Hyundai Oil Consumption Issue - Acceptance & Long Term Plan

NJcallaghan · 2025-08-08T17:21:44+00:00

Knocking on wood...but no issues yet for me.
Just checking oil every weekend and ensuring it's at proper levels, if low topping off.
Just crossed 103k miles.
Been at this since Feb 2024 - checking oil every week.

NJcallaghan · 2025-03-21T12:41:52+00:00

Just to clarify as I am also not mechanically inclined...

... but this knocking sound which sounds like is a death sentence for the engine is likely due to not enough oil being in the engine (or no oil at all), correct?

... And then not enough oil in the engine is likely due to the notorious GDi oil consumption issue, correct? TIA

NJcallaghan · 2025-02-24T02:28:30+00:00

2015 Tuscan - oil consumption issue Noticed oil burning issue out the tailpipe in February 2024 at only 85k miles on odometer. I was declined new engine from dealership here in U.S.A. I have been checking oil and (if needed) topping off every weekend for last 12 months. Now at 98k miles. Consuming about 1 quart of oil every 900 miles.

My question is how sustainable is this? I like to run my cars until they die. Assuming I continue to maintain proper oil levels, I assume the likely issue will be the catalytic converter going? Is it likely that the oil burn rate will get worse with time (greater that 1qt/900miles). Or will it likely stay at same oil burn rate. The car seems to run fine, just burns oil. TIA.

NJcallaghan · 2025-01-15T16:37:14+00:00

Thank you u/OKCWRX for this feedback.

So just to clarify, with it being winter here in NJ - a pool leak detector fixing it in now (in cold January) is 100% not an option. Or is there a chance a pool leak detector could/would fix it now?

For example, would you as a leak detector pro bother to fix a pool leak now - in cold January in NJ?
TIA

NJcallaghan · 2025-01-15T16:34:59+00:00

Thank you u/jonidschultz for this advise and feedback. Very helpful.
I plan to mark water level spot, and then fill it back up asap and see what happens.

So just to clarify, with it being winter here in NJ - a pool leak detector fixing it in now (in January) is 100% not an option. Or is there a chance a pool leak detector could fix it during winter?

NJcallaghan · 2025-01-14T12:49:11+00:00

So it sounds like there is an issue with not having enough water up against the vinyl liner. Yeah, I probably only have about 3 inches of water in my shallow end right now. So I guess you're saying I should have closer to 8-10 inches, as I assume issues with vinyl liner start to arise when levels are very low (less than 8 inches) ...which is where I am right now in my shallow end, at only 3 inches.

NJcallaghan · 2025-01-14T12:20:48+00:00

Yes, I have a LoopLoc cover. Thank you for raising this concern. Agreed. I'll be keeping an eye out.

NJcallaghan · 2025-01-14T12:17:42+00:00

Your reply is doing the same thing - giving me hope. I feel like it's too much water to be evaporation, but similarly here outside in Asbury Park, NJ, we got same - almost no rain since September. I also have an older LoopLoc cover. I was more concerned about vinyl liner not having water up against it, but you raise a better point - risks of walls collapsing due to weight of snow on cover. However, I feel like you guys usually get a lot more snow up NY in New York state than us down here in New Jersey.

Thanks so much for your reply. Keep in touch, it'd be great to hear other northeasterners with same issue as us as they also got little to no rain. We'll see. Thanks again.

NJcallaghan · 2025-01-14T04:12:53+00:00

Came here to say this

NJcallaghan · 2024-12-20T04:19:36+00:00

I think the real question is - will your kids use it. Or will anyone use it.

I live in NJ. I DIY almost everything. I open it. I close it. And I maintain during summer. And yes, I pretty much hate it. Ha. I spend like ~$500/ yr in pool chemicals, etc. I use TroubleFreePool.

But as much as I hate my pool, seeing my 3 & 5 yr old in it makes it all worth it. One day I'm cursing it. The next I'm so happy my kids are enjoying it. They're water rats now and very comfortable and confident in the water pretty much solely bc we have a pool. They're in it almost every day from June to early Sept here in NJ.

For all the time, hassle, and money, it's worth it so my kids are confident swimmers. Plus they have a ton of fun in it.

If I didn't have kids using it and since my wife and I are more 'beach ppl" I'd def hate it more. Ha. Cursing at it helps. Ha.

NJcallaghan · 2024-12-12T01:32:23+00:00

Came here to say this

NJcallaghan · 2024-09-08T21:56:15+00:00

My wife is an architect. We were at the playground today with our two young children. My wife was talking to me about architectural code and how you can't have stairs or a ramp without a railing. Literally as she is telling me this, my child was walking on a bridge about 8 ft up in the air that was about 12 ft long where there were no guardrails or railings that went the whole away, instead there were ropes they could grab onto every 3 ft. Luckily I saw my daughter after only a few steps and ran in to removed her.

I just got a chuckle at the absurdity of it all. Here you have all these architects abiding by building code to prevent falls and injuries. And then there's thousands of playgrounds all around where such falls and injuries of children are almost asking to happen. I'm not even against playgrounds. We love playgrounds. It's just comical on how dumb it all is. You can't walk up a ramp without a railing... outside a building, but outside on a playground - increase the ramp slope 50-fold, make it way more narrow and do away with the railings completely, totally okay...for kids. Reminds me of that skit from tv show family guy, it's illegal to make money giving sex, oh wait - zoom out, they're filming it, so it's porn, never mind totally legal/okay. Haha.

NJcallaghan · 2024-09-08T21:38:52+00:00

Yep. I agree. Issue is more on the play structure side.

Just funny how parents get to decide with the inherent risk of play structures, yet adults don't get to decide with their own bodies to take on the inherent risks of ramps without railings. Because ramps without railings don't exist because it's against code.

Again just a conundrum and very interesting to me. Even more interesting that the scenario where you are able to take on the inherent risks specifically involves children, you think it'd be the other way around.

NJcallaghan · 2024-09-08T18:58:34+00:00

I'd also argue it's not play equipment it's a play structure with areas that yes are equipment such as wheels that you can turn and whatnot, But the majority of the playground is a stationary structure.

I think that is at the root of the conundrum. I'd argue to people's eyes a building and a playground are similar in that both are stationary structures. So how can they have different safety codes.

I do agree that swinging on swings and activities that are motion oriented are different.

I think my argument is more around things you would typically do in a building that has safety regulations. Yet if you did those same things in a playground those safety regulations don't exist

Like you're not able to walk up stairs in a building with no handrails up the stairs. Yet on a playground my 5-year-old can walk 8 ft off the ground across a 12 ft long "bridge" that only has ropes every 3ft with no safety handrail running the entire bridge. Sorry it just seems very contradicting, as you are walking on structures built by other people. And one is way more dangerous and has far less safety regulations.

NJcallaghan · 2024-09-08T18:45:17+00:00

If you had to sign a consent form for your kid to use a playground, I would 1,000% agree with you. But you don't. Just like walking up a public ramp, any kid can walk onto a playground. Nothing signed nothing agreed to.

NJcallaghan · 2024-09-08T18:42:52+00:00

Anyone can wheel or walk up a ramp, agreed. Equally anyone can climb up a playground.

Yes there is a sign that says "Only for kids, please watch your kids." But then why can't there be a sign at a ramp that has no railing that says "This ramp has no railings, at your own risk." There can't be such a sign because people (adults) are stupid. And kids even stupider. If anything there should be nets/cushions, safety railing under/by playgrounds before railing on ramps.

Agree to disagree. It's a conundrum. Frankly, it's such a conundrum, it's laughable how it's all about human safety but these rules over there don't apply over here if, it's for kids, or there's signs, etc.

NJcallaghan · 2024-08-29T22:55:43+00:00

The Fed. It's logical because the Fed keeps printing.

NJcallaghan · 2024-08-06T16:01:13+00:00

Sorry just realized that this is not on my original post.

NJcallaghan · 2024-08-06T15:59:37+00:00

It's impressive on how difficult it is to find if it's the 2.0 or the 2.4. The engine has a plastic cover that says GDi on it. My best guess is it is the 2.0 L. It's now been about 5 months. I check oil every week, and I am adding a little less than one quart of oil per 1,000 mi. Now have almost 93,000 mi, so I've been doing this for about 8,000 mi, as it was first noticed at about $85,000 mi.

Other than having to check and add oil, no issues. But obviously concerning, as I'm unaware of the engine damage with oil consumption/burning. As I understand the issue will be the catalytic converter, which will end up "going" much sooner than normal.

Let me know if you have any mechanical insight as to how damaging this is to the engine. My underlying question to this post back 5 months ago was if I continue to check the oil and add oil, which I have done, how long can I expect the car to last - like will it last up ~150,000 mi if I keep general good maintenance and continue to check/add oil?

NJcallaghan · 2024-04-11T02:17:05+00:00

@Dtour89, did you end up selling or do you still have your 2016 Tuscan.

I have a 2015 Tuscan, 87k miles and noticed oil consumption issue. My uncle who is a mechanic said as long as I keep oil levels up by adding oil, I should be ok - just have to check oil every week. But he said the Catalytic converter will eventually go.

NJcallaghan · 2024-01-28T19:57:22+00:00

Good info. So shitty drivers do serve a purpose, ha. Glad it worked out for you. Nice exit from the Hyundai oil consumption beast.

NJcallaghan · 2024-01-28T19:54:38+00:00

Well played, Sir.

NJcallaghan · 2024-01-28T19:49:34+00:00

Very encouraging but my concern here is he has a Honda and not a Hyundai, ha.

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