Lol ^ And that is why is said his head is swimming over the topic
You’re expert advise on Hyundai GDI: NEW with High mileage, 75% city, high idle time
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If you are planning to keep it, then I'd do the 3k OCI as putzing around the city and then lots of idle on top of that, is severe service IMO.
5W30 syn of whatever flavor you like is going to be fine.
5W30 syn of whatever flavor you like is going to be fine.
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Thx. 121k already. Explored trading at 90k but it was too far hind by then in value. I’ll be burying the car. Hopefully as a rust bucket.Sell it while it’s under warranty. Sorry. You asked
If you’re really set on keeping it past warranty, run HPL so you’ve got the maximum safety margin possible. Best of luck
On my 2021 K5 AWD I use 5W30 in the summer and 5W20 in the winter. I have used 0W20 in the winter for a few oil changes. My stash includes any of the major brands that i have got on sale although about half of my 20 jugs are Penzoil. I set the interval at 6000 km. I traded my 2011 Optima with the 2.4 engine to get the K5. The Optima was the most reliable car I ever owned until the K5
Stop talking. No GDI Kia motor can do 10k OCI.
Well that was polite. Sort of Thunderous. My guess is that this GDI is almost always under power, with some idling to boot, at 60k a year. Almost like taxi service. Watch the oil level for any increase and change the oil every 6-8 weeks, 10k miles. Get a UOA after the first 10k run and adjust accordingly.
What kind of job or driving duty are you doing that accumulates that kind of mileage on mostly city driving?
I have that engine. I use 5-40 Quaker State European formula. I change at about 4,500 miles. Fram or OEM oil filter will do. I also use a GDI intake valve cleaner at least once a year. I recently used the Berryman system which I like a lot. I would never go beyond 5K on an oc. I currently have about 85K on the car and runs sweet. I also change the spark plugs as in the maintenance schedule. Techron or Gumout high mileage twice a year in the tank. I also run 89 octane fuel. The recommended 87 does not do well for the engine.
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No direct injection should do 10,000 mile OCI. Between the amount of soot and fuel in the oil.
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Don’t do 10,000 miles period the end.
A Hyundai / KIA GDI 1.6 Turbo ? 5W30 Synthetic D1/Gen 3 rated oil , Fram Ultra Oil Filter . It's a GDI so it will produce a lot of soot in the oil and it's a turbo so pretty hard on the oil . Use owner's manual severe service schedule for oil change (approx. 4,000 mile OCI).
Thank you
What the hell are people thinking.
5k tops.
That oil will stink and be full of fuel by then
I have no reason to be nice. You're giving objectively bad advice
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Like every turbo'd engine it likely suffers from too much exhaust pressure.
IMO, a cat-back exhaust system would pay for its self in fuel economy improvement
and cure the gasoline in the oil problem. If it exists at all.
Obviously you can do seasonal adjustments to the grade of oil.
Thicker in the summer than winter, or at least the appropiate W grade for ambient.
xW40 would be my starting point for extended drain intervals.
IMO, a cat-back exhaust system would pay for its self in fuel economy improvement
and cure the gasoline in the oil problem. If it exists at all.
Obviously you can do seasonal adjustments to the grade of oil.
Thicker in the summer than winter, or at least the appropiate W grade for ambient.
xW40 would be my starting point for extended drain intervals.
In the winter you would need the thicker 40 due to the increase of fuel in the oil.
Turbo, GDI, Low tension piston rings+cold city driving=lots of fuel in the oil.......lots.
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2021 with 143,484 miles on it now. I’ve slowed down the last 6months
The GDI feature causes dirty intake because gas isn't sprayed into it as with MPFI.
It's the PCV vapors which condense and accumulate...and are cooked into a hard-to-remove crud.
Are borescope ports ever designed into these intake systems so owners can just look in?
That would remove some of this OCI guesswork.
It's the PCV vapors which condense and accumulate...and are cooked into a hard-to-remove crud.
Are borescope ports ever designed into these intake systems so owners can just look in?
That would remove some of this OCI guesswork.
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