I bought a new motorbike not long ago (don't worry this will get car related soon), and the recommendation from the dealership and the owners manual for the bike was that you don't go above 8,000 RPM for the first 1000 miles, and then once you hit 1000 miles you get it serviced to change the oil and then you can slowly start going all the way up to the redline at 16,000 RPM. The reason for changing the oil is because apparently during the initial running in period when the engine parts are bedding in and smoothing over, little bits of debris from the various parts that rub against each other will break off and end up in the oil - so its important to get it changed so that all that crap isn't floating around in your oil for the next few thousand miles.
So I assumed the same would be true for cars, and was surprised when I picked my new Cupra R up on Friday that the dealership said you don't need to service it until its done 10,000 miles and no need to change the oil or anything until then.
Now its done 550 miles already and I'm taking it in for something else on Thursday so I'm thinking it would probably be worth getting them to just change the oil while I'm there, before I start working the engine a bit more and using higher revs (which I was going to do once its done about 800 miles anyway). Would anyone else agree or do you all think its completely pointless to get the oil changed?
Thanks
Chris
So I assumed the same would be true for cars, and was surprised when I picked my new Cupra R up on Friday that the dealership said you don't need to service it until its done 10,000 miles and no need to change the oil or anything until then.
Now its done 550 miles already and I'm taking it in for something else on Thursday so I'm thinking it would probably be worth getting them to just change the oil while I'm there, before I start working the engine a bit more and using higher revs (which I was going to do once its done about 800 miles anyway). Would anyone else agree or do you all think its completely pointless to get the oil changed?
Thanks
Chris