Break in question

hey guys well i only have 175 miles on my 09 camry se v6 and i was wondering till how many miles did i have to wait to take it over 60 mph? i heard you want to break it in easily....also not that im going to but if im ever in a situation like getting on the highway and i have to put the pedal down how many miles do i have to wait till i can do that? thanks

Reply 1 : Break in question

just do it...

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Originally Posted by nuchieboy hey guys well i only have 175 miles on my 09 camry se v6 and i was wondering till how many miles did i have to wait to take it over 60 mph? i heard you want to break it in easily....also not that im going to but if im ever in a situation like getting on the highway and i have to put the pedal down how many miles do i have to wait till i can do that? thanks

njerald: read the fawking owner's manual !

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just go for it! not like it's an old muscle car that's been sitting around for yeards that you have to take it easy for the first few hundred miles...



hammer down!

Reply 4 : Break in question

drive various speeds, but yea just go

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alright nice

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i had mine over 90 on the first week...

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Typically, with these new cars, you don't really have to worry about the traditional break-in periods. I didn't abuse my car until about 2000 mi. just in case though.

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Originally Posted by XxTrD_ToYoTaxX i had mine over 90 on the first week...

I had mine over 90 on the test drive :-)

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i think with these cars the "break in" is a thousand miles.. but who cares, its a brand new car just go for it

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Originally Posted by white07cam i think with these cars the "break in" is a thousand miles.. but who cares, its a brand new car just go for it

some people do hard break in.. some do soft.. i had a honda EG with the b16 engine rebuilt i just did it... going 180 kph on the first 30 km's..



JUST GO FOR IT!

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Break it in hard for power. Most new engines from the factory are broke in before ever being installed in a car. When is the first oil change scheduled?

Reply 12 : Break in question

The owners manual says around 1000 miles I believe, I went pretty easy on it for that much. Basically it is more about the RPM range and heating then about how fast you are going. With any car you get, new or used you always want to wait until the car is warmed up (i.e. the temp gauge is in range of normal operating temperature) before driving it hard. The reason for break-in is mostly for the engine, as your car heats up and cools down the metals expand and contract. If you drive your car really hard at first with out it being "used" to the heat ranges the metals can potentially distort and cause you trouble down the line. This is a big issue with the EVO, many people got that car, drove it like it was stolen off the lot and then about 20 to 30 thousand miles later had blown piston rings and were leaking oil.



So yeah, drive it at 90, 100mph, it doesn't matter, what matters is revving it up and doing constant temperature changes to the engine. Some of the worst things you can do to an engine is drive it really hard for like 10 minutes and shut it off. If driving hard, you always want to warm the car up, drive it hard and then cool it down. (I.E. why when you see races they always have warm up laps and cool down laps (yeah tires also need it too, but it helps the engines as well, well it helps the whole car)).



Just my 2 cents.

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...except that race engines are much different beasts (F1 race engines are supposed to last only for the distance of the race....). We are talking Camry...

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Originally Posted by Tobeit ...except that race engines are much different beasts (F1 race engines are supposed to last only for the distance of the race....). We are talking Camry...

How are race engines different? Yes the tolerances are much tighter and thus break-in affects them more, but it does not mean a regular cars engine can't be affected by break-in.



I don't know how familiar you are with racing engines, but basically you are fighting off heat the whole time in order to maintain reliability and consistent performance, much like a regular car, but at a higher performance level.



All cars, whether race or street have their operating temperatures and operating within these ranges is always a good idea. Again, this is just my opinion.