"Breaking in" your car??
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"Breaking in" your car??
Hey everybody...I just got a 2k2 civic ex 4dr manual. I took delivery from the dealer last night and got it up to 70 or 80 on the highway home, putting it through its paces on the way. When I got to work today and read the owner's manual, I read that for the first 600 miles you should try to avoid "full throttle" acceleration and try to keep the rpms down. I'd say that I drove for 50 or 60 miles before I knew this. Sorry for the long intro, but the questions are:
1) Does it really matter that much (I wasn't red-lining it or anything..4500 rps tops)
2) If it does matter, what kind of damage did I do and what aspect of my car will it affect?
3) If it does, is there anything I can do to help now (total miles = 120). I looked around in the forum and read the FAQS, didn't see anything on it.
I could be making a mountain out of a molehill, but this is my first brand new car and the dealer said nothing to me about this when I got the car. The last car I bought had 97000 miles on it, so this wasn't an issue. Thanks.
1) Does it really matter that much (I wasn't red-lining it or anything..4500 rps tops)
2) If it does matter, what kind of damage did I do and what aspect of my car will it affect?
3) If it does, is there anything I can do to help now (total miles = 120). I looked around in the forum and read the FAQS, didn't see anything on it.
I could be making a mountain out of a molehill, but this is my first brand new car and the dealer said nothing to me about this when I got the car. The last car I bought had 97000 miles on it, so this wasn't an issue. Thanks.
Don't drive it too hard and try not the break to hard when you are stopping or slowing down. I don't think it really matters that much but better to be safe then sorry...and I think that the engine might last longer if u break it in some .[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG]
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Rep Power: 0 my grandpa told me the same thing. he said it just helps all the metal and parts kinda wear together easier and will be better in the long run.
he has always driven classic cars with performance engines. right now he is driving a studebaker goldenhawk. he lives by his rule. better safe than sorry
he has always driven classic cars with performance engines. right now he is driving a studebaker goldenhawk. he lives by his rule. better safe than sorry
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Rep Power: 0 Well i redline my car nearly everyday. Our motors our well able to withstand the high rpm's thats what they were built for. I wouldent go over 4.5 5k during ur break in period.
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Rep Power: 0 Right after I bought my car I had 130 miles of freeway driving to do before I got home. The guy at the dealership told me to vary my speeds until the break in period was over. I was really careful with it at first.
<< Well i redline my car nearly everyday. Our motors our well able to withstand the high rpm's thats what they were built for. I wouldent go over 4.5 5k during ur break in period. >>
I thought so too until I killed a Civic DX engine in 83,000 miles. It developed a wrist pin knock in the #2 cylinder.
Just because our engines have a high redline doesn't mean we should hit it before every shift.
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