2001 Hyundai Accent ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION

2001 HYUNDAI ACCENT
75,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • MANUAL
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ALAM.DHALIWAL
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Hello there

if i drive my car below 80-100kph than there is no oil consuption and if i do above 100kph than oil consumption goes upto 250ml to 300ml without blackning the oil and no smoke trails from the exaust pipe. i have checked out for leaks but found nothing
May 25, 2010 at 11:16 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

Are you using a mineral based or synth based oil? what weight oil are you using?

Mark (mhpautos)
May 25, 2010 at 11:22 PM
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ALAM.DHALIWAL
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well, em using premium multigrade API SG SAE 15W - 40 engine oil as per the manual. one thing i forgot to mention is that, after 60000miles i had send my friend to get my car for a scheduled service and for the first time he got it done not from Hyundai sevice station but from his local known workshop just to save some money, and after a month or so i was driving on highway and suddenly i noticed oil warning light began to flash on instrument panel but the engine teperature was normal. in a fear of engine siezing i immideatly pulled over to a nearest filling station, after cooling the engine for half an hour i checked the engine oil what i noticed was, only down end tip of the dip stick was wet and the rest of the stick was dry. so i refilled it by adding 3 liters of engine oil till the oil reading came on F ont he dip stick and started my journey. from that very day em facing this problem. please help me out
May 26, 2010 at 12:35 AM
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MHPAUTOS
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I would be using a mineral based 20W-50 oil and checking consumption after 1,000 Mls try and measure any usage closley, do this and report back your readfings.

mark (mhpautos)
May 26, 2010 at 2:10 AM