Quietest oil used/oil recommendation for '16 KIA Forte

[Mainia]

Where was it made? What grade oil did you use? Revved the engine much?

Korea, always had 5w-30 synthetic, somewhat, but no where near my Kona. The Elantra GT was my wife's car for 3/4 of its mileage and mine the last 1/4. So far my tuned 1.6T Gamma in my Kona AWD has held together to it's 45,000 mile mark. It gets thrashed daily. But that happens to one of Hyundai's best motors, purely by luck.

 

[wemay]

10w30

 

[lawrencerd]

I have not noticed a huge difference between oils in our ownership of wife's 2013 elantra GT with the nu 1.8. Now with 167,000mi.

The valvoline maxlife blend 5w-30 and champ xl filter in it now runs a bit quieter and quiets down more quickly than the QSFS 5w-20 and champ non-xl filter that was in it. But is that the fresh oil, viscosity, or better filter I really can't say.

I do think 5w-30 runs quieter overall than 20wt, but only a little bit. I have typically run 30wt in the summers and 20wt in the winter and it has worked fine on both.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

QS FS 10W30. NOTHING comes close for quiet, IME.

It goes in my rapping Ford 2L in the Spring; which is currently hot rapping like Marshall Bruce Mathers III on Valvoline 5w30.

You gotta have a low VM load, just any 5W-Xx aint gonna cut it

 

[Ronin73]

Valvoline EP makes my noisy 5.0 Coyote quiet down. I love it.

 

[nicholas]

Hi everyone; long time lurker, first time posting. I have had my '16 Forte for 3 years... but I've always noticed the engine is not as quiet as it could be. Sometimes it ticks on cold start or maybe has minor piston slap, especially when the engine is cold. Initially it was louder when I first bought the car (used), but I still notice it at times. I have 52,XXX miles, it burns no oil & my oil change interval is 5,000 miles or less with full synthetic as my driving is "severe." Mostly city stop/go driving & idling in extreme temps (100-115°F Summers).

I know my car accepts 5W-20, 5W-30 & 10W-30, but I'm currently running Mobil 1 FS Euro 0W-40. I decided to try it once because the Cerato (also known as the Forte in other markets) accepts 0W-40 (as well as 5W-40, 15W-40 etc.).

So, what oil made your KIA quieter, or what oil would you recommend? Thank you all in advance. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
--Michael

Mos2 quiets things down for my engines...