Just curious, I have seen posts stating to not rev up the car before 1000 miles are on it.

I have a new S with 1400 miles on it but when I got it, it have over 200 miles on it. If someone decided to rev it somewhere in the first 200 miles what could potentially be the long term consequences if any ?

Thanks,

 

Possibly some oil burn due to bad ring seal, but it's not a major deal unless it was really beat on.

Most cars are test driven harder than the manual states it should be (stay out of VTEC before 600 miles). Unless you bought your car right off of the truck- some people have- your car has been reved above 6000 during it's first 600 mile lifetime.

 

not to make you feel bad or anything, but someone most probably already revved it up high in those 200 miles. did you buy a test drive car and get a special discount? coz if you didnt, then you just got ripped off.

 

I was wailing on my '05 within 20 miles of picking it up and it only had 22 miles upon delivery. Zero oil burn and I'm at 17.5k miles. Motor runs very strong too.

I always warm the engine before running it hard (under 4k rpm for the first several minutes) and I varied my speed/rpm constantly during the first 600 miles.

In summary, don't worry about it. These motors are built tough.

 

yea dont worry about it
I firmly in break it in the way you would normally drive it.
just don't sit on the freeway at the same speed.
I always very RPM, speed and load usually back roads and have never had a problem with oil burning.
I actually work for BMW motorcycles and have talked to many people that burn oil still and they have over 10k miles on there bikes. I ask them how they broke it in and 90% say by the book.
I even had a customer that had 25k on his bike and it burned oil like mad. we replaced the rings under warranty and he went out and rode the piss out of it and has not burned oil from that day on.
I on the other had broke mine in hard and have not burned a sip of oil.
8k miles strong.
there is actually a website on the net about breaking new motors.
http://www.mototuneusa.com/break_in_secrets.htm
take a look you may be surprised.
this is all motorcycle related in the article but its still a engine.

 

Interesting I'll have to read that about breaking engines in. I'm sure someone got up on the motor.

I did get a good price of the car and I knew before I bought it, about the miles and considered a different car except they had no other ones in the color I wanted. In the whole state, I tried other dealerships before making the purchase.

So it was either continue to wait possibly months because no other dealer had one in the state at the time, so instead I took a chance and bought it.

I ask this because I have had this burning rubber smell coming from the rear wheel wells. I took the car to the dealer and they did not find anything visually wrong with the car and after inspecting the breaks .
It was an unscheduled appointment so they did not have time to test drive the car but just put it up on the rack and inspect the brakes check for something caught on the exhaust.

They said everything was good no residue, leaks, uneven break wear etc. But I'd have to bring it back for a test drive and full diagnostic test.

I have posted another message related to this and now it has me thinking that maybe I made a big mistake buying this car. I guess time will tell if I made a bad decision.

If so honda will be hearing from me.

 

so... dont worry about it coz "its a honda!"

 

I honestly would not worry too much yet.
if your really concerned take it to a good indy shop you know and have them take a peek at it.

if it was driven for a few hundred miles I kinda doubt they were on the freeway which is whats bad for a new motor and it was probably driven kinda hard which is good for a new motor.
so in closing I would say don't worry too much and have fun in your new car.

 

in that article there is a point where he talks about the 1st 20 miles being the most important and he changes the oil after that.
there is procedure for dyno, street, and track break in.

it should definitely be read by anyone that buys a new "vehicle"

 

I imagine there is nothing wrong yet but that rear smell has me wondering otherwise.