Hyundai, No oil requirements only recommendations

[wemay]

Reference my Santa Fe Sport 2.0T, I read the maintenance section of the owners manual twice. There is no required viscosity, only recommended: sections/pages = 8.7 & 8.8/579 & 580

*1 : For better fuel economy, it is recommended to use the engine oil of a viscosity grade SAE 5w30 (API SM / ILSAC GF-4).

If the API service SM engine oil is not available in your country, you are able to use API service SL

Even the recommendations are rather lenient.

 

[The motor guy]

Originally Posted By: wemay
Reference my Santa Fe Sport 2.0T, I read the maintenance section of the owners manual twice. There is no required viscosity, only recommended: sections/pages = 8.7 & 8.8/579 & 580

*1 : For better fuel economy, it is recommended to use the engine oil of a viscosity grade SAE 5w30 (API SM / ILSAC GF-4).

If the API service SM engine oil is not available in your country, you are able to use API service SL

Even the recommendations are rather lenient.



cool you don't have to run that 5w20 CAFE [censored]. I like a little cushion between my bearings. (Sorry guys)

 

[crazyoildude]

Yup Hyundai knows if you use a 5w20 in any engine it will grenade.. Thats why you see hundreds of thousands of vehicles dead on the road everywhere you go with their 10 year 100,000 mile warrantee.

 

[Rand]

Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman


cool you don't have to run that 5w20 CAFE [censored]. I like a little cushion between my bearings. (Sorry guys)


not many turbo engines spec 5w20??

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: Rand
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman


cool you don't have to run that 5w20 CAFE [censored]. I like a little cushion between my bearings. (Sorry guys)


not many turbo engines spec 5w20??

Mazdaspeed3 and possibly the Mazdaspeed6. 2.3L turbo. They apparently came with the same owner's manual as the Mazda 3, which spec'ed 5W-20 until the time they started recommending 0W-20.

https://www.mymazda.com/MusaWeb/pdf/manuals/2007_Mazda3_OM.pdf

 

[Garak]

Originally Posted By: Rand
not many turbo engines spec 5w20??

My 1991 Audi 200 Turbo did, weather permitting of course. They also didn't threaten you with death if you put 20w-50 or a monograde in there, either.

 

[FowVay]

AllData lists 10w30 or 5w30 for this vehicle with the standards that you have listed.

 

[fdcg27]

In most owners manuals, the term "recommended" is used for engine oil, not the term "required".

 

[chubbs1]

Wemay....you have already made your mind up to use a 40grade so GO AHEAD AND USE WHAT YOU WANT! Pick a brand out. Obviously, the plenty of more than adequate 30grade lubes for the turbo you dont want to use. So use the 0w-5w/40 you want.

 

[itguy08]

Originally Posted By: Rand

not many turbo engines spec 5w20??

2009-2010 (possibly 2011s too) Ecoboost V6 in the SHO, Flex, MKS, and MKT. It wasn't till the f150 got the Ecoboost that Ford put all EBs on 5W30.
And they never back spaced the car engines.

 

[SHOZ]

Originally Posted By: Rand
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman


cool you don't have to run that 5w20 CAFE [censored]. I like a little cushion between my bearings. (Sorry guys)


not many turbo engines spec 5w20??

5w20 what the 2010 Hyundai 2L turbo is speced at and is the factory fill. But they add 5w30 too.

They have since gone to just 5w30.

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Wemay....you have already made your mind up to use a 40grade so GO AHEAD AND USE WHAT YOU WANT! Pick a brand out. Obviously, the plenty of more than adequate 30grade lubes for the turbo you dont want to use. So use the 0w-5w/40 you want.


Chubbs1, I laughed after reading your post. Not knowing me at all, you know me to well. I did change it this morning with the T6.

 

[Flareside302]

Dude every post you've had Wemay is changing your mind on what ya want.. Make up your [censored] mind

 

[wemay]

Originally Posted By: Flareside302
Dude every post you've had Wemay is changing your mind on what ya want.. Make up your [censored] mind


Your right, information overload Flareside302, since coming onto BITOG. DONE! T6 is it.

 

[locksmith]

my landlord owns a shop and he drives hyundai and thinks they are great cars i am looking for a new car but hyundai is way up in price they are not cheap anymore.
im thinking maybe a leftover chevy or something but ilike the quality of the hyundais

 

[Peted]

Originally Posted By: wemay
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Exactly how it should be.

Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman

cool you don't have to run that 5w20 CAFE [censored]. I like a little cushion between my bearings. (Sorry guys)


Agreed!

 

[KCJeep]

I actually haven't seen a lot of "impressive" used oil analysis for Hyundai/KIA's on 5w20's. Kinda makes me think their pushing of it is more of a "me too CAFE" kind of thing than any real engineering feat or research. Our KIA will be getting 5w30 as soon as I burn up the rest of the 5w20.

Not much of a risk by Hyundai though, of course they'll make it out of warranty easily on 5w20 even if it is less than optimum.

 

[crazyoildude]

i agree 5w20 is the way to go if your car is designed for that.

 

[rossn2]

Quote:
Chubbs1, I laughed after reading your post. Not knowing me at all, you know me to well. I did change it this morning with the T6.


We all know what oil you're running because it's in your signature at bottom of your post!

 

[Nederlander75]

Originally Posted By: y_p_w
Originally Posted By: Rand
Originally Posted By: motor_oil_madman


cool you don't have to run that 5w20 CAFE [censored]. I like a little cushion between my bearings. (Sorry guys)


not many turbo engines spec 5w20??

Mazdaspeed3 and possibly the Mazdaspeed6. 2.3L turbo. They apparently came with the same owner's manual as the Mazda 3, which spec'ed 5W-20 until the time they started recommending 0W-20.

https://www.mymazda.com/MusaWeb/pdf/manuals/2007_Mazda3_OM.pdf



That's odd. My Speed6 with the same engine and near same output was spec'd for 5w30. I think there is something posted somewhere having Mazda via a TSB make this revision.