phatboyblu80

Can someone explain to me how to successfully break in my new acura tl? How many miles before I can start really driving my TL? Thank you fellows

jumbosizeme79

use the search engine, theres many threads on this

ggesq

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Welcome to the forums.

You will find alot of useful info in the 3G Garage. Here's a thread to get you started: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88638

I hate cars

The search feature is useful but it may confuse you more on this particular subject....

Basically, don't worry about babying it. I wouldn't do any top speed runs for a while or long freeway trips but other than that drive it how you want it.

You can change the break-in oil early at 1K if you want, just do a search on what off the shelf oils have extra moly content, not that it's really necessary at 1,000 miles but a good precaution.

There was an analysis done that showed the break-in oil was only special in that it had a little extra moly. It also showed that the oil was very used up by the time the OLM said it was time to change.

IMO, you will probably be fine no matter how you drive any modern car during break-in but I think there's more harm to be done by babying it for 6,000 miles than driving a little hard.

vinnier6

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just drive the car....

stillhere153

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I didn't push her till after my first oil change at 3450, the motor was never rev'd passed the the usual revs when shifting never floored it, but when I put in 5w20 from amsoil, boy oh boy she was a completely different car, I recommend not reving hard till after the first oil change and when you do change the oil use either mobil synthetic, royal purple or amsoil, all in 5w30 (disregard what the manual says about 5W20), as for a filter use the honda S2000 or a Hamp oil filter

S PAW 1

The search feature is your friend, although many find it to be less than informative and/or difficult to use.
That's why the same subjects appear every week.
With your new TL, and I think most important, is to thoroughly read the owners manual, especially if you have Nav. You will find yourself discovering new features every week, and most of them are explained in your manual. The sooner you read about them, the sooner you can enjoy them.
Break-in is also discussed, and is a very important subject if you want to keep your baby long term
And welcome!

darksky

This is a good thread about engine break-in. Have a read through it if you haven't already.

shooter

The typical range is 500 miles .. so take it easy before that mark and it will do wonder for your car in the long run ... good luck !