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Has anybody ever checked out this guy's take on engine break-in? What do you guy's think?
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm Last edited by G-Known; 03-28-2008 at 02:13 AM.. |
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Mine is booked in for its 1200 mile service and for the rest of the BHP to be released next Friday. However, it came up with service needed at 750 miles (after I had pre booked it in). When I rang the Stealership the service guy told me (as well as confirming that I dont yet have the full 414bhp) that it comes up at this sort of mileage so people book for when they hit 1200 miles due to the fact that BMW dealers cant book you in next day. I.e. it is forewarning you.
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One of the demos at my dealer I know for a fact has been driven pretty hard and they serviced it at 1050 miles, only becasue they wanted to get it done, it was not asking for it.
not sure why your car is crying.
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More info about the restriction of HP...
Thanks for sharing. Wish we could put this to bed one way or the other.
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03-28-2008, 07:58 AM | #30 |
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Hey, if BMW wants to look at it and there is no expense to you thats good. Maybe they are leaning on the side of caution. You know what they say, " It's
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My car is at service now. I didnt get a call from them. I called and made an appointment.
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IMHO, your car must have given some indication it needed service to you also. I know that my wife's 335i has service indicators for all of the major types of routine maintenance. I can't recall right now, but I think that it does not pop up an actual "dash light". It might just give a tiny little exclamation icon in the corner of the small LCD in the guage cluster - but if you have iDrive you probably don't even have that LCD. For iDrive there is probably some indicator on the iDrive screen but it might be subtle.
In other words, I can't imagine the car will call BMW and tell them it needs service without giving you some indication also. Have other people who have had their car in for the "1200 mile" service gotten some feedback from the car? Or does it not normally give any? |
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U.S. spec BMW's do as well, at least my dad's '05 7 series does as does my '07 e92 335i. My assumption is the whole line does..... Regards, e46e92
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You vehicle's service intervals are based upon engine use and fuel consumption.
Your vehicle has a service indicator that illuminates in your instrument cluster for about 10 seconds when you first start your vehicle displayed as a mileage countdown. Short trips will in fact call for services earlier than the estimated mileage. This is a combination of harsher conditions for the engine as well as more fuel consumption. There is nothing to worry about with your M3.
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Granted I have an E46 M3 but I had my "1200" mile run-in service performed at 1060 miles. I had my "15k" service done at roughly 12k miles. My Inspection I service was done at 24k miles. No problems whatsoever. I've only had to top off the oil a single time during those miles (compared to others that have to top off on a monthly basis) What you should consider is taking your baby out for nice long drives on the weekends. It's what she's built for and you'd be doing her a disservice by relegating her to simple daily driver duty. Let her run! As for the nonsense about not having all of the 414HP available until you complete your 1200 mile service, that is simply just not true. The ONLY reason you cannot get 414HP out of your car prior to the 1200 mile service is because most people adhere to the break-in procedure of keeping the revs under 5500. If you check the manual or any magazine, you will see that the 414HP is achieved at an RPM of 8300. Not because of any software governor on the engine. So your CA/SA is talking out of his ass and I highly suggest finding someone that actually knows what they're talking about.
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It's worked for me consistently. And it's actually been recommended to me by an BMW engineer to do exactly just that.
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With the M5 / M6s, the P500 (500 hp) mode is not active until the 1200 mile service, so it wouldn't surprise me if this was also the case for the M3. Also, there is a rumor BMW uses a break-in oil for the first 1200 miles and then they use the Castrol 10W60. Ask the SA if the cars come with a "break-in" oil.
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