car has over 5K on it and was going in for coilovers anyway, so i asked them to do an oil change.

level was one hash below full, and was "slightly discoloured" (according to mechanic).

i vtec'd the day i got it and continue to do so multiple times a day.....sometimes red-lining (depending on the sitch).

just throwing it out there for the "check your oil everyday" types..........in other words, you don't need to.

 

Not saying that you shouldn't check the oil regularly...but mine was the same, only dropped one X before the first change at 7500.

 

You vee--teked the car the day you got it?!!! Don't you know the proper protocol for proper break-in procedure. Now you're going to suffer a #3, #4, and a #2 cylinder scoring and eventual failure.

Honda will void the warranty due to lack of following protocol. You will then end up starting a rash of excuse giving by Honda to deny not only your warranty work, but others in the process.

You my friend are not a responsible S2000 owner and don't deserve to own one.

I'm guessing this is the reason why you had to trade your 2000 in for the 2004...you just don't know how to own this Honda and want to pawn off your old sh1t bag car to someone else!!!
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BTW, I know Nimesh fairly well, and this is all VERY sarcastic!

 

Nice to see another believer in driving it like you want. I did the break-in on my RSX-S by driving it pretty hard (lots of VTEC), and I was usually showing 5 WHP more than other RSX's on the same dyno (we had a dyno day for example where I was putting down 177 WHP, and most guys were 168-173).

 

yeah, my old shit bag car (which also never went through a break-in) is running SOOOO good, that the new owner (fellow board member) hates driving it.....

btw, he tells me it has a 95K on it - i sold it with 85K.

 

Good for you.

 

I bought my MY00 NEW, but very used with about 300 miles on the car. I also had the fortunate situation of having to pay well above invoice, sticker, asking, and ADM price.

I'm sure the first 300 miles on the car were 'babied' miles. <--Again, sarcasm here. To this day, I haven't had much of a problem with the motor. The valves need re-adjusting, and aside from spark plugs looseneing and beginning to back out, I haven't had much other trouble with the motor.

The engine has some hard driven miles on its odometer, yet it continues to run more loosely and stronger than other cars that have been well taken care of. I use regular dino oil (no synthetics for me). I get barely any oil burn from oil change to oil change, which happens to be every 4500-5000 miles. The oil comes out a bit more brown than it went in, but nothing out of hte ordinary.

In my opinion, some of the oil change zealots and the 'break-in' proceduralists must be working for the oil companies of the world or have some healthy shares of the company stock.

 

yes, yes it is....

 

The only foolproof way to find out what shape the oil is in and what is happening to it during the interval is through a used oil analysis at a lab. The colour of the oil on the dipstick or how it pours out during the change means absolutely nothing. Unless you see chunks of the engine coming out too...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by quick_lude
The only foolproof way to find out what shape the oil is in and what is happening to it during the interval is through a used oil analysis at a lab.