I did mine at 6000 miles, dealer said it was alittle early but no harm.
I belive the break in oil has moly in it to help with seating everything.

 

If you want to know what the schedule is per the manual, well then why don't you look in the manual?

 

I dunno if this post was aimed at me, but i'm lookin at a used s2000, i dont own it yet, and dont have a manual to look at. I was just wondering if this was correct to what the guy said. Turns out it is, and i had my question answered PERFECTLY!
Thanks,
-mark

 

600 miles is the VTEC break in- keep it below 6K until after 600 miles. First oil change should be done per the oil maintenance minder in your dash or 1yr - whichever comes first.

 

The '08 manual doesn't have service intervals because of the maintenance minder.

Does anyone have a PDF or know where I can find the service intervals before the maintenance minder came into play?

 

Used car, but you want to know when to change the break in oil? Eh w/e

Glad you found the correct info

 

yea i know it sounds odd,

the seller of the car stated that he left the factory oil in until 4500miles before the first oil change, and that just seemed odd to me. I'm used to 3500mile oil changes for my ride, and i've been trained to change the oil after a few hundred km on a brand new motor, to get out the metal shavings that may be floating around...

It sounds like the guy knew what he was doing, and had good intentions with it, leaving in what may be a special additive to help the motor in the long run.

Sounds like this car is well taken care of, and i'm going to make the guy an offer.

Thanks for all the info guys, i hope to be a proud s2000 owner soon!
-mark

 

[QUOTE=unclejemima,Feb 26 2008, 03:40 AM] yea i know it sounds odd,

the seller of the car stated that he left the factory oil in until 4500miles before the first oil change, and that just seemed odd to me.

 

Thank god, I thought I was just retarded, I was looking everywhere for it and didn't see it in any of the manuals.

With that said I plan on following the maintenance minder, when it gets down to 10% I'll change it.

 

will the maint minder remind me of anything other than oil change? My car is still fairly new.