10 0 Bre a k-in p ro c e d u re s
Drivin g n o te s
To e ns ure th a t yo ur ve hic le p ro vid e s
m a xim um e c onom y th ro ughout a lo ng
s e rvic e life , w e re q ue s t th a t yo u
ob s e rve th e fo llowing.
Tire s
En g in e
Du e to te c hnic a l fa c to rs a s s oc ia te d with Do n ot a llow th e e ngine to w a rm to its
th e ir m a nufa c tu re , tire s d o n ot a c hie ve norm a l o p e ra tin g te m p e ra tu re b y le a v-
th e ir fu ll tra c tio n p ote ntia l u ntil a n in itia l ing it id ling w ith th e ve hic le p a rke d .
b re a k- in p e rio d h a s e la p s e d . Th is
m e a ns th a t yo u s hould d rive w ith a d d i-
En g in e a n d d iffe re n tia l
Ho we ve r, w he n s ta rtin g in e xtre m e ly
c old w e a th e r it is a g ood id e a to a llow
Up to 1 ,2 50 m ile s (2 ,0 00 km ):
tio na l c a utio n fo r th e firs t 2 00 m ile s
th e e ngine to ru n a t fa s t id le fo r a b out
Drive a t d iffe re nt e ngine s p e e d s a nd
ve hic le s p e e d s , b ut b e c a re ful n ot to
e xc e e d th e fo llowing e ngine s p e e d :
(3
00 km ).
3
0 s e c ond s b e fore g e ttin g u nd e rw a y;
th is p re c a utio n e ns ure s a d e q ua te lu b ri-
c a tio n.
Bra ke s ys te m
Bra ke p a d s a nd d is ks a tta in th e ir o p ti-
m a l w e a r p a tte rn s o nly a fte r a p p ro x.
4
,5 00 rp m
Avo id h igh e ngine s p e e d s w hile th e
e ngine is s till c old ; th is h e lp s a vo id p re -
m a tu re w e a r a nd re d uc e d s e rvic e life .
Re fra in fro m us ing full th ro ttle a nd a vo id
p re s s ing th e a c c e le ra to r b e yo nd th e
kic kd own p oint.
3
00 m ile s (5 00 km ).
Wh e n d rivin g u nd e r h igh e ngine lo a d s
(a c c e le ra tio n, s te e p h ills ), try to ke e p
th e e ngine ru nning a b ove 1 ,5 00 rp m .
Afte r 1 ,2 50 m ile s (2 ,0 00 km ) yo u c a n
gra d ua lly in c re a s e th e n um b e r o f re vo -
lutio ns o r th e s p e e d .
We re c om m e nd d owns hifting in to a
m ore s uita b le ra nge , e s p e c ia lly w he n
d rivin g u p e xte nd e d in c line s .
You s hould a ls o o b s e rve th e s e b re a k- in
p ro c e d ure s if th e e ngine o r d iffe re ntia l
is re p la c e d la te r in th e c ours e o f th e
ve hic le s e rvic e life .
It is a g ood id e a to fo llow e xte nd e d
p e rio d s o f lo w-s p e e d o p e ra tio n (d e ns e
urb a n tra ffic , s to p -a nd -go d rivin g) b y
m a inta ining a n e ngine s p e e d c ons is -
te ntly a b ove 3 ,0 00 rp m fo r s e ve ra l
m ile s . Th is p ro c e d ure h e lp s p re ve nt
d e p os its fro m a c c um ula tin g in th e
e ngine .
Online Edition for Part No. 01 41 9 790 377 - © 07/98 BMW AG
Categories | BMW 3-Series Manuals, BMW Manuals |
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Document Type | Free PDF Owner's Manual Download. |
Tags | BMW 318i, BMW 318is, BMW 323i, BMW 323is, BMW 328i, BMW 328is, BMW E36 |
Model Year | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
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Publisher | bmwe36blog.com |
Wikipedia's Page | BMW 3-Series (E36) |
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