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MTC
I think this is an excellent course of action, I will certainly be doing the same with mine.
I know that I intend to keep mine for a long time if at all possible, and it can only be right to let the engine run in properly.
"Honest John" always recommends this to prevent excessive oil consumption in modern engines. He also seems to say regularly that oil change intervals recommended these days are too infrequent, as oil (even synthetic) tends to degrade after 8-9,000 miles. The recommendation appears to be, stick with the original oil up until the first service, to let the engine bed in, then after this, increasing the frequency of the oil change can only be beneficial.
Taking this into account, I intend to get to 12,500 miles (I think that's the UK service interval for these), then change it again, either myself or at the dealer, at about 18,000 miles, then back to the dealer for the official 25,000 service.
What does everyone else think of this?
Being an all alloy engine, pretty rare up until now in diesels, I'm not sure how this affects the overall longevity prospects?
Well done on keeping your right foot light in the past few weeks, I know that the diesel demonstrator I road tested yesterday only had about 140 miles on the clock, but I'm sure I ended up going over 3,000 even on a relatively short run. The sales guy actually encouraged me by using the "+/-" manual change feature at one point. & we took off pretty damned quickly.
I must say though, we were stuck behind someone on an A road at about 50 mph, and this speed car is so quiet, smooth & relaxed, it is incredible.
Even at 70, you are only pulling exactly 2,000 rpm, and the box seems to settle into 5th pretty quick if your driving sensibly.
Just my two penneth worth!
Cheers
Just
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