Better than checking once a week, start by checking it every other day until you get and idea as to how much oil is being used. But it is a good idea to check it frequently. Plus, read your manual when you get the car home. It has a lot of good info on the car. Don't top off the oil with synthetic (think of how much you'll save on money); don't switch to synthetic until around 10K miles (don't know what that is in kilometers); don't go above 5500 RPM until after you've hit 600 miles. All of this is in the manual. Good luck and enjoy.

 

Part of the fun in owning a sportscar is being involved with it. Check your oil often.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by woogie
[B]No Not kidding Rai,

 

I'm at about 1.5k and I just put in about 3/4 of a quart.

 

Hey its not big deal. I check mine when i can remember about three times a months. The oil consumption on my car depends on how hard I drive her and for how long I drive her hard. Its not bad the first 3000 miles or 4000 kilometers or so then it starts to eat some oil til about 8000 or 9000 miles or about 10.5 to 12 kilometers. Some times it takes a few dips and pulls of the stick to get a decent reading. I am at almost 20,000 miles and all is good burns very little oil!

 

Thanks for the replies everyone, its not new its 11 months old so its done a few thousand miles. I will check it very often. Can someone tell me what type of oil I need I spose I better stock up? I will read the manual when I get it !!!

 

Check it when you get gas.... that's what I did with my itr. sometimes it needed oil, most of the time it did not. But it was an easy way to get in the habit of checking and I was doing it like every 250 miles or so. You'll have the hood down before the tank fills everytime.

 

There is lots on this topic in this forum, but in summary:

The S2000 burns oil primarily while it is breaking in (that's running in for you). Somewhere between 9K and 12K miles, if you use dino (non-synthetic) oil, that will happen. (I know that Porsches come with Mobil 1. The cylinder material in an S2000 is far more exotic than in a Porsche.) At that point you can change to synthetic, preferably 10-30, or just keep running 10-30 dino oil. Some S2000 engines stop burning oil after break-in and some continue to burn a little. There is no issue regarding the quality of the engine here. Racing engines are designed to use oil and that's pretty much what comes with an S2000.

Everyone has his/her favorite oil brand. The key thing is that it meets Honda's requirements. The car comes new with Honda motor oil (which most people think is Mobil Drive Clean) and some molly additive. (This is the only time that an oil additive should be in your S2000.) Thus, if the factory fill is still in the car, don't change it until you have to. However, since you don't know how hard the car was driven, you should assume severe conditions and follow your owner's manual for change interval. In the US, it's 3750 miles.