Recent content by RugopsOP

2003 Hyundai Tiburon Beta2. I replaced the PCV valve every so often. Second owner since ~160k. First owner was a college girl who according to the Carfax appears to have skipped maintenance.

I just want it to last a long time. It's at 251k now. Plan on shooting for 300k without any major problems.

Well not most of its life but for the last 80k. I've been running EuroForumula for the past 15-20k or so(?) And I updated on post #53 with the improvements that made on one section.

Why would I do that for some varnish?

Update Post It's been almost 22k since my last update. But my valve cover recently cracked and started pouring out a lot of oil. So I had to replace it. Gave me a good opportunity to check underneath the cover I noticed some pretty significant cleaning done. No fancy products used except for HPL...

Yea understandable. The car used to burn a quart every 1000mi now it's only burning 0.5qt every 2000.

I like these cars. I have a decent amount of experience around them. I have two Tiburons one of which shares the same four cylinder. I have 242k miles and I've been running 5w40 because I just like the added protection and I don't notice any drops in fuel economy. Motor consumes oil and I...

@OVERKILL okay thanks. I order my oil in bulk for a cheaper price so I wanted to get my mind made up before purchasing. I've been using this 5w40 Euro oil for the last 9,000mi (3 OCI) and it's been doing fine.

@OVERKILL I made this thread back when I was more active so I should re-mention that my only concern is that the vehicle is Korean; Hyundai Tiburon (2.0L @ 242k). There's no catalytic converters now so there's no concern there. It's just that this is one of the few oils that offer the coveted...

And what would the advantages or disadvantages be between the two?

Dunno it's almost as if I was the one who posted this question seven months ago.

I was replying to the other guy. I, too, have been informed that they are similar but so far for an oil forum I haven't had any sufficient answers or reasons.

Why not? Provide your sources.

So update to this. Kept driving the car and the quart of oil lasted on the dipstick until 1900mi after fill-up. Still was a hair above the bottom dot. Considerable improvements noted.

So I really don't want to jynx it. But the car now has 232,213mi. Meaning it has 1,213mi since the last oil change. In which I did a treatment of BerrymanB12. And it appears the oil is still above halfway on the dipstick... last time the oil was getting too close to the "L" for comfort so I...