Ermmmmmm.... I think that Komoco guy is an engine near not an
engineer n doing Hyundai a disservice by saying that. Ask him to
explain Hyundai sonata CRDi sold in Australia n NZ since 2008? Mind
you, these are huge market we are talking abt. Will Hyundai juz any
o how redesign n move it to these mkts haphazardly? I sincerely
believe it is built quality and maintenance which is the issue
here, not design. Koreans are doing a great job designing stuffs
from electronics to cars, my only gripe is built quality
usually.
Whether near or far away from engine I dunno, but at least he is
working near it than those sitting in office and call themselve
engineers.
Australia and NZ use alot of diesel operating vehicle, for them,
with their kind of temperature, no problem for their cooling
system, in fact they have to heat up the vehicle with heater during
winter or cold weather, as for tropical car, the design is
different, the cooling bore and space must be bigger, now you know
why toyota, honda and nissan assemble in thailand, so that
they can test run on a hot weather, but sonata is make in
korea,
And when they arrive into singapore, the engineer have to
replace the cooling bore bigger in diameter, increase the timimg
and flow.
In country like singapore, flashing of cooling system once a
while is a must, otherwise once heated up, your vehicle will not be
the same again, why? because at high temperature, many parts goes
out of alignment/expanded/melted and many other irregularities. So,
even if you are able to address and fix or renew the burnt parts,
many other parts already affected, leading to less hp, more intake
of fuel to move and noises.
It just like a body, if you do not take care, drink water, get
very sick, go into operation, you are not the same anymore.