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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 02:31 AM
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Change oil at 3750 as in the manual, earlier than that is unnecessary and probably does more harm than good because of the special break-in aditives.

As far as break-in. No wide open throttle, no hard stops (for 500 miles), and keep rpm under 4000 for the first 1000 miles. After that, the engine is still not totally broken in, but you can drive normally. I would not start abusing yoiur car with high revs or wide open throttle starts until about 2500 miles.

Now, depending on your engine, staying under 4000 rpm can be a piece of cake, or somewhat of a chore. I'm sure the v6 will stay under 4K in any form of normal driving, even 80 mph on the freeway. The Prelude was another matter, 60 mph in 5th gear is 3100 rpm. 60 mph in 4th gear is 4000 rpm. 80 mph in 5th gear is 4000 rpm.

Oh, you should refrain from going a set speed for the 1st 1000 miles. In other words, don't get on the freeway and cruise at 70 mph until your car has 1000 miles on it. VARY YOUR SPEEDS. Do some stop and go or nieghborhood.
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