Can sometime tell me what you should and should not do when breaking in an 05 STI? I am really not sure if I am supposed to say under a certain rpm or what.

Thanks!

 

i got mine recently too. they told me to keep the rpms lower than 4k and break it in for about 1k. i set the shift light to 3800 to keep me from overreving.

 

Thats very conservative most motors are fully broke in at the 500-600 mile mark.

 

I am pretty careful but I have gone over 4k rpms many times, is this going to hurt anything?

 

It won't hurt anything, but try to keep it below 4k, and most of all, vary your vehicle speed. Breaking in a motor helps polish the pistons and make them go up and down smoother. If you go over 4k a few times, it shouldn't do much harm.

 

i just hit 1k on my 05. i sucked it up and did what the recomendations told me...i figure Subaru know whats best for their beast...patience young jedi...1k will be there before you know it.

 

Read your owners manual.

 

I didn't ask what my owner manual says I am asking the opinion of others.

 

seriously. engine break in is bull****. they redline the schit out of the engines at the factory. I simply continued the process with 6 miles on the odo. oil change at 152 and 468.

 

So you don't trust the engineers at Subaru but people here with nothing but their "opinion" and nothing to back it up....I find that a lil funny.

Ok then, Motoman's breakin period is what I followed.

http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm

I rebuilt my last motor and used this method. I sold the car with 5000 miles on it and it didn't burn a dop of oil and dyno'd very strong for that type of engine.

http://www.phear7imports.net/gallery/album12

Have fun.

 

I broke mine in aggressively as well. No launches etc but I started by going up to 4K a few times at 80-90% full throttle. Then I did a few 5K runs and then two 6K runs. You can probably still break the engine in properly by staying under 4K BUT you need to floor it to put as much load on the engine as possible.

My car has 1900km or so and runs like a champ and doesn't burn any noticeable amount of oil.

I also did an early oil change at 1000kms. There are apparently additives in the oil that comes from the factory that are used to break in the engine, so I didn't want to change too early.

You definitely want to get that break-in oil out early though. If you break-in aggressively, continually check your oil levels and consistency.

Have fun.

 

i have many people state that you are to take it easy for the first 500 miles then giver hell for anyone 500 to 1000 miles 100% throttle and high rpms

 

sounds good, lol

 

hehe, you would rather listen to the opinions of random people you don't know than the owners manual?

in that case i heard taking it to the tracks is a good way to rack up the first 1000 miles.