Didg
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I'm still waiting to pick up my new S10 so thoughts of running it in are on my mind.
I asked on another thread for any tips and whether to follow the book or not and Rasher kindly posted this link http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
I have run in aero engines in a similar way to this and it makes a lot of sense to me so I contacted the dealership and spoke to the sales manager about it (I didn't go into too much detail). His initial reaction was as expected. He said it could affect my warranty and that he had many happy S10 customers who ran their bikes in "by the book" and their bikes ran fine.
However he said he would look into it and called me back sounding surprised saying that it would not affect the warranty (provided I didn't seize the engine ofc) and that the service manager was happy to use mineral oil at the 600 mile service rather than the normal (semi synthetic?) oil.
He said that Yamaha supply the bikes new with a "special running in oil that is not available for sale" and that the service manager thought I was mad to consider an oil change after only 20 miles. His view was that it would be a waste of money and that he could not replace the "special running in oil" which is intend to stay in the engine for the first 600 miles. He would of course be happy to take my money if that is what I wanted to do.
My suspicion is that the "special running in oil" is a fairly standard 10 w 40 mineral motor oil, however if it's not, or I can't find out then I will get the first oil change at 600 miles and change to mineral oil until 1500 miles.
Obviously there will be some of you who would prefer to run in "by the book" which is fine, but for those who don't I would be interested to hear your thoughts.
I asked on another thread for any tips and whether to follow the book or not and Rasher kindly posted this link http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
I have run in aero engines in a similar way to this and it makes a lot of sense to me so I contacted the dealership and spoke to the sales manager about it (I didn't go into too much detail). His initial reaction was as expected. He said it could affect my warranty and that he had many happy S10 customers who ran their bikes in "by the book" and their bikes ran fine.
However he said he would look into it and called me back sounding surprised saying that it would not affect the warranty (provided I didn't seize the engine ofc) and that the service manager was happy to use mineral oil at the 600 mile service rather than the normal (semi synthetic?) oil.
He said that Yamaha supply the bikes new with a "special running in oil that is not available for sale" and that the service manager thought I was mad to consider an oil change after only 20 miles. His view was that it would be a waste of money and that he could not replace the "special running in oil" which is intend to stay in the engine for the first 600 miles. He would of course be happy to take my money if that is what I wanted to do.
My suspicion is that the "special running in oil" is a fairly standard 10 w 40 mineral motor oil, however if it's not, or I can't find out then I will get the first oil change at 600 miles and change to mineral oil until 1500 miles.
Obviously there will be some of you who would prefer to run in "by the book" which is fine, but for those who don't I would be interested to hear your thoughts.