This is what I am getting at. After a while, the cylinder wall's start to smooth out. If the ring's are not properly seated at this time, they may not become properly seated.

Exactly, nothing is going to be different. It does not make any sense to me to try to wear-in an engine once it already has 10k + mile's. The ring's are not going to seat themselves any better. The engine may or may not last any longer with a gentle wear-in process. If the ring's don't get properly seated, the engine just may burn more oil than it would with a semi-aggressive wear-in procedure.

There is no reason at 13.5 k mile's, you would lose any power.

I did the complete opposite of this. The owner's manual say's it is ok to go past 5,500 rpm's after 600 mile's.

I'm sure your car will last a long time It may not yield as much power, but I'm sure it will last a long time

[QUOTE=blbarretts2k,Oct 5 2005, 11:56 PM]I was told by the mechanic at the dealership bla bla bla ect.

 

Why does the seating of the ring during break-in affect oil consumption?

What is, in fact, going on during oil consumption? Some people say its the oil being "burnt"...

 

I will answer question #2 first: Oil consumption is typically due to blow by. Blow by is oil that "blows by" the ring's. Blow by can occur on high milage engine's.

Question #1: Proper seating of the ring's could be dictated by break-in technique. If the car is not driven hard enough during the first several thousand mile's, the ring's may not become properly seated. The cross hatches wear off and the cylinder wall's become smooth, thus preventing further seating of the ring's.

Therefore, break-in procedure during the first few thousand mile's could very well dictate how well all the moving part's seat themselves including the ring's.

How well the ring's become seated in the early stage's of a motor's life could very well affect oil consumption

It is possible that the S2000 could incur blow by if the ring's do not get properly seated within a certain milage or time frame.

 

looks like my rings did not seat properly at all, because my oil consumption is THE WORSE...7 quarts in 10K miles.

I drove my S2K VERY HARD after 600 miles...dunno why this is happening.

Maybe its just because I use synthetic...I hear synthetic equals more oil consumption than dino.

 

so did anyone have any work done by the dealer, or update about any of this?

 

maybe you should vtec more? help seal some things up!