My 2004 Hyundai Getz 1.3 is a little long in the tooth now, it has clocked 240,000km(150,000miles) since new.
It uses very little, almost none engine oil (5W40 fully synthetic) between oil changes since new (every 10,000km/6250mile) until about a year ago when the engine past the 200,000km(125,000miles) mark.
Since then, I watched the oil level closely and recorded the engine oil consumption for the 4 consecutive oil changes.
200,000km to 210,000km – 1.3L/10,000km
210,000km to 220,000km – 1.4L/10,000km
220,000km to 230,000km – 1.4L/10,000km
230,000km to 240,000km – 1.9L/10,000km
The oil capacity between the MIN and MAX of the dipstick is 1L, so I have to top up engine oil between oil changes.
No visible leak on the external of the engine, spark plugs are dry and light brown in colour and the inner wall of the muffler tip is dry and lightly soot-ed when I poked my finger in it. No blue smoke during start up or running.
My questions:
Is 240,000km(150,000km) consider high mileage by international standard? In Singapore, the national average is 20,000km/12.500miles per annum, my car is double of that at 40,000km/25,000miles per annum.
Do I need to worry about the current engine oil consumption rate? I know some car manufacturers allow a 1L/1000km oil consumption rate, that’s 10L of engine oil in 10,000km, as good as a 2 stroke engine My car’s owner manual says "some" engine oil consumption is normal but didn’t state the numbers.
Thanks for reading.
Phang
It uses very little, almost none engine oil (5W40 fully synthetic) between oil changes since new (every 10,000km/6250mile) until about a year ago when the engine past the 200,000km(125,000miles) mark.
Since then, I watched the oil level closely and recorded the engine oil consumption for the 4 consecutive oil changes.
200,000km to 210,000km – 1.3L/10,000km
210,000km to 220,000km – 1.4L/10,000km
220,000km to 230,000km – 1.4L/10,000km
230,000km to 240,000km – 1.9L/10,000km
The oil capacity between the MIN and MAX of the dipstick is 1L, so I have to top up engine oil between oil changes.
No visible leak on the external of the engine, spark plugs are dry and light brown in colour and the inner wall of the muffler tip is dry and lightly soot-ed when I poked my finger in it. No blue smoke during start up or running.
My questions:
Is 240,000km(150,000km) consider high mileage by international standard? In Singapore, the national average is 20,000km/12.500miles per annum, my car is double of that at 40,000km/25,000miles per annum.
Do I need to worry about the current engine oil consumption rate? I know some car manufacturers allow a 1L/1000km oil consumption rate, that’s 10L of engine oil in 10,000km, as good as a 2 stroke engine My car’s owner manual says "some" engine oil consumption is normal but didn’t state the numbers.
Thanks for reading.
Phang