Originally Posted by doitmyself
Originally Posted by Mainia
The 1.6 is Hyundai's best motor that only real problem comes if very early in it's life it drops a piston skirt, otherwise no raal issue if they get passed that.....other then a car fire from the fuel pump/ fuel line.
The 1.6 in the Kia Soul is a different story. You might be correct that the 1.6 is a good engine, but other mistakes are causing engine problems in the Kia Soul set up. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...recalls-by-534000-vehicles-idUSKCN1QH2EB The various articles point to bad computer programming causing high exhaust temperatures the can kill the catalytic converter and that can back up into the engine to ruin it also.
That "bad programing" is intentional. It is called a "bad tune". ALL Hyundai's with a turbo with possibly an exception of the Veloster N and i30 N series, are dumping fuel to reduce the chance for LSPI. What makes it even worse Hyundai Kia have made the horrid choice of specing their 10:1 compression turbo engines for 87 octane with their very high boost of 17 psi., and that full boost happens at 1,450 rpm. Lets just say there is hardly much timing and a TON of fuel being dumped in the cylinders. People that get stage 0 and stage 1 tunes have a totally new car that runs right .....but you have to run 91 to 93 octane. And you have zero drivetrain warranty. That's why my lowered Kona AWD 1.6T will never have a tune, the warranty is too valuable because it's a Hyundai. if it was a VW GTI or Golf R I would get tune after 15,000 miles and feel safe everything will hold together. Hyundai not so much , so I have to have a warranty on my Hyundai.
The 1.6T is a different motor class then those in that article and most are not turbos. The fire problem comes from the high pressure fuel pump and the fuel line leaking. Korean way of life is putting your head in the sand and waiting for the next day and deny and deny. That is why we have the 8 year old rod bearing issue and this fire issue. ALL these COULD be designed out with over engineering. They choose "HEAD IN SAND" or pride of final long term design.
Originally Posted by Mainia
The 1.6 is Hyundai's best motor that only real problem comes if very early in it's life it drops a piston skirt, otherwise no raal issue if they get passed that.....other then a car fire from the fuel pump/ fuel line.
The 1.6 in the Kia Soul is a different story. You might be correct that the 1.6 is a good engine, but other mistakes are causing engine problems in the Kia Soul set up. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...recalls-by-534000-vehicles-idUSKCN1QH2EB The various articles point to bad computer programming causing high exhaust temperatures the can kill the catalytic converter and that can back up into the engine to ruin it also.
That "bad programing" is intentional. It is called a "bad tune". ALL Hyundai's with a turbo with possibly an exception of the Veloster N and i30 N series, are dumping fuel to reduce the chance for LSPI. What makes it even worse Hyundai Kia have made the horrid choice of specing their 10:1 compression turbo engines for 87 octane with their very high boost of 17 psi., and that full boost happens at 1,450 rpm. Lets just say there is hardly much timing and a TON of fuel being dumped in the cylinders. People that get stage 0 and stage 1 tunes have a totally new car that runs right .....but you have to run 91 to 93 octane. And you have zero drivetrain warranty. That's why my lowered Kona AWD 1.6T will never have a tune, the warranty is too valuable because it's a Hyundai. if it was a VW GTI or Golf R I would get tune after 15,000 miles and feel safe everything will hold together. Hyundai not so much , so I have to have a warranty on my Hyundai.
The 1.6T is a different motor class then those in that article and most are not turbos. The fire problem comes from the high pressure fuel pump and the fuel line leaking. Korean way of life is putting your head in the sand and waiting for the next day and deny and deny. That is why we have the 8 year old rod bearing issue and this fire issue. ALL these COULD be designed out with over engineering. They choose "HEAD IN SAND" or pride of final long term design.
