I have a friend with a hyundai from 2012, last year it chucked a rod out the side at 100k miles. They got lucky and it was covered by the lawsuit, so they got a new engine for free. His wife wasn't happy when he told her, "you'll have this car another 10 years since it has a new engine!"

I have a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.0T that I changed the oil in every 5000 km or so. Always. Never ran the engine low on oil, that engine was always treated like a king. It spun a bearing on cylinder #1 at ~106000 km this summer one day when getting on the highway. I'm lucky that I had documents for a few of the recent oil changes because Hyundai Canada replaced the engine under the extended warranty (due to the machining cleaning issues/class action lawsuit). If an engine that is treated perfectly fine can die like this, I have zero faith in ever buying another Hyundai again.

Just when I notice no water pump destruction. The man brings the classic water pump fatality. This channels never disappoints.

As a blind mechanic, I'd like to say how nice it is to listen to you. Cracking head bolts, speeded up soud, slowed down sound..... "PENATRATOR" Are much appreciated!

I used to tow cars. I towed these (and Subaru’s) ALL the time for blown engines. The dealerships were always packed full of Hyundais waiting for a new engine.

If I'm remembering correctly, Hyundai admitted as part of the lawsuit that these were manufactured for years with metal shavings left in the oil passages. So forbidden glitter from the factory, very thoughtful. EDIT: This is the earlier version of the Theta II that didn't have that problem.

My parents are going through this with Kia as we speak. Got the extended warranty to 200k. Engine blown and now they are coming up with every excuse under the sun to not replace the engine. And now they are trying to charge over 15k to get it fixed. All service records are in order as well and have been fighting with them over a year. Word to the wise, don't buy Kia/Hyundai junk, not worth the headache.

Long time Kia dealer tech here. Before the lawauits and the KSDS update, we saw plenty of engines with this level of damage, and greater. The update more closely scrutinizes the knock signal and puts the engine into limp mode (

I was one of the lucky ones. My Sportage got the rod knock at 99K miles, and had a local mechanic verify it. Then called the closest Kia dealer, and they had us tow it in and verified its a rod knock that was covered by warranty. They did give us a new longblock with no out-of-pocket costs, but it took three months because in their words "they had nine cars ahead of us".

My favorite part of your videos are always the end when you wrap everything and have almost a heart to heart discussion with the audience. It reminds me of 80’s-90’s shows.

We own a 2017 Sonata with this engine. It started burning a lot of oil before 85k miles. Our local dealership did their 1000 mile oil burning tests on the engine and once they were done had a new engine approved the very next day. I have to say Hyundai did a great job in honoring their warranty. Now I am guessing they knew they really had no choice. LOL

That is the most complicated oil pump I have ever seen. Integrating the harmonic balancer with the oil pump is interesting.

As a Hyundai technician I see these everyday.

The contrast in wear between the main bearings and the connecting rod bearings seem to reinforce Eric's idea that the con-rod bearings aren't designed to handle the load and wear.

as someone who worked at a hyundai dealer these things where EVERYWHERE with the same exact holes on that engine you got. esp the hybrid versions idk why but the hybrids always went earlier then the non hybrid cars but they would all have the same falure area and have a nice viewing port into the engine. most of the time we would have the people driving them in like that having "lack of power" or "noisy when running" it was crazy to see them things in that state driving in

*I bought a used 2011 Hyundai Sonata* back in 2016 with 106k miles from auction for $5000. Two years later in 2017 with 130k miles, the engine locked up. *Local Hyundai dealership replaced the engine block with a brand new one for free due to a recall,* no questions were asked. They even gave me a loaner car. *Now in 2023 the car has 230k miles on the dash and driving great so I’m happy with Hyundai* and would gladly buy another one.

Thank you again for all you do! I might suggest a tiny correction, the Thanksgiving day North America, in the United States occurs later in the year, because in Canada, the growing season is much shorter, and celebrating the harvest occurs sooner. This year, our Thanksgiving was October 9th. A Blessed Thanksgiving to all!

God bless you man, and happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Even as a mechanic I never really get to tear down engines in the same way. I appreciate all you do and all you try to teach to people who want to learn how their engines work. Keep it up, we are all rooting for you.

I have a 2015 sonata with the 2.4l engine. At just 116k miles the engine randomly started misfiring and the check engine light came on while driving down the highway. After limping it home I got the car scanned and it showed a misfire in the 3rd cylinder. After attempting small fixes like spark plugs and plug wires I decided to take it to Long Hyundai, this was my second mistake aside from buying a junk Hyundai in the first place. I stopped taking our car there for oil changes initially because I found an oil filter I had changed the last time still on the car after I paid them for an oil and filter change. With the car at Long, Chris from service stated it had no compression in the 3rd cylinder and it needed head work ($5300), but was pushed to do an engine replacement which was quoted to me at $7-8k, that I would be responsible for. After trying and getting no real diagnosis on the actual problem and a very difficult time trying to communicate with the service department, I picked the car up and coughed up the $200 “diagnostic” fee for nothing. Once I picked up the car I finally got the service report and the diagnosis was “blown head gasket.” I did not have a single symptom of a blown head gasket- no coolant in the oil, no overheating, no smoke out of the exhaust, coolant was clean in the over flow tank with no bubbling. I immediately drove to S&S Auto for a second opinion and they quickly found metal material in my oil and no symptoms of a head gasket issue. Long either completely missed this or did not want to tell me. I personally saw the shavings in the oil when I picked it up from S&S. They advised me about the warranty campaign Hyundai has on the 2.4liter engines and they didn’t charge me anything for the diagnostics. After doing my own research I decided to take it back to a dealership to have them handle the situation. I called the service director-John- at Long Hyundai to explain the situation and told him I was taking the car to a different Hyundai service center to reassess. He did not care that I was taking it to another dealership after Long has misdiagnosed the issue. John just told me, “Well let me know what they find.” (Tried getting a hold of him multiple times since and have never gotten a call back) After moving the car to a third shop, this time Mnt View Hyundai, which is about an hour from my house, I talked to Brian about what was going on and he stated they have been cleaning up a lot of issues from Long. After he had the car for a couple of days he stated he had found the metal shavings in the oil and that the car was misfiring and it should be taken care of under Hyundai’s warranty campaign 953 for excessive bearing wear on the crank. He went back and forth with Hyundai Motors America and I had to give them all my receipts for the oil changes I had done and they stated that my issue was not covered under warranty since my engine wasn’t knocking or locked up yet (basically because it hadn’t left me stranded on the side of the road), but that they would cover 85% of the replaced engine. After fighting for another week and hours on the phone with Hyundai’s warranty departments and Hyundai customer care with no resolve, I had agreed to cover the 15% that Hyundai wouldn’t cover. I was still mad they wouldn’t cover 100% from their own warranty, but it was better knowing Long was going to charge me $7-8k. Brian helped me get a rental car covered from Hyundai since some of the items were on back order. I was very grateful for that since I hadn’t had the car for two weeks at this point. A couple weeks later Brian called me and stated the car should be ready in a day or two and suggested random replacements, like air filters and brakes (all I take care of myself and have receipts on the last time I changed them) I picked up the car and paid my 15% of the cost which ended up being $828. I told him I wanted a test drive, no offense to him or the dealership, but I can’t trust anyone. Upon entering the vehicle I noticed the abs light and traction light on and the blind spot detection wasn’t working. I took it for a drive and went back and talked to Brian about that, stating there was no issue with this when I brought it. He had a tech sheet stating they ran the code when they got the car and it was on. I asked why it was never brought up to me while the car was in his shop for almost 3 weeks. He stated the tech ran some tests and stated it was operating properly and didn’t want to sell me a part I didn’t need. I stated having the abs and traction light on could be dangerous and could malfunction and he stated “it won’t lock up” and “it’s fine”. However, he did offer to fix the issue for free labor and I pay for the part, which was $360. I told him I wasn’t giving Hyundai any more money and drove my car home with all three of those lights on my dash. I am glad the car has a new engine and Brian did help me out with a lot of things, but there are still issues that should have been taken care of that just weren’t. The last month with the car and dealing with all of Hyundai has been beyond frustrating and I now have a car I don’t trust or feel safe in. They have definitely lost me and my family as customers and I hope anyone reading this will think twice before buying anything made by Hyundai.

So glad someone else covered this! I’ve been covering these engines helping people get them replaced for 4 years now! Worst engine ever made! I wrote a book for anyone who wants help getting theirs replaced!

Happy Thanksgiving from Australia Eric, we don't do Thanksgiving here but I'm grateful for you and your channel - I look forward to your videos every Sunday (which is when they come out here). This is a great bonus. All the best to you and the family.

Happy Thanksgiving Eric. A engine that keeps on giving.

Y’all’s presentation technique is gold! Informative, yet humorous! Keep it up!!!

Poking around on the phone and saw a new teardown mid-week. So exciting. Wife and kids have Seinfeld or The Office, some Netflix crap. Teardowns are the stuff of life. Thanks so much ! Keep it up! Happy Holidays all.

As a Hyundai Sonata owner. I’ve been waiting for this one! Happy thanksgiving Eric! 👍

Thank you so much for this wonderful teardown. One of my family members had a Kia which probably did have this engine. I do not know the entire story but I think the engine on that vehicle failed catastrophically. I believe the relative kept up all required services but I must ask about that in more detail. This video is really helpful to me in understanding what might have happened to the other person's vehicle. Thank you so much for giving us the water pump skit! I love it! I especially like the heartbroken look on the guy's face as he knelt over the broken pump.

Happy thanksgiving to you and all the other gear heads watching. My dad just sold his crown vic with 385k miles and it still ran pretty good but was rusting out in the rear end. It would be really cool to see more high mile stuff and how they wear over time. Thanks for these, i want to do this for a living now.

I love your channel, I was a Mechanic in the 1980s, wish we had social media back then. Thank you for your time in making these videos. I hope you , your family and your crew have a wonderful holidays.

Honda just announced a rod bearing recall on recent J motors. But BMW would just call this kind of thing normal wear items. That said, though, I had a BMW/Mini w a B38 that actually had a stop sale/recall on a main bearing. I find it remarkable that something as old-tech and fundamental as plain bearings still have regular design/defect issues in this century.

Love these teardowns. Its fascinating how these different manufacturers solve the same problems and create others. If you ever have the time I would love to see (and i believe others would agree) a montage video of just cracking loose head and cam cap bolts. Keep up the great work and Happy Thanksgiving.

My 2014 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid blew its engine at about 133k miles due to the rod knocking issue. I babied that engine changing oil every 5k and spark plugs at 100k, but it didn't matter in the end. Fortunately I had the KSDS update done earlier that year and maintained oil change records, so Hyundai is replacing the engine under warranty. Thanks for the teardown. Very informative!

That rod almost cut the block in half. Impressive ! Thanks for the bonus teardown, happy Thanksgiving, Eric !

My family leased a 2016 Sonata Limited with the 2.4, which I primarily drove from 2016-2019. Only put 45k on it, but during that whole time, engine was fine. I actually really liked it overall, great MPG AND a large fuel tank (18.5 gal), so ~600 mile range, great for long road trips (I prefer to stop for gas on my own terms). Heated & cooled seats, panoramic sunroof, quiet and comfortable. I was tempted to buy out the lease after and own it myself, but ended up buying a Lexus ISF instead. The ISF was great, but it's harsh ride and bad mileage made me kinda miss my old Sonata. Years later I talked to an uber driver who was driving me in that same gen Sonata and I said "isn't this car great?" And he was like "no, not at all, this engine has had a lot of problems!" I was shocked. It was after that I learned how problematic these engines are. Safe to say I have no interest in owning a car with this engine (or even any Hyundai/Kia) again!

This engine ruined my buddy's life. Metal in oil at 115k. No help from Hyundai. 6k for replacement. Had to start double shifting at work to make ends meet.

That is your best water pump bit to date. Well played and hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving!

Excellent show of tear-down. I have the Hyundai 3.5L which is running ok at 160K miles and I hope it goes much more. After seeing your teardown and reading some comments, I would never want to own a Theta 2.4. Thank you.

I've had 4 Hyundai/kia vehicles starting in 2005, and now a 2021 K5 GT LINE. Never had any engine issues, fortunately never had this engine. The cars over all were super reliable, no EXPENSIVE repairs, all kept till around 120.000 miles when sold. I keep buying them because I've always had a great experience with them. The K5 is a very nice vehicle. Thanks for the THANKSGIVING DAY TREAT!

Love the bonus Thanksgiving teardown! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

Have a 2013 Sportage with the 2.4 Theta GDI. It never saw more than 5,000 miles before another full synthetic oil change and fresh filter. It seized up (rod bearing of course) cruising on the highway at 89,000 miles and with 6 months remaining on the Kia original owner's 10-year warranty. The dealership and Kia honored the warranty so the otherwise great little SUV now has a new Kia rebuilt engine and the knock sensor hardware and software retrofits. You definitely got it right: the rod bearings in this engine are simply under-engineered size-wise. Hopefully, Kia is now using more advanced materials in its rod bearings for these rebuilds; if they're not, they're crazy since our new engine is under warranty until the Second Coming. The car is great, and the engine has always been very smooth running. After seeing that balance cartridge, I can see why. Your videos are splendidly informative btw; the way you tear down these engines is very purposeful, methodical, and instructive. The way you treat water pumps is another matter, however. I'm surprised the ASPCP hasn't gotten on your case for that. LOL

I don't know how I missed this one when it came out, But, Thank you for your dedication to your fan base.

Over the last couple years I've seen these cars lined up at the local dealer service dept waiting for engine replacement. It has to be costing Hyundai a ton of money in warranty and "good will" repairs. Looking at the parts it's a pretty generic design but subtle problems can lead to big trouble. We've been building engines like this for 100 yrs but "lessons learned" get forgotten as experienced folks get retired.

Had a Santa Fe with the 2.0T Theta II that blew up at 31k while coasting down a hill a few years ago. Had it towed to the dealer and they had 34 cars waiting on engines! Took almost 6 weeks to get it repaired

Years ago I worked with an Engineer who was the son of a Honda dealership owner. His fathers mantra was "oill is cheeper than overhaul". You channel should be required viewing for people who drive and own cars. We all need to be reminded that opening the hood and checking things is essential for engine life.

We're thankful for you and your fantastic engin teardown videos. Hope you and your family had a very Happy Thanksgiving.

Dude you're a star! Happy Thanksgiving from the UK! Really annoys me when these bad engines get such an easy ride in the market when I remember the flak Rover took over the K series, which was mainly to do with BMW getting greedy.

Thank you for doing this engine, my wife’s 2018 Santa Fe sport just got a brand new engine after 80k and burning over 1.5 quarts every 1000 miles. This is after 6 months of battling the dealership but it was eventually covered. The thing that I found out is that these cars do not have an engine low oil sensor (my 21 year old bmw will tell me the oil is 1qt low with a caution light). Also that Hyundai specs their engines so that if it burns 1qt per 1000 miles driven its is within specs. The oil system is 5 quarts and Hyundai recommends oil changes every 7500 miles. this is the reason for the lawsuit. The only and first indication you have that the oil is low is the oil pressure low warning light which she got driving to work and when I checked the oil after about 3000 miles from her last change the dipstick came out dry... First and last hyundai/kia we buy.

Hey thanks for the extra video! Appreciate it! I love watching the tear downs, brutal or not so brutal...It's always a learning experience and thank you for the time you put into these vids. I'm still trying to figure out the fascination with the chains tho lol. ;)

A bonus teardown for Thanksgiving.....Thank you, Eric!!!! You rock!

i’m a master tech at kia and will tell you i replace atleast 4 a week for free on cars with this engine. couple factors are at play lack of proper maintenance, rod bearing sizing faulty/ direct injection engines have the worst issues by far/ to give an example i just had a 21 with the 2.4 come in that had 50k miles this week had a oil change at 20k miles and then its second one at 49k miles. engine began to knock at 50k and they are suprised they aren’t getting an engine under warranty… i also believe there is an issue with the oil pump they have for the 4 cylinders due tot he fact most failures i see are with the very last rod bearing getting improper lubrication

Happy Thanksgiving man! I absolutely love your water pump skits; i swear they cure my depression. lol. Also, absolute long shot, I'd love to see a tear down on an Subaru EA81 or EA82, had terrible luck out of those motors, there has to be at least one. EDIT: didn't specify make of engine.

What a wonderful bonus!! Thank you Eric, please have a fantastic Holiday, can't wait for Saturday.

Thanks, Eric! Always appreciate a little carnage with my holidays...

There was a point and time where the Hyundai dealer by my work had rows and rows of these engines outside of the parts shipping door. Both cores and new engines. It was wild to look at.

Global engines have landed in the Ford, Chevy, Chrysler as well as Hyundai / Kia line ups and probably nearly all Builders. Bad oil changes and debris left behind at the machine shop process were heavy hitters against the line up. There are even specialty tools for checking piston/ rod end play thru spark plug holes and required for warranty claim if the engine turns over. I enjoy your channel and Thank your for sharing.

Another fascinating destroyed engine take down video. Thanks and more importantly, Happy Thanksgiving to you and your fam.

We are thankful for you as well Eric. Your videos are very entertaining. Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

Ah yes kia/Hyundai I can't remember a single engine ive worked on through many years of tearing apart engines that I hate more that the gdi engines.

Thanks Eric! My mother loaned me her 2013 Sonata a couple years ago. The engine let go while I was doing some...ahem...mildly spirited driving around town. It took the local Hyundai dealership 8 months to get a replacement engine. The good news, is they gave her a free loaner car for that whole time XD

Happy Thanksgiving from Las Vegas everyone! Among other things, I'm thankful for the bonus show!

Great video, had personal experience with this engine. Bought a 2011 Sorento in 2015 with 50k miles. Put on another 70k miles and changed the oil every 3500 - 5000 miles. Replaced steering rack under warranty and never had any other problems with it. At 120,000 miles we gave it to our youngest son when he moved to Florida. Just after Christmas 2022, while driving from VA to FL, the engine when BANG, but he managed to nurse it home 600 miles to FL. He got a new engine under warranty. I must say KIA stands by its products. Other than the offending connecting rod, I'm impressed with the lack of wear in the internals. Would be interesting to see if oil gallery to the #3 con rod bearing was blocked. Good to see that KIA uses a steel timing chain. Subaru engines have interference valves and are notorious for bending them when the rubber timing belt breaks.

When I was in service at Kia they said it was #3 that would not get enough oil and throw a rod. This seems to match with what I was told for sure. Cool video

I worked at Kia from about 2010-2017 and we all got real good at beating book time on engine R&R. I've seen a few, including one my daughter owns, last over 200K on the original Theta II 2.4 and everyone used 5W-30 Synthetic and changed the oil about every 4-5K. Yes, they are a POS lightweight crappy designed throw away engine but thin 5W-20 isn't their friend and especially for people that go 10K on oil changes and forget to check it and add some every once in a while. My Daughter's has always since day one used about a quart of oil every 4K and that's how I know it's time to change it.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, Eric, to you and your family. This bonus teardown, beyond anything, beats the blazes out of feetsball and crappy stories from that goofy uncle! Thank you, and I am toasting you with a mug of New Orleans-style coffee! Bill from District X

going over the parts is a real realzation of what is going on. thank you for showing this.

Saw a short with a guy who supposedly got fired for showing 20 engines in a shop to get replaced in Kia/Hyundai's.

I own a 2018 Kia Sportage LX with this engine. Purchased it used at 29k miles three years ago, now up to 88k. Replaced the knock sensor harness and software update per the recall. Engine runs very smooth because I baby my cars. Mobile One Full Synthetic oil changed regularly at 5k miles or less. I also drive conservatively avoiding stomping on the pedal. Thank you for this teardown, very educational.

I was blessed during my automotive classes to rebuild the top end of one of these; new valves, guides, keepers, springs, the works. Came out of a 2017 Sante Fe. 3 valves had been completely burnt through, resulting in the car being totaled out and donated to our college. Never in my life have I seen so much carbon build up, especially for an engine that had 150k miles. I was thankful that it ran again after spending way too much time on it.

I've discovered your channel in the last few days and just wanted to post saying so far I enjoy it. Keep up the good work 😊

This autopsy was brutal. We really are here for the carnage. Hope everyone in the US enjoyed Thanksgiving.

Wow... this one hits home... and on Turkey day.. how did you know... I am stranded in Blueridge Georgia and couldn't get back to Knoxville Tennessee for Thanksgiving.. Very sad day..with metal shrapnel everwhere and holes in the block.. Now I have a hole in my heart..broken..

Thanks for the thanksgiving surprise! I hope you and your family have a wonderful thanksgiving!

Thank you Eric. Made my Thanksgiving all the much better

I'm a Kia tech. These engines burn oil all the time from the valves, causing us to do oil consumption checks ever 1k miles and they fail the check 95% of the time. After 3 checks, if they fail all 3, new motor. There's literally a nation wide recall on these motors to have them replaced because they are so bad. We replace at least 4 a week. Valve cover gasket issues are also common causing oil leaks. I've been waiting for this video lol. I've seen these being replaced before 10k because of oil consumption issues. When I mean it's every one, it's every single 2.4. Oil changes on these are always fun, because most the time not even a quart drains from them.

They wear out and burn oil, they run out of oil, they blow up, then Hyundai/Kia tells you it's your fault because you ran it out of oil. If your coolant leaked from a weak hose from the factory, ran out of coolant, then overheated the engine, they would ignore the fact their hoses sucked and say "we're not covering a head gasket because you ran it without coolant." It's such a pathetic way to spin a problem owners shouldn't have to worry about.

I'm a warranty inspector and see these, probably 3 a month, more sometimes. I notice that it's almost always rod #3, either spins or seizes. I have a theory that it has something to do with the thrust bearing. Either too much clearance behind the bearing, or something to do with the drilling there, but changes delivery to the #3 bearin. , But that really doesn't explain why #4 doesn't suffer this fate equally, if not more. Talked to several techs and they think it possibly could be something along those lines. That dual oil pump is otherwise phenomenal to have, but somehow just doesn't negate this oil-related issue. Great video!!!

Thank you for a great tear down, made a nice surprise after working hard today.

I work on these cars everyday. No matter how good the 2.4s are taken care of, they always burn oil. And yes Eric is absolutely correct, we have engine cars that have been waiting for months. It is virtually impossible to get these engines in. Quick edit: Hyundai only approves engines if they burn more than 1 qt. of oil every 1000 miles.

I've had at least 8 customers come back to me to request their oil change history invoices so Kia / Hyundai would replace their engine under warranty. Quite surprised that they all got replaced for free since some of them were over five years old.

Happy thanksgiving Eric. Thanks for the midweek teardown

Thanks for the Holiday Cheer! A blown 4 banger is always a joy. Hate 4 bangers! But that's me!

Video was interupted by a Hyundai commercial...

I've got the same non DI engine in my 2012 Tuscon. 221k on it. Burns a quart between the 5k mile oil changes and sounds like a 3 cyl. Kubota on cold start, but she's still running strong. Gets quiet after it warms up. And it sees WOT multiple times a day. I was hoping to bring it up to you Eric for a tear down once she quits, but I hope to get a lot more miles out of it first.

I'm thankful to have found your channel. Thank you for the bonus teardown . Happy Thanksgiving ; )

Thanks for the bonus teardown, happy Thanksgiving to you and your family

The overall design of that engine looks pretty good, bit of a shame that it's condemned because of a lubrication failure.

Eric, you have truly become a skilled dipstick tube remover. Well done.

Nice Job. THANK YOU for everything you do. Happy Thanksgiving to you & your entire family.

Happy Thanksgiving Eric. This was more entertaining than the NFL football games.

I love my '17 optima. 80k and not a single issue. The perfect appliance vehicle. With the lifetime engine warranty, I'll probably keep it another ten years.

Another great episode Eric!!; My guess is this engine has lubrication issues to the rod bearings... The main bearings probably survived quite well because they are the first bearings to be fed oil, then the oil is sent through the crank to the throws, where the volume & pressure is probably insufficient... I'm also thinking there are 2 oil pumps because 1 pump is for the top-end, and the other pump feeds the bottom-end...The notion of machining chips being lodged inside of the oil passages seem to make sense, because of the isolated damage this engine was subjected to... BTW , The suprano 'Alvin & the chipmunks' voice and the Low pitched 'droid' voice you use are quite funny... The low voice that mentioned the word 'violence' when you were taking the ballancer/oil pumps cartridge aoart; had me rolling, holding my gut when laughing so hard.. 😂

Thanks for being one of the rare US-based KZfaqrs that recognise that 96% of the global population doesn't live in the US! I always enjoy your videos. I know you don't 'do' EVs but another entry in the Hyundai disaster catalog are the simple 2-stage gear reducers used their earlier EVs that sometimes develop tapping noises. It took me a year to realise that the cause is simply that the particle magnet was not secured in place rigidily but allowed to rattle around in a pocket under influence of the oil flow. It collects particles, wears them down then releases them back into the oil. 5 years later Hyundai have still not figured this out.

Happy Thanksgiving Eric. I am thankful for this bonus episode.

I daily a 86 Nissan Hardbody that has a 2.4L Z24I. That's a Electro injection dual spark hemi with tappets and NAPZ emission system. I love the engine and have replaced all gaskets and timing components. Its a strange engine to work on and not impossible to find.

I replaced one of these engines in a customer's vehicle. It had 60,000 miles on and had the oil changed every 3000 miles and had no oil consumption. It was locked up solid. What a shame, the customer tried their best to maintain it and it still failed.

I’m glad there was a video to look forward to. I missed half my family cause I hit a cooler on the highway and banged up the bottom end of my car pretty good. I wasn’t gonna risk driving an hour on a car I didn’t know was okay to drive. If I had pinched off a transmission line or a brake line I could be in for a pretty decent accident. Glad everything ended without one, but I’d rather not have to miss out on seeing family I don’t get to see very often.

Seems like everyone knows someone who's Theta II has failed on them. Thanks for the bonus content and happy turkey day!

As a hyundai master tech, it comes down to the vehicle being gdi, they run dirty and consume oil , so eventually they just give up

Just had my girls 2012 optima 2.4 gdi with failure at 60k thousand miles completely burned all the oil in 1k miles And I use either Amsoil or royal purp synthetic on my vehicles and boats they're are Beautiful cars but boy do those engines go to shit quickly

Thank you for the Thanksgiving teardown. Have a good Thanksgiving !

Thanks Eric for another excellent video! Happy Thanks Giving to you and yours! Keep up the great content!😊😊👍👍