Break-in Period?
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05-04-2008 | 09:33 PM
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RE: Break-in Period?
ORIGINAL: gomarlins3
When I bought my S, the break in period was 600 miles. No VTEC or hard acceleration until after that. I followed it to a 'T'. I have no oil burn in my S after 6 years. Other S owners burn oil and many of those didn't follow the break in period. Make your own conclusions.
Fast forward 6 years and I buy the Accord. My Honda salesman tells me the same thing for break in. I followed it to a 'T' and have no oil burn as of yet, but I haven't had this one very long.
When I bought my S, the break in period was 600 miles. No VTEC or hard acceleration until after that. I followed it to a 'T'. I have no oil burn in my S after 6 years. Other S owners burn oil and many of those didn't follow the break in period. Make your own conclusions.
Fast forward 6 years and I buy the Accord. My Honda salesman tells me the same thing for break in. I followed it to a 'T' and have no oil burn as of yet, but I haven't had this one very long.
Isn't it kind of hard to not use VTEC? I know the person who did the DIY VTEC light said it goes on as low as 2k....
The break in period on my new clutch is 500 miles. I'm going to follow that to a T as well, $540 for a new clutch and flywheel ain't cheap!
You are making the surfaces inside the motor and trans that it will need to run on the rest of its life make um good.
That's a great analogy and very true. I wouldn't expect the car to die a significant amount sooner than a normally broken in Accord, but I would suspect you compression numbers might drop faster than average, but nothing to worry about. You only brought it up to 4500 rpm, you can easily do that by downshifting and passing someone. Have you done any hard acceleration or hard shifting?
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05-04-2008 | 09:53 PM
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All I've done is step on the padel to get to 65 mph as fast as I can to merge onto the freeway. Then on the city street, step on the padel to get to 45 mph so I don't hold up traffic. When I step on the pedal, I notice that I never went pass 4500 rpm yet.
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