GDI 1.6 Kia stopped burning oil.

[Imadentguy]

Thanks. My issue is labor. Not sure I want to tackle that in my driveway. Local place wants $1400…..

Ez swap if you can follow service manual, torque specs, and are even remotely mechanically inclined.

 

[Imadentguy]

P.S. You have familiarity with VEP 5w-30 oil and it stopped burning. Try the 5W-20 VEP: the 5w-20 has the same pour point as the 30w but has slightly less Viscosity and might work to bump your mpg. See how much the VEP 5w-20 helps, then, try the VEP 0w-20 . These VEP oils all appear to have thick pour points. You will learn something this way. Hope this helps.

Thank you. Yes i already have 4 quarts if the 5-20 on deck. I’m going to give it a shot because i am simply curious.

 

[Imadentguy]

No butchering, but that's way too high of a change from one grade of oil. There are many, many factors that influence fuel consumption and it's impossible to correlate one minor variable to an observed change in everyday driving. Here are a couple of posts by someone that knows more than I do and he's correct about the difficulty. The second one is about gasoline but the concept is the same. I once posted an article that noted the energy density of gasoline varies up to 4% even at the same gas station, apart from winter to summer blend changes. So at this point you're into the noise without even trying.

Remember it is one thing to observe something but being able to ascribe it to a variable is the much harder part.

How much does oil viscosity actually impact MPG?

Your stuck on door sticker for a tire size and speed rating that no longer exists on either car… The OEM tires on the Saturn were 185/65R15 with 30 front / 26 rear, with 35 PSI max, “T“ speed rated… Current 51 PSI max, 205/60R15, “H” speed rating. Put 26 in the rear on the current tires, this...

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Best Brand of Gasoline

Get all my Premium at Sam's Club. Other places around here are 40-50 cents more expensive than Sam's Club premium, making it well worth driving a couple extra miles to fill it up. Get my 87 wherever it's convenient.

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I agree. I am beginning to wonder if something in my a/c system isnt dragging it down. We had a break in the heat last week and i made my daily drive with no A/C on, and my windows down, and boom my avg ramped back up to 40 (after fresh top off, but settled in at 36 mpg according to the digital readout. Next day i drove with A/C on, and it dropped down to 26 making the same 1.5hr drive. Ambient temp was about the same. I used to see about a 3mpg difference when running the A/C. Seems excessive. Would 10 mpg be considered excessive running the A/C on a small 4 cylinder commuter car? I do feel like when idling with A/C on, the car vibrates a little more than it used to. I used to never feel any vibration in the seat but now i do. Idling at light and turn a/c off and the light vibration goes away. Turn A/C back on and light vibration returns. Used to idle smooth as silk regardless of A/C status. Any suggestions?

 

[Accent Abuser]

Mpg and performance dip may be attributed to IVD’s? I have periodically used IVD cleaner through the intake in the past, but i’m not sure if it does anything.

It does. I use it every 10-20k.

 

[FZ1]

Thank you. Yes i already have 4 quarts if the 5-20 on deck. I’m going to give it a shot because i am simply curious.

Great. Hope the 5w-20 helps with mpg and continues not to burn.

 

[zigziggy]

How much is it consuming? Im 300 miles from the next change and it hasn't dropped at all. Maybe gone up in level just a scosche. Color has remained a consistent amber throughout the entire interval, which i find interesting. All other products tried turned coal black shortly after change. What interval and how many miles on your soul?

Here's my thread in case if you are interested:

2016 Kia Soul 1.6 Base G4FD Valvoline 5w30 Advanced FS 2,784 mi/6mo

Hi all! One of our vehicles is a 2016 Kia Soul 1.6L Base. We own this car since late 2018 (~29k miles) and it was a personal lease, so it has been serviced regularly at the dealer. Just performed a semi-annual OC, which I do either at 5k miles or 6 months, whichever comes first and this time...

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