So I've been looking around on the forums and have found little to some help, but I would like to hear some peoples person experiences on a new car break-in process.

I've always been told two ways:
- Break it in how you're going to drive it
- Follow the tedious baby driving process (don't redline it, don't go over 5k RPM, don't have fun pretty much)

Now I know for the first 1,000 you want a lot of city driving with very little constant speed, along with getting the oil change at 1,000 to get out the metal shavings from breaking it in.

Along with I know they say, "don't drive long distances over a long period of time at the same speed." Now as I was looking into this one it made me really question, I plan to daily drive mine majority of the summer. My work is 30 minutes away from my home, is that too long during the break in process?

Thank you for any of the upcoming response, INB4 someone says "simple search could find this" because I looked but didn't see anything that was much help for me.

NOTE: THIS FOR A 2016 GT PREMIUM

 

Just take it easy on the motor for the first 1000 miles or so.

I usually put about 3000 miles on the break in oil.

After that I switch to Mobil1.

 

do whatever you want, most things you will hear are either old wives tails, or things that used to be done on cars 30 to 40 years ago. if there was an official break in period to prevent damage, ford would have it listed in the owners manual, they dont want to fix your car for free under warranty.

 

Problem is most don't read the owners manual, but Ford does list some guidelines, limited as they are, here they are.

"BREAKING-IN
You need to break in new tires for
approximately 300 miles (480
kilometers). During this time, your vehicle
may exhibit some unusual driving
characteristics.
Avoid driving too fast during the first 1000
miles (1600 kilometers). Vary your speed
frequently and change up through the
gears early. Do not labor the engine.
Do not tow during the first 1000 miles
(1600 kilometers)."

 

I believe all 5.0 motors recommend and use synthetic from the factory already and the whole 'break in oil' is ancient history. They haven't been doing that since the late 80's early 90's. User manual will tell you about syn or not syn or mixed as will the under-the-hood sticker.

 

What you'll want to do is to rev it up until it starts bouncing off the limiter, dump the clutch and hammer the p-mortal crap out of it and repeat until something breaks. That way you find the weakest link while it's still under warranty.

 

if my 2010 and 2012 GTs were typical, you'll probably use one quart of oil in the first few thousand miles, and then none after. if you dump the factory fill at 1,000 miles you probably won't even notice.