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So a friend of mine just bought herself a brand new RAV4, and will have it for a total of three weeks before she was planning on driving it to SA from Melbourne (1500km round trip). Just a quick question, if it's new new, and she would still need to run in the engine properly, bed in the brakes etc, is it a good idea to tow a boat almost to Adelaide or not?

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So a friend of mine just bought herself a brand new RAV4, and will have it for a total of three weeks before she was planning on driving it to SA from Melbourne (1500km round trip). Just a quick question, if it's new new, and she would still need to run in the engine properly, bed in the brakes etc, is it a good idea to tow a boat almost to Adelaide or not?

Do u mean is it a good idea to tow a boat with the new car? And yes, if it is a brand spankin new engine u will need to rin it in properly, dont think towing should be a problem, as you wont be revving the crap out of it

hmm ok, welll wen I did mine in I had to pretty much stay off boost for about 1000km's. I did I didnt baby it too much though, just drove long distances and in different conditions

Do u mean is it a good idea to tow a boat with the new car? And yes, if it is a brand spankin new engine u will need to rin it in properly, dont think towing should be a problem, as you wont be revving the crap out of it

Yeah, that's what i mean. She'll still be running in the engine at that stage, I was unsure it towing a boat, motors and all our race gear across the country would be a good idea on an un-run motor.

Yeah, that's what i mean. She'll still be running in the engine at that stage, I was unsure it towing a boat, motors and all our race gear across the country would be a good idea on an un-run motor.

nah dnt think its a bad idea, its jus a bit of extra weight,, wont mess the engine up

If I had an owners manual for sure, but seeing as it came out of a conversation we had the other night, and she's not scheduled to take delivery of the car (and by extension, the aforementioned owners manual) for another week. I thought it might be a good idea to ask around here, figuring someone would have an idea on the answer.

Most cars off the shelf are already run in at factory.

Different story for those who do a re-build - but brand new generally don't need running in.

Thats my take on it.

It was advised when we got the 300c srt 8 that it didnt need running it, as it was run in from factory. =)

lol! yeah do a farken burnout carnt!

Umm well a guy i know with a recently rebuilt RB25DET NEO motor is having to run it at a 4000rpm limiter and keep off boost for the first 2000km?

yeah thats what my rebuilder tols me to do,,but for 1000kms till the first service. was the most boring week ever

everybody has mixed opinions on this, factory engines are pre-run in so just get into it. Im also a believer of the harder you drive it the better it performs as mentioned earlier.

As for running in built engines, this is how i ran in mine.

yeah thats what my rebuilder tols me to do,,but for 1000kms till the first service. was the most boring week ever

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