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HYUNDAi GRAND STAREX, Is it good? Any known problem?
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Mar 30 2016, 06:39 PM
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QUOTE(lamir_loco @ Mar 30 2016, 06:34 PM) -My car no longer covered by warranty ( I technically void the warranty after 15,000km when I decided to send it to my personal mech rather than to hyundai A.S.C) -maintenance depend on your mileage -do oil change n oil filter on 5,000km (ish) sometime slightly higher and I just use semi-syn (7 liter) -DPF (diesel filter) around rm100, they recommend every 10,000km, I personally extend it to 15,000km ( 1 time every 3 engine oil change) Which semi syn HDEO are you using?
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chemistry
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Mar 30 2016, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE(lamir_loco @ Mar 30 2016, 06:53 PM) I used bizol, if not mistaken the labelled in yellow colored Isn't 5000km drain interval too short? Even mineral HDEO like R4X/Urania/delo also can do 10000km, not to mention your semi syn HDEO. In USA/Canada, freight trucks even do 100,000km using premium synthetic blend HDEOs. Considering hot humid weather here in M'sia, i think cutting the OCI to a quarter ( 25,000km )should not be a problem.
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Mar 30 2016, 11:31 PM
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QUOTE(lamir_loco @ Mar 30 2016, 08:31 PM) -I'm not sure the bizol engine oil that I used can be categorized as HDEO, but it certainly can be used for starex engine -after one of my car got engine problem and massive leaks, because the dealer says oil change interval is at 25,000km (something like that), Since then I prefer to do shorter interval engine oil change for all my cars, semi (5,000 -7,500km) fully (10,000-12,000km) If you are keen to try real hdeo, feel free to pm me.
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