Recent content by Urshurak776

Agree. Still something manufacturers should be addressing, ideally.

As the former Project Manager for United Water in Glynn County, GA I can approve this message. These strips are nonsense, basically. Very similar to escape procedures on Submarines. They make Senators and Grandma happy, but in actuality, useless.... I'm sorry you wasted your money to find...

Probably not, but, again, not required by the manufacturer. If that test was part of standard tier oils, then shame on Hyundai / Kia for not making their oil spec correct. Lots of people with the stuck ring issue, using correct oil per their spec. Engine design and manufacturer blunder for sure.

Shouldn't have mattered though. Top-Tier oils are not required by the manufacturer. My sons Kia Rio had oil changed every 5K, like clockwork. Usually off the shelf synthetics, once in a while it got a semi-synthetic (which was factory fill BTW.) Engine should have been perfectly fine. at...

I have found Hundai / Kia vehicles have a need for it, no matter what oil was used. Engine design I suppose. Stuck rings is why...

Kia / Hyundai...5W-30. If it was my K4, Mobil 0W-40. If really cold where you are, go 0W-30.

Not a great view, but 5W-20: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/valvoline-restore-and-protect-5w20.381818/

Here's a 30 weight: https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/valvoline-restore-protect-5w-30-virgin-uoa.378226/

You know what they say about assumptions...... The fact that you even typed that told us you had no idea. You didn't need to confirm it. Funning aside, read about oil pumps in a car, specifically positive displacement ones. Lots of misconceptions here....

Positive displacement pump...........flow means zero (assuming there isn't a defect in the filter.) I'm still baffled as to how so few, on an oil forum no less, don't understand the role of a positive displacement oil pump in an automobile.

I have never used one of these. Anyone use them regularly?

35K should still be under warranty. I thought those had 5 year 60K? Even with DI issues, that’s super early for that to happen. I question the diagnosis to be honest.

56 and love doing it. Not in summer though. I try to avoid that. Fall/winter in South arolina is nice to do car maintenance/work.

Are you guys reverse engineering what Valvoline R&P is doing?

Yeah, just saw that. 2012 and 2015. Thanks for both C&P!