My friend had a CEL illuminate on her well-maintained 2006 Hyundai Sonata 3.3L the other day.
She took it to a Hyundai dealer she trusted (I've been to that shop previously and the service department came off as being customer oriented and knowledgeable. Surprise, I know) and they read the code as a camshaft sensor problem.
They mentioned she had over 4k miles since her last oil change and she told them she was using a full syn (Platinum 5w-20) for 7k mile OCIs.
While she did not tell them the viscosity or brand, just that it was a full syn, they replied it could be the oil that caused the camshaft sensor problem.
I had a good laugh when I heard that. I hope she got that in writing so SOPUS can laugh, too.
That Sonata has 43k miles on it. The oil filter used each OCI is an OEM filter.
She took it to a Hyundai dealer she trusted (I've been to that shop previously and the service department came off as being customer oriented and knowledgeable. Surprise, I know) and they read the code as a camshaft sensor problem.
They mentioned she had over 4k miles since her last oil change and she told them she was using a full syn (Platinum 5w-20) for 7k mile OCIs.
While she did not tell them the viscosity or brand, just that it was a full syn, they replied it could be the oil that caused the camshaft sensor problem.
I had a good laugh when I heard that. I hope she got that in writing so SOPUS can laugh, too.
That Sonata has 43k miles on it. The oil filter used each OCI is an OEM filter.
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