Break In for Altis 2008

[ethanp]

My 1.6G A/T is still a week old. Odometer at 180km and never went beyond the speed of 80km/h. When and how is the recommended break in for the car?

[1D4LV]

bro, you should have asked the casa, but as far as i know, up to 1k kms. pwede mo namang i lampas yan ng 80 kph, as long as you go easy on the revs.

[XTO]

take it to NLEX one sunday morning kahit balikan lang end to end. it's a must to see the potential at an early stage say 100-120 kph

[s_quilicot]

The proper Break-in AFAIK is pedal to the metal and reving the engine hard.

google nyo nalang po.

[ethanp]

Thanks!

Pedal to the metal, full revs, and full speed... When (odometer reading) is the proper time to do this break in? Found no useful info in google, nor it is in the owner's manual.

Hope to here your thoughts and opinions based on your experiences.

[badbadtz.carlo]

I have no experience with Toyota cars, but when i got my Sentra, the CASA peeps told me that modern cars are broken-in at the factory. But, they gave me instructions similar to how a break-in works.

1. don't go over 3000rpm for the first 1K on the Odo
2. shift gears upon reaching 2500rpm, better if you can switch up and down gears appropriately and not use up or stay on the same gear for a long time

I follow these steps even upto now na 6mos na car ko. Ayos na ayos naman takbo nia. Treat your engine well, kahit na break-in na para tumagal and mas mahaba ciang problem free.