break-in successful or failed?
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break-in successful or failed?
Hi. I must admit I have never had a performance car before and I have already turned in around 1400 miles in my Panamera Turbo. I have been checking the oil levels when I put gas in it, but last night I got a message from the car saying that the oil level had hit the minimum acceptable.
I put 2 qts of oil in it, very worried, and everything seems ok. However this raises some questions.
How concerned should I be about the rate of oil burn?
And what should I have done differently in terms of breaking it in? I took the manual literally, basically babying the engine up until now. Now I go on the internet and a lot of experienced people say that I should have aggressively seated the piston rings in the first few miles! And that if this is not done properly the pistons will get glazed, and it will be very time consuming to correct.
How can I evaluate how badly I may have failed at breaking in the car?
thx for your help.
I put 2 qts of oil in it, very worried, and everything seems ok. However this raises some questions.
How concerned should I be about the rate of oil burn?
And what should I have done differently in terms of breaking it in? I took the manual literally, basically babying the engine up until now. Now I go on the internet and a lot of experienced people say that I should have aggressively seated the piston rings in the first few miles! And that if this is not done properly the pistons will get glazed, and it will be very time consuming to correct.
How can I evaluate how badly I may have failed at breaking in the car?
thx for your help.
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You don't need to worry about the oil. Porsche turbo motors burn through oil. It's not unusual. My 996tt did it. My 997tt did it and I'm sure the Ptt will do it too.
There is always a big debate on whether we should break in the car or not. I happen to reside on the side of taking it a bit easy the first 1000 miles and then really letting her rip after that. Either way, I don't think you need to worry about piston rings being seated and such. Porsche does run the engines for break in at the factory anyways.
Don't worry too much and enjoy the car.
There is always a big debate on whether we should break in the car or not. I happen to reside on the side of taking it a bit easy the first 1000 miles and then really letting her rip after that. Either way, I don't think you need to worry about piston rings being seated and such. Porsche does run the engines for break in at the factory anyways.
Don't worry too much and enjoy the car.
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I don't think you have to worry at all.
My M cars specified in the manuals that 1 liter of oil every 600 miles is normal consumption if you drive them fast.
I've owned a number of sports cars (Ms, AMGs, and 911 TTs) and always have been soft on them for the first 1000 miles or so, and they worked very well afterwards.
I think even Porsche recommends not to go over 3500 (or max 5000?) rpm in the first 1000 kms in their manuals, so you did the right thing.
My M cars specified in the manuals that 1 liter of oil every 600 miles is normal consumption if you drive them fast.
I've owned a number of sports cars (Ms, AMGs, and 911 TTs) and always have been soft on them for the first 1000 miles or so, and they worked very well afterwards.
I think even Porsche recommends not to go over 3500 (or max 5000?) rpm in the first 1000 kms in their manuals, so you did the right thing.
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