With diesel tractor engines the biggest issue we get is under use / low loads during the running in period, this causes glazed bores. We say, “get them hot and then work them”. Which is all about loading the engine rather than revving them with light loads. However these engines are all about torque and not revs.
With my diesel cars I follow a similar approach from new, get them hot then load them up, but I vary the revs. The auto’s are more difficult as they keep the revs so low all the time. After a few miles, say 500, I just forget about it and use it normally. So far no issues and no oil use with about a dozen new reasonable performance diesel engines. Interestingly the oil change interval has reduced from approx 24,000 miles to 12,000 miles, this is either to do with fuel quality and emission control systems, or cash flow for the dealers! You decide which.
Oils, my choice for the E9 is a semi synthetic and change it every year which is about 2,000 miles. This oil will be vastly superior to anything available when the car was new.
With my diesel cars I follow a similar approach from new, get them hot then load them up, but I vary the revs. The auto’s are more difficult as they keep the revs so low all the time. After a few miles, say 500, I just forget about it and use it normally. So far no issues and no oil use with about a dozen new reasonable performance diesel engines. Interestingly the oil change interval has reduced from approx 24,000 miles to 12,000 miles, this is either to do with fuel quality and emission control systems, or cash flow for the dealers! You decide which.
Oils, my choice for the E9 is a semi synthetic and change it every year which is about 2,000 miles. This oil will be vastly superior to anything available when the car was new.