I just purchased a brand new F-150 with the 5.0 v8 (no ECOBOOST) also with 4x4 and tow/haul with electronic locking rear end.
What is the correct break in procedure? It will be a while before I do any hauling but I would like to go on a little road trip this weekend.
It has about 80 miles on it now and the computer is saying 9mpg... Is this some kind of fluke? The dealer gave it to me with a full tank which I sort of wish didn't happen, I'd rather select my own fuel for it.
tl;dr new truck, how to break it in?
Adam Jackson
Drive it off a cliff and use the insurance money to buy one with EcoBoost
Brayden Hall
Just start towing. Your truck already has an oil cooler and tranny fluid cooler included.
Christian Davis
there is no break in period needed. modern assembly techniques means that engine and trans are ready to go...drive it!
Alexander Barnes
this desu famalam
Mason Gonzalez
Yep, but get the It's better in every way. Especially towing mpg's
Zachary Bennett
drive it like you normally would. just don't set the cruise and keep it at the same RPM for extended periods of time for the first thousand miles or so
also the 5 liter is worse in every way so have fun with that
Isaac Hill
>It has about 80 miles on it now and the computer is saying 9mpg... Is this some kind of fluke? The average is 9?
If so someone probably took it for a joyride. That'd give it an abnormally low average. Probably during test drives.
>tl;dr new truck, how to break it in? Drive it like you stole it. Large throttle inputs, constantly changing speeds, keeping it working.
Charles Torres
Wtf is that a benis
Zachary Walker
It had 19 when I took it off the lot.... The odometer engine hours thing said 2 or 3 hours total so I think they left it idling for a while? I'm not sure.
Joseph Miller
I want a reliable v8 American motor not something with the high likelyhood that not one but two turbos might fail at some point taking the engine down with them.
Joshua Martinez
if you wanted a reliable V8 you should have gotten a Chevy. the 5.0L truck engine is a piece of shit. have fun with your valvetrain noise and egg-shaped cylinders.
Owen Reed
pretty sure this is covered in the owner's manual. If not just ask the fucking dealership
James Lewis
Do it however you think it tickles your nostalgia best. Modern engines don't actually need to be broken in. Is the first oil change scheduled at less than 1000 miles? No? Then there's no need to do anything out of the ordinary to break it in. A lot of manufacturers put their engines on dynos and run them at the rev limit for a while before putting them in a car. And you want to drive around at low RPMs for thousands of miles.
Jacob Johnson
Just drive it normally. For the first few hundred miles, just don't floor it to be safe. Also the mpgs will get better as all the components break in with each other.
Parker Long
It is, says to take it easy and avoid highway trips for the first 1k miles.
Ayden Davis
Don't let it sit at constant rpm and you'll be ok
Liam Stewart
Read the actual manual you fucking dense twat
Adam Thomas
Just bought a new 2017 wrx in July. Had it up to 120 on the way home from the dealership.
"Breaking in" a new car is an old meme. Only thing you may want to do is change the oil before it's recommended.
Thomas Williams
Sounds like you've got your question answered and you're looking for the answer you want so here you go.
Just fuckin drive it. It's under warranty.
Jeremiah Jones
Break in? No such thing. I got a fiesta with 1 mile on it, boiled one tire on the way off the lot. Haven't made a single drive in 5 months where I wasn't pegging redline. 18,000 miles in 5 months and no issues yet. Will see what the oil looks like this weekend when I do my first change.
Kevin Murphy
>Ford >F150 >No Ecoboost How many times can one fuck up with just a single purchase?
Jackson Davis
You may have misquoted, champ.
Joshua Adams
That engine is reliable its based off the 4.6l and that was bullet proof it just has less power than the ecoboost
Justin Collins
> first oil change after 18k I bet you redline cold engines as well
Luis Hughes
I do. But only on cars I don't give a shit about. Such as this fiesta.
Jackson Lee
>not being nice to all vehicles
You should get off this board
Jack Lee
Cars were meant to be driven, not pampered. Not running it hard is equivalent to keeping a thoroughbred in a stall, and only letting it out to slowly walk through the front yard. People putting around never testing the limits are wasting their car, and my time.
Thomas Perez
What the Fuck is up with the Ecoboost posting? Are you fags serious that it's the only way to go or are you just memeing? Isn't ecoboost just Ford's name for a turbo?
Charles Morales
It's Ford's name for the Mazda MZI/MZR engines. They're really good.
Owen Garcia
>four cylinder engines Come on now
Gabriel Lewis
use it, don't abuse it
you know what i mean, treating it a bit easier will make it last longer, i don't need to explain that.
unless you're a retard and that can't be fixed.
Chase Sullivan
I know how to rebuild my own shit, so abuse means nothing. If I blow it up I'll fix it.
Bentley Reyes
Good choice OP, the 5.0 is solid as fuck and the route I'd go if I were buying a new truck.
Honestly just drive it like you regularly would. There's a thousand different opinions on how to """properly""" break a new vehicle in.
Also mpg wise don't be expecting anything great. Mid teens is average. What rear gears does it have?
Luke Gray
Personally i would do some gentle city driving, then maybe beat on it a few times at wot. But nothing specific should be needed, just some variations for the first few drives.
Noah Flores
OP here. Since starting this thread I've read the manual. Freeways are unavoidable for me but I have been trying to vary the rpms... Basically going between 55 and 70 as I am able to. Took a nice drive on empty streets tonight, easy stop and go.
The rear end is 3.55. The mpg is steadily climbing and I reset one of the trip computers and the new one says 19.x mpg.
Put some premium in to top off the tank while it was at 3/4, not sure what the dealer might have put in it.
>tfw you pump a quarter tank and the thing drinks up 9 gallons