Break in question?
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Ok i just took ownership of my Stook on saturday, and have 300 miles on it. I was talking with a friend of mine who has a 2000 prelude and he was saying that i don't need to break the motor in. That honda breaks it in from the factory. Is there any truth to this. I still haven't reved past 5500 RPMs.
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It's not a Prelude.
1) read the manual.
2) read the FAQ.
3) do a search of this board for 'break in period'. among the returns will be threads like this one.
Of course, none of us can stop you from believing your friend over Honda and all of us (and, in fact, it is possible while improbable that your friend is right and Honda and all of us are wrong).
1) read the manual.
2) read the FAQ.
3) do a search of this board for 'break in period'. among the returns will be threads like this one.
Of course, none of us can stop you from believing your friend over Honda and all of us (and, in fact, it is possible while improbable that your friend is right and Honda and all of us are wrong).
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Okay then, heres a question....
Which of you out there either didnt know (ignorance being no defense in the eyes of the law), didnt care, or simply couldnt wait until the end of the break-in period to VTEC?
And of those of you who did VTEC prior to the recommended break-in period (come on, you know who you are!)...have you encountered any subsequent problems that you attribute to your lack of self-restraint?
Me? No, of course I didnt VTEC before 1000kms...but having said that, it was a daily battle with myself, and there were many occasions when it could have gone either way!
Which of you out there either didnt know (ignorance being no defense in the eyes of the law), didnt care, or simply couldnt wait until the end of the break-in period to VTEC?
And of those of you who did VTEC prior to the recommended break-in period (come on, you know who you are!)...have you encountered any subsequent problems that you attribute to your lack of self-restraint?
Me? No, of course I didnt VTEC before 1000kms...but having said that, it was a daily battle with myself, and there were many occasions when it could have gone either way!
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Sorry to say, but you have made a couple of mistakes as I see it.
One - listening to your friend who obviously did not read his Honda manual.
And two - not reading yours before now!
Read your manual it is worth it. Otherwise you will pay later.
One - listening to your friend who obviously did not read his Honda manual.
And two - not reading yours before now!
Read your manual it is worth it. Otherwise you will pay later.
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Originally posted by PariS2K
Okay then, heres a question....
Which of you out there either didnt know (ignorance being no defense in the eyes of the law), didnt care, or simply couldnt wait until the end of the break-in period to VTEC?
And of those of you who did VTEC prior to the recommended break-in period (come on, you know who you are!)...have you encountered any subsequent problems that you attribute to your lack of self-restraint?
Me? No, of course I didnt VTEC before 1000kms...but having said that, it was a daily battle with myself, and there were many occasions when it could have gone either way!
Okay then, heres a question....
Which of you out there either didnt know (ignorance being no defense in the eyes of the law), didnt care, or simply couldnt wait until the end of the break-in period to VTEC?
And of those of you who did VTEC prior to the recommended break-in period (come on, you know who you are!)...have you encountered any subsequent problems that you attribute to your lack of self-restraint?
Me? No, of course I didnt VTEC before 1000kms...but having said that, it was a daily battle with myself, and there were many occasions when it could have gone either way!
Funny thing is, this is the first car I've ever owned that doesn't burn any oil! None! WEIRD!
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In the Prelude manual they didn't mention anything about not hitting Vtec. They just told you for the first 1000km not to go full throttle or brake too hard. I guess that does mean not to rev too high during breakin. It's really just precautionary measure for the engine.
