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Well, things just went from bad to worse. On Friday, I drove the Hyundai to Elk Grove, back down the Stockton, then out to Dublin for work, then back home, where it sat all day while I used my mom's car to get to work on Saturday. When I got home this early morning, about a half hour ago, I...

Originally Posted By: mehullica I work at a Lexus & Toyota dealer & have dealt with several oil consumption issues after the infamous 4GR-FE misfire rebuild & 1MZ-FE sludge repairs. I know you have a Hyundai, but the basics get overlooked sometimes. Do you know if the cylinder sleeves were...

The head was done on sublet. RO says new stem seals and guides were installed at Victory Cylinder Heads in Modesto, and the block work was done at the Hyundai dealer. Would the repair order say if they checked for out-of-round or honed the cylinders? Like I mentioned earlier, no mention of...

Originally Posted By: dishdude How bad was this thing neglected to be sludged up at 65k? Car used to be my dad's, and he drove it from Stockton, to Tracy, to Lockeford, and then back to Stockton, five days a week, and pretty much didn't change the oil for maybe over 8,000 miles at a time. Just...

RO didn't say anything about the bores being honed out, so that's a possibility. Wouldn't that cause blue smoke while driving, too? It might be doing so and it just dissipates too fast for me to catch it. I notice the worst of the smoke on startup, usually a plume. Takes a lot of driving to make...

Hi all, new to the BITOG forums as a member, and I need some help on something. I drive a 2008 Hyundai Accent GS with close to 65,000 miles, and I've had an oil consumption problem for some time now (neglect by my father to change the oil at regular intervals sludged up the internals). Whenever...