Breaking-In Period - Chevrolet Fleetmaster Series 1947 Owner's Manual

BREAKING-IN PERIOD
Your Chevrolet car has been designed to furnish you many
thousands of miles of motoring pleasure.
In order to maintain its high standard of performance and
efficiency, special care should be given for the first two thousand
miles as to the speed at which the car is driven and also to lubri-
cation.
To properly break in the moving parts of the car, do not
drive faster than:
40 Miles per hour for the first 100 Miles
50 Miles per hour for the next 200 Miles
60 Miles per hour for the next 200 Miles
Continuous high speed driving should not be attempted
until the car has been driven 2000 miles ..
See that your car is lubricated at regular intervals in accord-
ance with the recommendations under "General Lubrication."
WAYS TO SAVE GAS AND OIL
How many miles doyou get to the gallon? Unless you are the
exception, you can get still greater mileage. And without cost 1
Just eliminate a few of the faults which most of us have and which
tend to waste gasoline and oil. Some of the most common ones
are listed here. Stu'dy them 1 Correct them and you'll save on
fuel bills.
Quick
Get-A ways
are thrills that cost
money. Tramping suddenly on the accelerator, or pumping it,
feeds your motor more gasoline than it can use. Quick get-aways,
too, waste gasoline by carrying you too far in second gear. Get
away easily and smoothly to save gasoline. Slip into high gear at
20 to 25 miles per hour.
Sudden Stops
are sometimes neces-
sary, but always use extra gasoline. Stopping gradually, with the
engine braking saves gas money-and brake lining, too.
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