Well maintained Hyundai Sonata 2.4L Theta II GFI engine (67,000 miles) current oil fill is : VRP 5W30 (2nd fill) with 3,800 miles and 6 months on it with 85% highway or interstate driving in a PNW moderate climate… I need to make a 600 mile all interstate round trip drive next week , so the question is do you keep the current VRP 5W30 fill and change it when I return OR change the oil before the trip ? Again , a well maintained engine using M1 or VRP 5W30 with a 4,000 mile / 6 month OCI normally. Oil will have approx. 4,400 miles on it and still at the 6 month in use mark when I return … It’s essentially a ‘tweener oil change question.
Change Hyundai Oil Or Not ?
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If it were me, I would make the trip and change oil when you get back. Even at the 4400 miles that the oil will have on it when you get back, that is well under the typical conservative oil change interval of 5000-6000 miles that many follow.
Run it.
No change now.
Don't change the oil. Just change the car
I mean except for the engine issues aren’t these overall actually good vehicles?
I appreciate the replies - this trip’s conditions are going to be an easy , level interstate drive at 80 degrees F . My thoughts are that while even on a Hyundai GDI engine that normally sees a 3,500 - 4,000 mile / 6 month OCI using good synthetic oils - it should be able to handle a 4,400 mile OCI . I’m at 3,800 miles / 180 days (6 months) on the current fill and while Valvoline states 120 days I have to believe it should be able to handle 180 days on the current fill like most everybody else using synthetic oils abides by (i.e. 5,000 miles / 6 months is the gold standard using quality synthetic oils).
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I would run it for the trip.
Aren't those the ones that randomly blow engines and call for 20wt oil?
Since you have a 30wt in there it's probably fine.
Since you have a 30wt in there it's probably fine.
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