MY girls car is a 2001 elantra and 3 weeks ago after running from tampa florida to daytona and all around orlando(sea-world,lego-land,Then to daytona beach,then back on I4 to home) She started hearing a knocking sound just before her exit so she got off I4 pulled in gas station right at exit and got gas and checked her oil and water and belts etc and everything looked good. So she cranked it up and heard no knock and pulled out and once she started going(I assume once it hit 1K-1500K RPM is when knock came back) No less then 1/4 mile is 1st stop light,So she turned it off at light so it wouldnt knock sitting there,Then when turned green to go it wouldnt crank back up(THIS IS WERE SHE GOT LUCKY AS ****).
sO PUshed it aside,got it towed home,Next day i tryed it and wouldnt turn over,No click-click-click like bad starter or any of that until my 5th or 6th try then it clicked cuz she loves trying till she kills the battery,So i charged it up and from past cars i kept trying to bump it,As in,Turn the key to start but doin it,On-Off-On-Off etc,Yaa know like really quik,start then release like u would if it did start then start etc,Ive had cars lock up in the past and free up with that method. After 5 mins of nothing i jacked it up removed tire and tryed to manually spin motor,It`d only turn backwards 2 inches then forward 2 inches,turn backward far as it would go then hit the key,done that 2ice and nothing,locked up.
So pulled everything,pulled head, cams and all checked out so thats when i actually pulled the head cuz i knew i was pulling the oil pan next and sure enough a rod bearing went,snapped the cap odd,both nutts and half a bolt was in the pan and luckily the rod got cuaght between the block and crank when she turned it off so all i did was redid the top end since it was off,replaced the 1 rod and all 4 bearings,all standard size, ran 5 oil changes through it no more then 20 miles on each to remove the water and gunk left behimd from all the cleaning i did and she`s running great again.
Car just hit 100K miles on it on that trip. Total in parts 550.00,My machine shop guy for the head only,80.00, Then 200.00 for all the oil changes and degreaser and only took me 1 day tear it down,1 day back together,Took almost 2 weeks waiting on parts. These hyundais are the easiest cars to work on out of everything i`ve ever worked on.Hondas,yotas etc,kia`s,daiwoos all suck too work on these hyundais have plenty of room if you look hard at it first,buy and read the manual for tips but not as a guide,and do it.
But do your home work,some hyundais have mitsubishi parts mixed with hyundai installed on them so you need to know what motor,etc you have before buying parts and buy from partswarehouse etc local stores special order just online but charge way more.
Very easy cars to work on,I tell everyone BUY HYUNDAI,PARTS ARE VERY CHEAP TILL THEY HIT THE 10 YEAR MARK THEN THEY GO UP,BUT EVERY MAKE USUALLY DOES THAT. ANY ?`S HIT ME UP,
P.S.
DID IT ALL IN THE CAR,NEVER REMOVED THE MOTOR,MORE THEN ENOUGH ROOM TO WORK,WATER PUMP PULLY 4 BOLTS ONLY THING THATS TIGHT TO REMOVE BUT ANGLE AND PATIENCE ITS OFF IN 5 MINS ON IN 10.