Originally Posted by blupupher
Yeah, when I bought my Hyundai Santa Fe from an Acura dealer, I had to wait a day while they serviced it.
The salesman said they did not have the right filter for it.
When I picked it up, I asked the sales guy what oil and filter they use. He said they use OEM filters for all cars sold, and the correct oil listed on the oil cap. When I asked what brand, he said Acura Oil.
I guessed it is probably the same as Honda oil (an Exxon/Mobil product).
I left it in there for 2000 miles before draining it. I checked the cartridge filter, it was a Mann-Hummel. They makes OEM Hyundai/Kia filters, so I left that in there for a few more thousand miles and added some Delo XLE 10w-30 blend for 3000 miles. Will be going full synthetic (a lot of Pennzoil Platinum 10w-30 and Rotella T6 5w-40) in a few hundred miles.
So while what was in there was probably fine, I still did not know 100% what was in there, and wanted my oil in there, not some dealer oil.
Why? Because I'm a MAN!
And a man provides!
I would have asked him to prove it. The oil, that is. Unless you watch them pour the oil in the engine and not take it out, you really do not know 1000%. Sure, it may say so on an invoice, but maybe if you ask to go in and see their bulk containers. Acura oil in a Hyundai sounds funny. It may have been
Idemitsu so this goes to show you how versatile engine oil is, for the USE OEM crowd.