do value the advice of people who compete in their own cars and I got this thing to have a little fun while saving gas.