Originally Posted By: Trav
Originally Posted By: Carl_Stammerjohn
I jumped the gun on our new Civic and had the first oil change at 1700 miles. Afterwards, I read that this might actually hurt the engine by not giving it a good break-in period.
Did I really screw up, or did I just waste $70? Or both...
Only once in 1700 mi? By that time i have changed the oil 2 times on a new engine.
I say you did well.
X2. I also did early oil changes on both my 2007 Civics (an Si with a 2.0L and an EX with a 1.8L) and both cars lead a very healthy life up until the end... Both produced spectacular UOAs as well.
I honestly believe that engines are well broken in after a few hundred miles of spinning.
Race car engines are broken in on a dyno and are considered good to go after a few hours of run in time.
I strongly believe that Honda, as well as all other manufacturers just want to seem "Green" by telling us to run the oil until the regular scheduled maintenance because the engine will be "just fine" even with a bit of metallic shavings in the oil, scrapping the engine block for 5, 6, 7,000 miles etc. I personally prefer to get that stuff out sooner rather then later.