![]() 10/03/2016 at 18:50 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
update: the engine grenaded this morning after throwing a few timing related codes for the dealer.
:-(
To their credit, Hyundai have been following the Oppo ethos so far: they’ve been excellent. I think we’re looking at a long block. I’ll know more tomorrow. G‘night all.
I’m having a problem with my ‘14 Elantra GT. Tonight, pulling away from a left hand stoplight, I was treated to a slight loss of power which seemed to quickly resolve itself. I thought it was odd but since it was brief and transient, I chalked it up to my imagination.
About a mile later as I was coasting downhill into my neighborhood, it started idling extremely roughly and then died pulling into my driveway, with a brief glimmer of a low oil light as it stalled (which I assume was from low oil pressure due to the revs dropping).
It never threw a CEL. Just for fun I checked the oil, noted that it was toward the low end of the stick but not extreme and added half a quart of 5W-20. I waited a few minutes and tried to start the car. It struggled to stay running and then died after a second. I’ll have it towed to the dealer (it’s still under warranty) in the morning.
Any guesses on how borked it is? What relevant info or questions should I have ready?
![]() 10/03/2016 at 18:56 |
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DI pressure pump, or pressure regulator... Or maybe, if you’re lucky a bad crank angle sensor... Any of those SHOULD throw a CEL though, so you might have a dead ECM....
![]() 10/03/2016 at 18:57 |
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1.) Probably not an oil related issue
2.) No CEL, so just a WAG. I’d say something fuel related.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 18:58 |
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could be bad fuel or fuel pressure related problem. odd there’s no CEL.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 18:58 |
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fuel system. dead pump or something
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:05 |
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I figured oil starvation was unlikely as I’d just checked the oil last week before a road trip, and it was fine.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:07 |
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Looks like 4 of us posted “fuel system” independently of each other, so that may be it.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:11 |
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I get the impression that this is not a mortal wound. It still starts but won’t idle or rev. It sputters along and then dies after a second. That feels like a fuel system issue, and actually reminds me of a problem I had with a fuel pressure reg on a car when I was younger.
Edit: I can has grammar!
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:15 |
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yeah, the lack of a CEL is a head scratcher, I’m sticking with fuel pressure issues too, though.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:15 |
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I’m pretty sure we have a winner. I love consensus- I’ll post an update once I have a firm diagnosis tomorrow. On the plus side, I had a meeting at 8 tomorrow morning that I’ll be missing now, so that’s a nice silver lining.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:18 |
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I’m betting it threw a CEL as it died coming into the driveway- every idiot light on the dash was illuminated.
![]() 10/03/2016 at 19:18 |
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Maybe spark plugs? I don’t think that would throw a CEL. I’ve only had bad enough spark plugs to affect performance once and it was mainly on acceleration.
Either way it’s easy to check and cheap if it’s the issue.
![]() 10/04/2016 at 23:17 |
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That’s not gone well!
![]() 10/04/2016 at 23:21 |
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how does a timing fault not throw a CEL? wattafuck?
![]() 10/04/2016 at 23:44 |
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Wow, that new and the engine already died? That sounds flukey to me as I’ve never heard of this happening to any other newer Hyundais....do they know what caused it?
![]() 10/05/2016 at 00:04 |
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God damn. I think someone must’ve cursed Oppo.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 04:49 |
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Is that the update? Defined “grenaded” :P
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:05 |
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Define “grenaded”
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:22 |
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I don’t know yet. I should hear something more definitive later today. From what he said about timing, I’m suspecting it’a top end, but that’s just an uninformed guess.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:23 |
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Not yet. I’m expecting more info today.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:23 |
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I have no idea why it didn’t throw a CEL until the next morning.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:25 |
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It’s as much info as I have now. The dealer is tearing into the engine. I should hear more today.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:33 |
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At least they’ve got your back. Good customer service is everything and it seems they recognize that.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:38 |
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Looking forward to hearing about it! My ‘09 Accent has been nothing but reliable!
![]() 10/05/2016 at 07:44 |
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Hyundais have, for the most part, been great daily drivers for my family. I was a little sad my wife insisted on a subie instead of a genesis last time around. But shit happens, and that’s where I’m really glad to have a solid, long term working relationship with the dealership where we’ve bought three hyundais over the years. They’ve been nothing short of fantastic.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:08 |
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Well, hope it all works out to you having a brandy new engine in that beast! Glad it didn’t happen whilst you were driving somewhere at a high rate of speed, too.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:15 |
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oooh, “grenaded” and no CEL, i’m revising to self-destructed ECM.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:17 |
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Almost all newer cars with cam and crank sensors can tell when they are out of phase. The computer knows especially on variable valve timing vehicles.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:17 |
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ECM glitch. As of this moment my money’s on bad computer doing bad things.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:29 |
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Were you over 60k miles?
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:31 |
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No. 45ish
![]() 10/05/2016 at 08:49 |
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Good deal , have known 2-3 Hyundai/Kia owners denied warranty because timing belt wasn’t changed at interval. You should be fine.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 13:33 |
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132 Recall? Replace short block?
![]() 10/05/2016 at 13:39 |
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I didn’t know about that as it’s a different make and year, but my car is running a 2.0 GDI. I have no idea if it’s related or not.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 13:47 |
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What is your vin?
![]() 10/05/2016 at 13:57 |
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I don’t have it at work. I did find the 132 vin checker tool though, I’ll run the vin through when I get home. Hyundai’s website said it’s accents and sonatas with 2.4 na and 2.0 turbo mills- mine is a 2.0 na which doesn’t seem to be part of this recall.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 14:04 |
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Ah ok cool. I was gonna run the vin through Hyundai (dealer here), but yeah I guess it is just Sonatas.
![]() 10/05/2016 at 18:10 |
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Cool :)
![]() 10/05/2016 at 22:14 |
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Our driveway looks like a Hyundai dealership as well - I was the first with my 2009 Accent hatchback in Midnight Gray Metallic, then mom and my brother both got Accent sedans, a ‘10 and a ‘09, respectively.
Mom’s sedan is the same color as mine, but a year newer (so she gets the only year that gen of Accent had blue gauge lighting!) and bro’s is the same year as mine, but burgundy and a sedan. I have the only one with a stick tho! :D :P