I purchased my Tucson SE in January 2020 (build date 01-04-2019). The first time I checked the oil after purchasing the vehicle I noticed the level was higher than the Full mark by about 1/2 inch (I could be wrong, but I know for sure it was over by a decent amount), but at the time I thought maybe it was filled too high, so I thought nothing of it.
In November that year, I changed the oil myself with Quaker State full synthetic 5W-30, which is what Hyundai dealers use. I changed it at 20K miles. No metal shavings were present. I made sure I filled it exactly to the Full mark. 1K miles later, the level is creeping up.
Every month I check the oil and this is what it looks like this morning:
To compare, I checked the oil levels on a 2014 Chevy Equinox 2.4L at 73K miles and a 2018 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost V6 with 27K miles (which the Ford's was changed less than 2 weeks ago). Neither the Equinox nor the F-150 displayed oil levels above the full mark. Mine also smells like gas, but so does the Equinox.
Circled in GREEN is my Tucson, ORANGE is the Equinox, and BLUE is the F-150.
This is another view:
It may be a little hard to tell but the Tucson is a light red-brown, the Equinox is dark gold, and the F-150 is light gold. All vehicles have been sitting for at least 12 hours and the engine is cold. About one month ago my car's oil color was more gold in color, but now it has an odd red-ish tint. When I bought the car, the color was also red-ish.
This past month I've tried to drive my car for longer periods of time because usually, I make only short trips. Last month I also tried a tank of non-ethanol 88 octane at Maverik to see if that would help, but the level looks to be the same (but I did get a little increase in fuel economy, nearly 30 in mixed driving after calculating by hand). Mechanically I've had zero issues with the engine; it sounds and drives normally.
First, has anyone noticed this with their Tucson (or 2.0L GDI Nu)? I know early versions of the Nu had some issues, but I don't recall oil-fuel dilution being one of them (or having this occur to such a new engine).
Second, is there anything else I could or should be doing to mitigate the dilution? I've changed my driving habits a lot and have done a ton of research into this but I'm always looking for other things to try.
In the meantime, I'll watch this closely and I plan to do changes every 5K miles instead of Hyundai's 7,500-mile intervals.
Thoughts?
In November that year, I changed the oil myself with Quaker State full synthetic 5W-30, which is what Hyundai dealers use. I changed it at 20K miles. No metal shavings were present. I made sure I filled it exactly to the Full mark. 1K miles later, the level is creeping up.
Every month I check the oil and this is what it looks like this morning:
To compare, I checked the oil levels on a 2014 Chevy Equinox 2.4L at 73K miles and a 2018 Ford F-150 3.5L EcoBoost V6 with 27K miles (which the Ford's was changed less than 2 weeks ago). Neither the Equinox nor the F-150 displayed oil levels above the full mark. Mine also smells like gas, but so does the Equinox.
Circled in GREEN is my Tucson, ORANGE is the Equinox, and BLUE is the F-150.
This is another view:
It may be a little hard to tell but the Tucson is a light red-brown, the Equinox is dark gold, and the F-150 is light gold. All vehicles have been sitting for at least 12 hours and the engine is cold. About one month ago my car's oil color was more gold in color, but now it has an odd red-ish tint. When I bought the car, the color was also red-ish.
This past month I've tried to drive my car for longer periods of time because usually, I make only short trips. Last month I also tried a tank of non-ethanol 88 octane at Maverik to see if that would help, but the level looks to be the same (but I did get a little increase in fuel economy, nearly 30 in mixed driving after calculating by hand). Mechanically I've had zero issues with the engine; it sounds and drives normally.
First, has anyone noticed this with their Tucson (or 2.0L GDI Nu)? I know early versions of the Nu had some issues, but I don't recall oil-fuel dilution being one of them (or having this occur to such a new engine).
Second, is there anything else I could or should be doing to mitigate the dilution? I've changed my driving habits a lot and have done a ton of research into this but I'm always looking for other things to try.
In the meantime, I'll watch this closely and I plan to do changes every 5K miles instead of Hyundai's 7,500-mile intervals.
Thoughts?