nberry:
Gauss:
DJM48:

I followed this. Supposedly came directly from Andreas P

Weissach team break in

The manual says the first 2000 miles to keep the RPM’s below 4200rpm, but he has a different approach:

First 500 kms keep it below or at 5000 RPMs 

For every 200 kms after that, increase the limit by 500 RPM

The redline on the GT4 is 7800 RPM, so the total break-in period will take 500 kms + (6*200) = 1700 kms

He recommends the first oil change at 1000 miles, can stretch to 1500 miles but the earlier the better.

Do an alignment at 1000 - 1500 miles once the suspension has settled - he claims it makes a difference 

500km 5k

700 5.5k

900 6k

1100 6.5k

1300 7k

1500 7.5 k

1700 8k

1900 8.5k

I'm sure that we can trust AP that this is the correct way to break in an engine. However, if the engine breaks down for whatever reason, and unrelated to the breaking-in, and if the dealership finds out that you haven't followed the break-in procedure described in the manual, then they may decline warranty claims, do they not?

In other words, there's the engineer's way of breaking-in the engine/motor, and there's the lawful way, which ensures full warranty coverage.

That isn’t true in the US. You’ll have full warranty coverage despite not following AP’s recommendations. Personally I think they are borderline silly. 

You, as a lawyer, think AP's (as Porsche's Motorsport engineer) recommendations for break-in are silly? Smiley

Based on what?


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