S Two Grand

Got rid of my o3' last month with 3500 miles and noticed that the engine had loosened what I felt was nicely after about 1200-1500 miles with no noticeable difference after that. Now I've got this common as muck RNBP GT I would like to pick your brains as to whether or not I have experienced this loosening up in full seeing I have only ever driven an S with above milage on? I appreciate it is an 04' but the engine is the same.

Richieh

I can't comment on the S, but my Astra 2.0 and Rover 400 (with Honda K series) both loosened up significantly after around 20,000 miles. The feel after the 20,000 miles service was better than after the 10,000 mile services.

Lurking Lawyer

My 02 felt like it kept on loosening up all the way up to around 10,000 miles.

Fletch

That's when she's really hummin'

euan

Mine most noticeably loosened up at about 5k miles
(just as someone had told me )

sportyking

I never noticed mine loosening until about 7k. It was still getting faster revving at 12k.
Its been sat on Southern Counties forecourt since then.

S Two Grand

So it sounds like she has some more to offer me then, , thought my last one was near its peak.
These cars are full of surprises it seems.
Must be patient.

scov@home

Serious comment: Some say that the honda engines (Prelude experience) are so sound that full loosening occurs after about 50,000 miles. In the old days a club race engine would be taken for tweaking after 4-5,000 miles.

Flippant comment: Maybe this is why Rahula is doing the next owner a favour by ragging the demo from nought ??

That said my demo goes nowhere until I have driven it for 6-800 boring miles.

david