hey guys chrisfix here today I'm going
to teach you how to do the proper
break-in procedure for a brand new car a
lot of people don't know that brand new
car is need to be broken in you have a
brand new engine in there and if you
don't break it in properly you're not
going to have a long-lasting engine
can't just go and drive your car like
any other car when it's brand new is a
proper break-in procedure if you follow
it you're going to get a long-lasting
engine your piston rings will see
properly your valves everything will
work properly for a good long time this
is just a quick video hope you enjoy it
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here we go so when you get in your car
you don't want to start the car and
drive away right away you want to start
the car you want to let it sit for a few
seconds because it's a new car and
because it's freezing cold out you want
your engine to run for fifteen to thirty
seconds before you start driving it this
is really important for a new car
because you want all the oil to get to
all the parts the clearancing on the new
parts isn't it's not worn in yet it's
not like a used car so you need to get
worn in properly and it's good to have
lubrication as it gets worn in you can
see this car has 619 miles and the
owners been braking improperly based on
what the owner's manual says this is a
Ford the Ford break-in period is a
thousand miles but depending on the
manufacturer that could be different
some manufacturers it's 500 miles some
manufacturers 2,000 miles some it's
2,000 months it all depends that
information could be found here in the
owners manual you just go into your
manual under driving hints it says
breaking in and it's telling you that
the new tires are going to break in
about 300 miles so that you might
experience like different driving
characteristics some different noises so
after 300 miles you your new tires are
broken in four your brakes and your
clutch you want to avoid heavy use of
the brakes and the clutch if possible
this doesn't have a clutch just an
automatic but that's for the first
hundred miles in town and a thousand
miles on the freeways obviously if you
need a break you got a break but got to
be light on the brakes if you can and
then for the engine you don't want to
drive fast for the first thousand miles
so I consider fast over 65 and the other
thing is you want to change your speeds
you don't want to go on a road trip
right away you don't want to stay on the
highway and stay at the same speed for
more than
minute a minute 30 you want to adjust
your speeds and pretty much what it's
saying is you don't want to have the
RPMs at a constant spot so you don't
want to stay at 2,000 you don't want to
stay at 3,000 you want to vary it up it
says don't labor the engine so when
you're accelerating you don't want to go
slow you want to accelerate at a decent
pace so that it gets into top gear right
away now this might seem a little
complicated but it's really not that
difficult I'm about to show you right
now so after you start the engine and it
runs for about 1530 seconds you're good
to go and you can start driving well it
says don't press on the brakes hard you
don't want to ride the brakes either you
want to make sure that you drive
normally so while you drive make sure
that you're changing your speed up
changing your rpms
don't sit constant rpm for more than two
minutes three minutes just change it up
a little bit and do this for the first
thousand miles and you'll be good the
other thing is a lot of people swear by
changing the oil early this you have to
check with your owner's manual and also
with the mechanics that in this case it
would check with Ford mechanics but a
lot of times especially like in Honda's
the brand new engines have special
lubricants or additives to the oil for
breaking in a new engine it's important
that you keep the lubricants in the
engine for as long as the manufacturer
suggests and that pretty much wraps up
breaking in a new engine brand new car
brand new engine you spent a good amount
of money it's good to do it right that's
very important it'll help with your
engine lasting a long time this is a
proven method even for myself my dad's
car has 300,000 miles on it we've owned
it since it was new and it's still
running strong there's no compression
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