If you are at 1k miles now I would watch the oil level and not baby it. If you have manual mode occasionally decelerate using engine braking. My hunch is consumption will decrease.
years ago Porsche said like 3 qts normal, and BMW joined in. The weird thing is many of us have thought, how can that be normal....and no we don't know more than the folks who designed the engine, just applying previous ownership experienceCan be totally normal on a new German car. Drive it.
Worrying about this when it's new isn't of value (to me) - things haven't "bedded in" in yet and losing some oil (to me again) can be quite normal..I've seen on several of my VWs that zero consumption after a few oil changes.. Give it a few oil changes to see if the consumption drops off...that is the more likely scenario here.years ago Porsche said like 3 qts normal, and BMW joined in. The weird thing is many of us have thought, how can that be normal....and no we don't know more than the folks who designed the engine, just applying previous ownership experience
People throw out that term all the time.What does that even mean? The rings are already seated in the pistons when the engine is assembled. The sliding surface of the rings wears off microscopic peaks of metal in the cylinder wall during break-in. If that's what "seating" means here, it's a bit confusing.You need to absolutely hammer on it right now in an attempt to seat the rings.
I took bad advice on bedding brakes. I guess that's shame on me for thinking well it's on the internet, must be right. I did my BMW brakes myself, all OE rotors and pads, and when I followed the process for bedding, my new rotors were glowing orange.People throw out that term all the time.What does that even mean? The rings are already seated in the pistons when the engine is assembled. The sliding surface of the rings wears off microscopic peaks of metal in the cylinder wall during break-in. If that's what "seating" means here, it's a bit confusing.
Ya. More like first 25 miles.I thought there was a very limited window of time you could seat the rings? 1k miles seems way past that window.
I read somewhere that the first 50 miles or so are crucial for this to occur.
That’s what I thought too.Ya. More like first 25 miles.