I thought I would share my experience of an oil pump failure with you guys, as it might help one of you in the future and save you about £2,000.
I was driving home in December, and the red oil light came on when I pulled into the services on the M1. Long story short. We got the car back, and after a full check, we found that the oil pump had no pressure.
The spring for the pressure relief valve in the pump had snapped. Below is the pump and the snapped spring. So the problem had been found, but next came the hunt for a replacement pump. What I didn't realise was that, as you can see from the photo below, the pump comes attached to the balance shaft assembly. This makes it (in the UK and apparently Europe) an expensive part to buy and one you can only buy as an OEM part.
We contacted Hyundai UK and found that they have only one of these at the moment in the UK, and it would cost £2,337. Now, I'm not one to cheap out on parts, but this seemed on the expensive side, and my mechanic was not having it, so he started digging around. He then found that this exact part (minus a zero on the part number) is on many cars like the Santa Fe, Sonata, Optima, and Sorento. We found a seller on eBay in South Korea selling new OEM parts, and the pictures matched mine exactly. The best bit is that it is currently £286.62 including shipping to the UK. Once ordered, it said it would take a month to get here, but it actually took six days, which was quicker than it took Hyundai UK to send over some new bolts and gaskets for the car. I paid just under £100 for import duty and tax. I've included a picture of the part number sticker on the box for reference.
My mechanic has done a thorough check over the original and the new part and confirmed they are exactly the same. We are just waiting for one more gasket, then the car is going for a test drive before I collect it later next week.
I almost bought one for sale in the UK from a breaker, but we noticed that the breaker had removed not only the black bolts holding the pump assembly to the bottom of the engine but also the bolts holding the whole assembly together. This could have come apart in shipping, and they don't sell the bolts separately, so we didn't want to risk using that one, plus the new part from Korea was cheaper.
If anyone has a failed pump, I hope this post helps you save a decent amount. Still no idea why the UK part is so damn expensive when it's relatively common and cheap to buy in Korea.
I was driving home in December, and the red oil light came on when I pulled into the services on the M1. Long story short. We got the car back, and after a full check, we found that the oil pump had no pressure.
The spring for the pressure relief valve in the pump had snapped. Below is the pump and the snapped spring. So the problem had been found, but next came the hunt for a replacement pump. What I didn't realise was that, as you can see from the photo below, the pump comes attached to the balance shaft assembly. This makes it (in the UK and apparently Europe) an expensive part to buy and one you can only buy as an OEM part.
We contacted Hyundai UK and found that they have only one of these at the moment in the UK, and it would cost £2,337. Now, I'm not one to cheap out on parts, but this seemed on the expensive side, and my mechanic was not having it, so he started digging around. He then found that this exact part (minus a zero on the part number) is on many cars like the Santa Fe, Sonata, Optima, and Sorento. We found a seller on eBay in South Korea selling new OEM parts, and the pictures matched mine exactly. The best bit is that it is currently £286.62 including shipping to the UK. Once ordered, it said it would take a month to get here, but it actually took six days, which was quicker than it took Hyundai UK to send over some new bolts and gaskets for the car. I paid just under £100 for import duty and tax. I've included a picture of the part number sticker on the box for reference.
My mechanic has done a thorough check over the original and the new part and confirmed they are exactly the same. We are just waiting for one more gasket, then the car is going for a test drive before I collect it later next week.
I almost bought one for sale in the UK from a breaker, but we noticed that the breaker had removed not only the black bolts holding the pump assembly to the bottom of the engine but also the bolts holding the whole assembly together. This could have come apart in shipping, and they don't sell the bolts separately, so we didn't want to risk using that one, plus the new part from Korea was cheaper.
If anyone has a failed pump, I hope this post helps you save a decent amount. Still no idea why the UK part is so damn expensive when it's relatively common and cheap to buy in Korea.
