# 2019 Kia Sorento - Oil check **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** kia\ **Created:** [May 27, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083 "2019-05-27T15:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Walter01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Walter01](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Walter01)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/1 "2019-05-27T15:06:03Z")
I head my first oil change on my car at 7000 miles. The dealer used re refined motor oil, is this normal now. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/2 "2019-05-27T15:13:58Z")
No, it isn’t in my area. If the oil meets the manufacturer’s specs, should not be an issue. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/3 "2019-05-27T16:40:20Z")
The dealer actually put re-refined on your report? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/4 "2019-05-27T20:48:50Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > The dealer actually put re-refined on your report? +1 … and, if this vehicle requires synthetic oil, is there even such a thing as re-refined synthetic oil? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/5 "2019-05-27T20:54:57Z")
well, the whole definition of “synthetic” is far from its original definition nowadays, is it not? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/6 "2019-05-27T20:59:02Z")
> [@thegreendrag0n](#): > > the whole definition of “synthetic” is far from its original definition nowadays, is it not? When I troll the aisles at AutoZone, Advance Auto, or even Wal-Mart, I have never seen any re-refined synthetic oil. Have you observed such a product? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/7 "2019-05-27T21:02:03Z")
I’m wondering if there’s some miscommunication going on here . . . ? ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/8 "2019-05-27T21:02:54Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > I’m wondering if there’s some miscommunication going on here . . . ? +1 That is also my theory… until presented with evidence to the contrary… ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/9 "2019-05-27T21:05:01Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > I have never seen any re-refined synthetic oil. Have you observed such a product? not really 🙂 moreover, they used to have some kind of re-refined Valvoline and since it is my brand of choice at Wally, I decided to try it once, considering it met the spec for my Subaru it was a dead-wrong decision in the hidsight oil turned black much faster than usual one, I’ve also experienced higher than usual burn rate off it went and usual Valvoline came in, giving me back the usual 5K miles OCI and 0.5 quarts burn what my Subie was showing before I never played this game again and it cured my curiosity as well 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/10 "2019-05-27T21:08:53Z")
[https://www.valvoline.com/about-us/faq/recycled-oil-myths](https://www.valvoline.com/about-us/faq/recycled-oil-myths) Tester ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/11 "2019-05-27T21:15:55Z")
good FAQ, still I described my own experience, not repeating some myth I could imagine that some engines would experience less or no ill effects it is Subaru’s engine what is quite picky on oil, especially as it ages ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/12 "2019-05-27T21:24:14Z")
My son brings me recycled synthetic oil from where he works for free. The engine has never had a problem with it. Tester ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/13 "2019-05-27T21:27:02Z")
I’m not sure what “recycled synthetic oil” term describes. Can you elaborate on brand/trademark? I bet @VDCdriver will be as interested to know as I am. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/14 "2019-05-27T21:30:48Z")
They buy it bulk in a 55 gallon drum from Ashland oil company. He brings it home in a one gallon jug. Tester ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/15 "2019-05-27T21:36:50Z")
> [@thegreendrag0n](#): > > it is Subaru’s engine what is quite picky on oil, especially as it ages My 2011 Outback Limited 3.6R, with more than 95k on the odometer, still consumes oil at a rate of only 1/8 of quart between its 5k miles oil changes. The brand of oil doesn’t seem to be an issue with this bullet-proof engine. ---
**Author:** ![thegreendrag0n](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thegreendrag0n/32/9265_2.png) [@thegreendrag0n](https://community.cartalk.com/u/thegreendrag0n)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2019-kia-sorento-oil-check/141083/16 "2019-05-27T21:43:50Z")
my experience was exclusively with 4-cylinder Subarus, older 2.2 liter non-intereference one, then multiple EJ253, they all ate 0.5 quarts or more in 5000 miles change interval, which made me to educate myself a little bit on oil specs and try low-[NOACK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noack_volatility_test) oil types, namely Valvoline Syntetics. it allowed me to reduce burn rate to the one where I would not need to add oil between changes I agree, Subaru’s 3.6 liter 6-cylinder engine is very different in this regard, I guess because it is much less loaded in the Outback. 2.5 liter one is undersized for that body