Engine Break-in Period

[paris1]

I picked up my car in San Diego with 4 miles on the odo and took Mazda at their word regarding minimal engine break-in. Drove 565 miles home on Hwy 99 staying out of cruise control, varying my speed from 60-75 with short passing bursts to 80. The engine only turns around 2000-2500 rpm in sixth at these speeds, so how much abuse could there be?

 

[CX-SV]

The guidelines in owners manual work fine. I used them and had good results after 10K miles.

 

[asrm]

I picked up my car in San Diego with 4 miles on the odo and took Mazda at their word regarding minimal engine break-in. Drove 565 miles home on Hwy 99 staying out of cruise control, varying my speed from 60-75 with short passing bursts to 80. The engine only turns around 2000-2500 rpm in sixth at these speeds, so how much abuse could there be?

I too took my CUV after 300 KMS for a drive to US (around 350 KMS each side). Since my dealer told that this CUV does not need a break-in and that it can be driven as you like, I did not worry about driving long distance and on cruise for lets say 30 mins at a stretch. Now after reading this I am kind of worried if I have abused my break-in. I see my average mileage to be 10.7 Liter per 100 KMS (which seems to be on a higher side). Although majority of my driving is in the city and my 6 KMs drive to work consists of 15 lights . Not sure if its the city driving that is bringing it down or the long trip...

Comments appreciated.

 

[erhayes]

Kept track of the wear metals using UOA on my 07 CX7. The wear metals stabilized at ~ 8,000 miles so this is the mileage that the full breakin was completed. However; the earler UOA at 4,000 miles suggested that a normal breakin could be considered at 4 or 5,000 miles. We must also remember that it is not just the engine the we are polishing and burnishing during breakin but, the transmission and differental also. Ed

 

[Gio26NJ]

Regarding dealership service (for oil change) make an appointment, expect them to have your car for about 1 hour. Had mine done at local Mazda dealership in August, took an hour in early morning. No loaner.

So I took you and the others' advice and scheduled a service appointment since I just hit 5000 miles a few days ago. going in early Saturday. Will check oil levels and such after they complete. I don't trust myself with receipts and other small items lol plus too damn cold to do an oil change out in the street. Hope it goes well, first time taking a car into the dealer for oil change and service.

 

[CX-SV]

So I took you and the others' advice and scheduled a service appointment since I just hit 5000 miles a few days ago. going in early Saturday. Will check oil levels and such after they complete. I don't trust myself with receipts and other small items lol plus too damn cold to do an oil change out in the street. Hope it goes well, first time taking a car into the dealer for oil change and service.

Gio26NJ - Best of luck, should work out fine. Good to do the checks immediatley after as a precaution. We are damp and chilly here in northern California today (58degrees). Maybe they will wash your car too.

 

[Gio26NJ]

Got the 5,000 mile service done at the delaership. Oil change, Tire Rotation all service checks for $46. Better than I thought they did an excellent job, PSI correct levels, oil correct levels and a very clean job (no spills). No car wash, didn't matter as it has rained the past 2 days. This was Open Road Mazda in East Brunswick, NJ. Would recommend for anyone in Central NJ. My first time taking a car into a dealer for anything lol so I was concerned for no reason at all.

 

[ReManG]

This looks interesting, I cannot find this oil at a local dealer, so I will have to travel a bit for my first service.
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...he-new-Mazda-0w20-GF-5-with-moly-Improved-MPG

 

[HandA]

okay, at the risk of sounding a bit like a salesman I'll chime in here with. We are a recent sponsor of Mazdas247.com. You can get it online at our site: http://mazda.handa.com/cx5.html for $6.46 a qt.
Unfortunately, oil is fairly heavy so the shipping isn't cheap, but if your dealer really marks it up a lot or it is a long drive to get to a dealer that has it then it might be worth ordering it.

Trevor
http://mazda.handa.com/cx5.html

 

[pt00323i]

does the drain plug comes with washers or do we need to install new ones, couldn't find it on your website, same as miatas?

 

[HandA]

we don't yet have the drain washers available. We are currently limited to just the items shown online but are trying to add items on a regular basis.