If this engine ingested debris I don’t understand how Hyundai can be held responsible. If you feel the failure was due to a manufactures defect you should seek assistance in identifying this. I don’t believe the Attorney General will inspect your engine and investigate the sabotage, the local TV station might investigate.
Wood pieces interfering with valves will cause your engine to go into limp in. How did the wood enter the engines intake system? You need to investigate this before you can place blame on the manufacture. There is an explanation of how this occurred but the dealer and insurance company may not be interested in researching this.
“@db4690
I wonder if the wood chips were to be carefully removed, would that restore normal compression?”
I Wondered The Same Thing… Back On April 26, I Pondered… April 26
"@Bobbyg1958
What Is Actually Damaged? Why Can’t It Go Back Together With A New Head Gasket And Bolts?"
CSA
Here is the latest. I started an insurance claim on 3/17 and it has been under the jurisdiction of their investigative team since they. The plans were to send next level investigator and inspect the unit on next Tuesday. They told me that they could not point the blame towards the dealership unless their was a video that showed it but wanted to send another agent out . This past Monday I contacted the consumer affairs team to see what the up date was on my claim on Hyundai paying the rental. All they would tell me is they are working on it and it has been escalated to the next level. So I decided to contact Hyundai corporate office and sent them pictures that I had taken by the insurance company. App 30 minutes ago, I received a call from Hyundai corporate and they stated the following
covering the rental
2.covering all the repairs
They stated after review all the pictures that this could have been caused by a rodent after the engine was broken down and so many of you suggested this. thanks again for all the support and info.
The dealer will start working on the car tomorrow and should be ready next week, but what concerns me is that if I didn’t push a few buttons this would not have been resolved
Good news but will someone please take a look at the air filter just out of curiosity? There might still be junk in the plenum. Don’t want to ruin another engine. (But sounds like they think maybe they had some critters running around the shop?) Best check under the seats before driving it away.
If I am reading the OP’s last post correctly the engine had been taken apart for inspection and then the wood chips showed up after that. Meaning the wood chips did not cause the failure but did confuse the mechanics and this is why Hyundia is repairing the engine. I am going to go have a drink now.
That is an interesting theory. Having seen the wood chunks stuck in the valves would, however, tend to make that seem unlikely… UNLESS the chunks weren’t stuck in the valves until the valves were closed DURING disassembly. Note that I’ve added a seeming contradiction to my own statement acknowledging a possibility that the wood chips were, in fact, introduced by some varmint at some point during the disassembly process, like overnight after the techs had gone home after removing the induction system but before removing the head.
Even a 1% probability is a possibility. Whatever the truth is, it’s weird, so even a weird theory is viable.
I’ve come to the conclusion that some things will never be resolved. Told this before but there still is no answer. I bought my generator at a pawn shop. Looked brand new and the muffler was not even discolored so hadn’t run much. Got it home and wouldn’t start. Changed fuel but still no. So pulled the plug and the electrode had no gap what so ever. The plug was dark so had run a little. It ran a little so wasn’t a factory issue. Best I can figure a guy bought it during or anticipating a storm, then hocked it after the storm but maybe planned to come back for it and wanted to make sure no one used it. I dunno, but put a new plug in and ran like a top.
My understanding was Hyundai gave up on figuring it out and fighting it, probably because the insurance company was involved too. I don’t think anybody had been able to explain this.
I’d say walk around the dealer shop and see if they have the same wood chips in their landscape because what ever tech told you wood chips caused your motor to fail is most likely not the brightest
