...And this should surprise nobody. It's still a slushbox. Sorry, had to say it... :wink:Levitron said:Not the greatest compromise for std though![]()
More like Ford manufacturing, I've had an '01 Tribute for 50,000 miles with no major problems. Likewise, the Mazda6 uses the same block that the Tribute 3.0 uses but is manufacturered at a different plant.earl_s said:...we had a Tribute come right off the truck and the engine siezed up with only 2 miles on the odo. That's Ford engineering for you.
:huh:Levitron said:The manual states that there doesn't really need to be a break-in period.
However, it cautions that within the first 1000km's, there shouldn't be any hard starts, high revving, or constant driving (for long periods of time).
Yup, you're the first guy who noticed it.Bombadil said::huh:Levitron said:The manual states that there doesn't really need to be a break-in period.
However, it cautions that within the first 1000km's, there shouldn't be any hard starts, high revving, or constant driving (for long periods of time).
The description shown above *IS* a break-in period! This is exactly what one does to properly break-in an engine ... you avoid hard starts, high rev'ing, and constant driving at a steady speed over the first 500-1000 miles. This is how break-ins have been defined for at least 20 years.
I'll report on all that in about a week or two, once my exams are done.6_funk said:hey levitron, i know you've only had your car for a short while, but have you noticed anything unusual, or annoying
ie: rattling noise, poor rear vision, big blind spot, slow windows etc
anything at all yet???
You mean "hard-start", right? :?:MZ6ZoomZoom said:Yeah driving like a grandma is NOT beneficial to the motor. You need to VARY the RPM's... this means taking it way up there sometimes. Just don't redline or hard-stop.
No, I meant hard-stop. Don't slam the breaks when they're still being broken in.Levitron said:You mean "hard-start", right? :?:MZ6ZoomZoom said:Yeah driving like a grandma is NOT beneficial to the motor. You need to VARY the RPM's... this means taking it way up there sometimes. Just don't redline or hard-stop.
No. NOTHING will cause major problems down the road... it's just theoretically possible that doing "the right things" might make it last a little bit longer.dugrant153 said:would stalling the engine a few times while its in its break-in period cause major problems down the road??