"Metspitzer" wrote in message
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Do new cars still come with break in oil? Did they ever? I have
always heard that the oil that came with a new car should be changed
sooner.

I just checked the owners manual of a new Honda and found no special
instructions for the first oil change.

Years ago the factory shipped the cars in with a very light engine oil. You
were instructed to drive the car at a very low speed for X amount of miles
then gradually raise the speed on the car. After a short period of time you
were told to change the oil to a normal viscosity. Reason for this was that
the factory couldn't maintain the close tolerances of engine parts like they
can today. On your first engine oil change on the older cars you could
actually feel metal that wore away mixed in with the oil. In todays cars
the only limitation the factory wants you to maintain is not to make any
jack rabbit starts at the beginning so that all the moving parts can settle
in.