Well picking up my car on sat and by monday morning i willl be past the 600 easy, what is total breaking to push the car is it 1k or 1.5k, any advice on how the miles should be put on the car.

 

keep it under 5,500 rpm for the first 600 miles.. after that theres different schools of thought you can search for.

i think it took me 2 days to get 600 miles.. right now.. its been 3 weeks and 5 days.. 4500 miles

 

thanks!

 

Until your car is well broken in it is best to not only keep it under 5K rpm, but also to vary your speed/rpm.
Don't use your cruise control and don't go at a steady speed for any period of time.

 

In general is it better to take your time in breaking in cars? I know you're suppose to drive a few miles/km at a time but a lot of people drive it a lot in the first few days to break it in is it not as good for the car? My friend took a brand new car on a roadtrip and it had problems.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Howie
[B]In general is it better to take your time in breaking in cars?

 

I did my first break-in "by the book" almost. I took it to 9,000 rpm at about 590 miles.

My #4 cylinder failed at 650 miles, the lowest mileage failure in my list of ten. Many, many S2000s were redlined from the beginning. There's no evidence that how you break in the car makes any difference with the #4 cylinder problem.

I did my second break-in more gradually. I kept it below 5,000 rpm until 600 miles, below 6,000 rpm until 700 miles, below 7,000 rpm until 800 miles, below 8,000 rpm until 900 miles and below 9,000 rpm until 1,000 miles.

Actually, I crossed 1,000 miles on my second engine yesterday and I've only been to 8,000 plus rpm once or twice for a quick acceleration passing another car. I've not redlined this new engine yet.

Nobody knows if this makes any difference at all.

Please note that ALL Hondas have a 1,000 km (600 mile) break-in period. The owner's manual for my 93 Prelude VTEC doesn't mention an rpm limit, but does say no rapid acceleration or hard driving until 1,000 km (600 miles).

Also, 1,000 km = 621.5 miles. I don't think that 1,000 km is anything more than a generic recommendation from AHM.

Having said that, READ THE FINE MANUAL and follow it. They may not know what they're talking about, but they still know better than anyone else what they're talking about.

CHECK THE OIL OFTEN, AT LEAST EVERY GASOLINE FILL-UP for the first 5,000 miles, and then, ONLY IF THE OIL IS STABLE, you might cut back to every third gasoline fill-up. For my part, I will check every gasoline fill up forever.

 

It happens quickly when you buy away from home.

I picked up my car with 10 miles on it at 11:00 AM (10/99) and first tried VTEC a couple of times that evening after driving 650 miles. The next day drove another 1000 miles and gradually began using the high rpm ranges regularly.

Varying the rpm and load during break-in increases the odds of having more power and a longer engine life. I did not go over 5500 rpm in the first 600 miles, and probably only went over a dozen times in the next 1000.

 

This has been beat to death, but I researched engine break-in procedures fairly extensively when I bought my VFR.

1.) First of all, it's a Honda, so it's dubious whether the break in period is that critical.

2.) General consensus on break in is that it's best to heat-cycle the engine. Get it up to Normal Op Temp and then let it fully cool, and repeat over the break in period. Is this convenient? No, that's why Honda just says take it easy for the first 600 miles. If you were really anal, you'd drive it 10 miles, varying the engine speed (I would probably exceed the 6,000 RPM limit in short bursts) and then let it cool fully, and repeat. But I'm not that anal.

3.) See point #1, above. Drive the car.

Enjoy the new car. You'd be hard pressed to hurt the engine, as long as you aren't red-lining it all day long.

 

I bought mine April 6th, yesterday (one week later) I hit 600 and immediately after I hit VTEC!!!!!!!