Tips for breaking in a brand new engine?

[brad]

When is 1st service due?

Mic

15,000km or 12 months, whichever comes first - unless you meet the Severe Service criteria.

[Transporter]

Yep, 12 months from the time the oil goes in the engine. Check your car's production date, so you don't drive 2 years on one oil.

[SilvrFoxX]

I think you might have been around cars enough to know how to run one in.

never a turbo, I am not sure if the performance uplift has a more dramatic affect

[brad]

never a turbo, I am not sure if the performance uplift has a more dramatic affect

Drive it like you did the lib when in a hurry. Get on the boost to force the rings out onto the cylinder wall. You'll be fine.

[SilvrFoxX]

Drive it like you did the lib when in a hurry. Get on the boost to force the rings out onto the cylinder wall. You'll be fine.

will do.. goes like a scalded cat and cracles and pops all the way.. is great fun

[worx]

Thrashed mine in, always have always will. Never a problem. Don't really know if cheaper cars would react the same tho..

[Finance_Analyst]

Not sure if this has been asked before, but, I am due for my first ever tank of fuel (yes I haven't driven it enough due to catching the train to work, some mad hours at work last week etc) and should I/can I use fuel injector cleaner on my first tank? I have normally used this every 5000km or so in my old cars, although not sure what it is like for the 2.0T motor and as it is new and all...

[Corey_R]

Hmm... I'm not sure. I think that brad or Transporter would be best to answer that question for you...

[brad]

I haven't bothered with additives on this car. I figure with direct injection, you aren't cleaning much (ie: not helping the intake valves, etc).

I do use Shell V-Power, which is chock full of stuff that isn't petrol. BP is supposed to be full of detergent too.

Transporter is usually very keen on additives. Oh, the dillemma!

[Transporter]

Yes, I use the diesel additive every time I fill up and I never had a problem related to the fuel or fuel system.
In petrol engines incl. TSI I use only only Interject injector cleaner every service interval. To me it is the best injector/fuel additive you can have, it does clean whole fuel system and the top of the pistons. My daughter's fiancé gets a bottle of interject415 into his RS Octavia TSI (only petrol car in family) every 5,000km or more often. I wouldn't bother with the Nulon type of additives. In your diesel engine you can use Morey's Diesel Smoke Killer that is suitable for the CRD and the DPF equipped cars and available from all good parts stores.