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Originally Posted by volvorocks
With any car from new I believe in a good "run in" procedure. No keeping it at constant speeds or below 2000rpm etc, simply drive normally with short bursts of acceleration every so often to get the engine "fit" and sweet running. Never had any engine issues, and have found my engines were sweet, used no oil, didnt knock or bang or smoke, and were pretty nippy with acceptable fuel consumption.In years gone by when the cars were kept for longer periods the mileages were relatively high with no real issues.
I have had issues with the Volvos although this is nothing to do with how they have been driven!!
Regards
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The general advice with modern engines is to drive them fairly hard at the start.
More on this
here.
Looking around, many tuners and engine builders recommend this method due to the reasons given.