![]() He also mentioned that soaking the alternator with oil could cause premature failure. ![]() wait till it customer pay, I get paid more to the job Hyundai recently cut the labor pay time again. However, the technician commented that make sure I got that fix before its warranty expires. Take the belly pan off, likely collecting oil there till it get enough to roll off the pan onto the floor, and all over lower engine assembly I guess in my case, the leak is quite slow since I park my car in the garage and I have not seen any oil drip on the floor yet. rubber cover gasket has baked with heat cycles and shrunk and become hard/brittle ![]() So after certain mileage, with all the vibration and shaking, the seal started to deterioate and oil started to leak. Valve cover halves ? Valve cover is 1 piece, with a rubber gasket around the full perimeter of the cover.ĭuring assembly, some kind of silicon sealant was used when the valves were joined instead of a good old gasket.ĭuring engine assembly, RTV is used to between the front chain cover to block and heads, oil pan rail to upper pan assembly. He told me that it is not uncommon since there is no gasket to seal the the two halves of the valve covers. I am not sure whether we have the same problem. Has anyone seen what I just described? If you did, was it an easy fix under warranty? During assembly, some kind of silicon sealant was used when the valves were joined instead of a good old gasket. ****, he was right, the alternator was covered with oil. He used his flash light to point at the alternator which is right next to the engine block and below the valve joint. ![]() He commented that the 2009 SF is a decent car apart from the minor problem of leaking engine oil from the valve cover. The mechanics is a Hyundai master technician for over 15 years at a Toronto dealer and started his own shop about two years ago. Recently when I took my car in to the shop (not a dealer) to have the snow tires swap out, I chatted with the mechanic. I have a 09 SF and has about 78000 km on it. The dealer did a good job cleaning up the mess and it was all a covered under warranty. It made one heck of a mess under the car and under the intake manifold. I quess this isn't a comon problem but if that oil pressure sending unit gives you a warning flicker I would have it replaced. The Sante Fe had 50,000 Miles on it at the time of failure. It turned out to be the oil pressure sending unit and he had to order one and it would take a day. Around 3PM he called me back and I went to the dealer to see what the problem was. On Monday the dealer called me and we discussed the problem. Started the car and drove it to the dealer and parked it filled out the paper work and dropped the keys in the night drop. I told the wife to follow me to the hyundai dealer a 3 mile drive. There was a coating of oil under the whole car. I looked under the car and oil was dripping all over the place. I put 3 quarts of Mobil 1 in befor it was full. I shut the car off opened the hood to check the oil and none was on the stick. The wife and I was going to take a ride with the Sante Fe, while backing out of the driveway I noticed an oil trail. While I am in Canada I use my Elantra more than the Sante Fe so the Sante Fe sat with small trips to the store. I told him Mobil 1 5-20 he told me that when using a synthetic I should use a heavier oil 10-30. Brought it in to the dealer in Woodstock NB and he asked me the type of oil I was using. Back in July I noticed my oil light flickering at Idle.
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