Hi Guys, how is it going?
So my piece of junk had a bunch of copper colored flakes and tiny shards on the oil pan, clear sign of bearing damage/wear out.
My question is, any ideas on how to prolong the life of the motor as is? And how long would you say it would live maybe on your own experiences? Right now it has no knocking sounds, but I wait in fear for it to start.
I have it on 20w 50 oil, taking care that its always full without leaks. Been thinking of thickening the oil with lucas oil stabilizer or maybe dropping some Resurs additives.
Any comments or ideas are well appreciated as I have no money to rebuild the engine and need it lo live as long as possible.
Engine is a Hyundai g4gf 2.0
Year, model, and mileage?
Engine is a Hyundai g4gf 2.0, in a tiburon from the 2000 with supposedly 80k miles which I do not believe is the actual mileage, gotta be higher.
Well, you can either load up the engine with motor honey ( an old fashioned term for very heavy oil) or pull the pan and put in some new rod bearings. It's not that hard to do.
Used car dealers used the motor honey all the time and probably still do to quiet down noisy engines.
Hi Doc!
Yes I considered doing the change of bearings myself, but what scares me is that due to the wear out on the crankshaft after all the years, the torque on the bolts of the rod when mounting everything back is no longer valid and I will end up choking the flow of oil trough that new bearing.
As for the honey, I believe the lucas stabilizer can be considered that, but the fear in this case is that I'll end up damaging something else by making the oil too thick, so the cure for a disease will also be a new problem to handle 🙁
Thank u for sharing your thoughts mate.
heavy oil will hide problems by muffling the sound, but it doesn't fix them. That's why slimy dealers use it. In fact it makes them worse because the oil can't flow when it's needed most: cold start.
If you put in new rod bearings, you won't need the motor honey. Rod bolts are replaceable, get new ones.
