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Originally Posted by enp83
Yep, because that's EXACTLY what I said....  Do whatever you want, it's your car but changing out the oil early isn't going to hurt anything. The "special break in oil" honda fills it with isn't any better quality of oil than Mobile 1 full synthetic. This dont change the oil too early is the same kind of nonsense as people who think they can feel a difference between differant brands of gasoline or think it's bad to put synthetic oil in a motor "too soon" (ignoring that fact that tons of cars come with synthetic straight from the factory). |
According the the HCHII manual, there are only 3 things that need to be done as part of the break-in schedule. They are:
- Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid acceleration.<
- Do not change the oil until the scheduled maintenance time.<
- Avoid hard braking for the first 200 miles. <
You say #2 is not important. I say, why did they even bother including it? It's not like they have a complex list of break-in recommendations.
I am not saying it will make a huge difference, but I'm sure there are also many people who could say "I did full-throttle starts from the day I got my car and she's still runnin' like a champ." Does this mean that we should ignore #1 as well? If you want to ignore Honda's recommended break-in schedule and instead go by your own "instinct", that is fine.
For me, I'll switch to Mobil 1 after the scheduled maintenance time for the first oil change.