i30 Owners Club
THE GARAGE (SERVICE, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR) => PETROL => Topic started by: klyvenator on January 26, 2016, 02:35:13
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Whats the best value oil for servicing a Hyundai i30 2010 SX auto 2.0 petrol? I live in the Gold Coast so temperatures are around 25-35 degrees constantly. I need to change the oil frequently as I do very short trips often and the engine has some build up.
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Shell Ultra 5W-40 is a great price at $44 if you have a Blackwoods store nearby :undecided: it'll be $60+ usually at Supercheap or Autobarn.
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I used to use Castrol Edge 5w30 full synthetic in my 2.0 Beta Elantra (same motor as the one in the FD i30... Serviced every 7500 and ran like a dream
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I used to use Castrol Edge 5w30 full synthetic in my 2.0 Beta Elantra (same motor as the one in the FD i30... Serviced every 7500 and ran like a dream
Even though it says full synthetic "it's not" it's got just enough % of synthetic additive for them to be able to legally advertise it as synthetic, it is still created from a mineral base stock.
True full synthetics are Group 4 PAO ( Poly Alfa Olefin ) listed oils which as a base are created from polymer's - natural gas and numerous synthetics, then going through chemical processes to make a full and true synthetic oil.
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Buy a box of filters then, change filters as often as you want and top up the oil each time.
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Continually changing filters will only remove particle matter that's been trapped, it wont fix stressed oil.
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It's all about filtration and filters are cheap. Once partially blocked with sludge, the filter will run by-pass so what's the use of that.
To clean a dirty engine the most efficient way is lots of filters and top up with fresh oil at each filter change.
Even the cheapest oil's detergent will do its job.
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Filters wont do much if anything for stressed oil and topping new oil up over the old oil is just a waste of new oil :eek:
Normal changes are 15,000km's but as the OP wants to do frequent changes then 7500km's with new oil and filter is what is recommended.
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Each to his own.
I have trucking mates who never change oil. That's right 500,000k's + on original oil.
No flash oils either, just mineral oil although some do love their synthetics.
They change engine oil filters at around 50,000k and all have been fitted with by-pass filtration.
The by-pass filters filter to 1 micron and are changed at around 15,000k.
It's worth a look at the strip down videos of these engines, some with over 1,000,000k.
I'm sold.
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Each to his own.
I have trucking mates who never change oil. That's right 500,000k's + on original oil.
No flash oils either, just mineral oil although some do love their synthetics.
They change engine oil filters at around 50,000k and all have been fitted with by-pass filtration.
The by-pass filters filter to 1 micron and are changed at around 15,000k.
It's worth a look at the strip down videos of these engines, some with over 1,000,000k.
I'm sold.
We're not talking about trucks are we :whistler: big diesel engines are completely different as they very rarely do short stop start drives and rpm's are very low, oil filters for normal cars are also 10 microns.