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Re: last night's trip home

By: micro in GRITZ | Recommend this post (0)
Sat, 18 Jan 25 3:35 PM | 11 view(s)
Boardmark this board | Grits Breakfast of Champeens! 		Msg. 02698 of 02735
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Thanks Professor.

Good to know. I am not an auto mechanic and what I do know is that I need to let real mechanics figure this out. That does not include me.. Laughing

The vehicle was towed yesterday to the best Hyundai service center in greater Cincinnati which that dealership also is a premier Acura, and Chevrolet dealership. Top dog in the entire city.

They are the ones who went to bat for my Sonata engine with Hyundai at 104,000 miles and a seized engine.

This one should be a no brainer. All I know is the car is making some kind of noise from low in the engine block when you drive it now. Its kinda scary to listen to it and I wasn't about to drive it 22 more miles to get to the dealership.

Something internally drank the oil as I am very diligent to stay up on the oil and other fluids on my cars.
I depend on them as I need to travel often to various cities.

I am hoping for a new long block replacement from Hyundai. We will see what the mechanics uncover and I'll let y'all know what they uncover.

I know this much. MY NEXT vehicle will be a Toyota Avalon. And that could happen right after I get this SUV back. No way I can trust it anymore.

It is the very top of the line Tuscon. Nice vehicle. But now I am at the point that I can't afford to get stranded in the middle of nowhere with this again..

AT least I get to spend the weekend with miz micro..

Its her privilege to have me around.. lol!!!!!
(Been around Ribs too much)


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Re: last night's trip home
By: monkeytrots in GRITZ
Fri, 17 Jan 25 11:26 PM 		Msg. 02687 of 02735

Micro, can't imagine that the engine isn't completely shot. Even a hundred feet with 3.5 quarts low is more than enough to destroy the mains and rods.

A PCV valve should NOT fail after 25k miles on a brand new engine - but when they DO fail, your entire crankcase can get drained in just a few miles. You must have been blowing a heavy cloud of black smoke (burning that oil) for quite a while. Yes, the convertor could very well (probable) have also been 'carboned' up, and it won't be cleanable.
PCV valve should have been good for a min of 50k miles - sounds like something else went bad that caused it to go out so catastrophically. Either way, it's a manufacturing fault, and fully the responsibility of the dealer to rectify under that 100k warranty.

Just my two cents worth.

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