My daughter, girl friend and I all have Hyun-Kia GDI engines. All three sizes. In addition I kept a 1.6 Rio to about 100,000 miles without incident. Gave it to my daughter who totaled it. Ran beautifully through its life.
Guess I'm doing too much reading, because where a year ago, I just naturally assumed I'd keep any car to the point where the engine would be fine but the rest of the car disintegrating around it I'm suddenly hearing all of these GDI horror stories. Destroyed engines from the earliest ramp up of 2.4's on American assembly lines, fires starting from accessory kits not properly installed by dealers on recalls and of course the dreaded GDI deposits.
I hear stories about these engines being soot monsters and yet don't know anyone I know who's actually had trouble.
I hear stories about $600 to $1000 walnut shell blasting sessions, but most of these stories are about first generation German cars.
So--- Are HyunKia's really prone to GDI deposits? If so, have you had to do a walnut blasting? How many miles did the fix last? How much did that cost? Can every dealer do it? Are there non-stealership mechanics that specialize in walnut blasting at a reasonable price?
Guess I'm doing too much reading, because where a year ago, I just naturally assumed I'd keep any car to the point where the engine would be fine but the rest of the car disintegrating around it I'm suddenly hearing all of these GDI horror stories. Destroyed engines from the earliest ramp up of 2.4's on American assembly lines, fires starting from accessory kits not properly installed by dealers on recalls and of course the dreaded GDI deposits.
I hear stories about these engines being soot monsters and yet don't know anyone I know who's actually had trouble.
I hear stories about $600 to $1000 walnut shell blasting sessions, but most of these stories are about first generation German cars.
So--- Are HyunKia's really prone to GDI deposits? If so, have you had to do a walnut blasting? How many miles did the fix last? How much did that cost? Can every dealer do it? Are there non-stealership mechanics that specialize in walnut blasting at a reasonable price?