2012 Kia Rio

**jaguartiu** · March 15th, 2013 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Tunaflakes

Question po for all you guys who own the 2012 kia rio.. My wife and I are planning to get a car, I met a nice SA who gave us a good quote sa Kia Rio 1.2 LX MT.. She also gave us a good quote on the Kia Picanto.. Now I'm having a hard time on deciding.. The price difference is not that significant din naman.. I need a car na tipid sa fuel.. Picanto since its a compact car, it will definitely give me good FC pero I'm still considering the kia rio.. is this something that you can recommend? ano po ang good and bad side ng kia rio 1.2 lX.. maraming salamat po in advance sa mga sasagot.

Go for the Rio 1.2... Iba talaga if you have a bigger real estate with wheels on the road. Kotse mo para ma na rin pangalawang bahay mo. The bigger the better.

**Tunaflakes** · March 16th, 2013 03:00 AM

Originally Posted by jaguartiu

Go for the Rio 1.2... Iba talaga if you have a bigger real estate with wheels on the road. Kotse mo para ma na rin pangalawang bahay mo. The bigger the better.

Yes sir! Salamat po sa pagsagot sa tanong ko..

**c_cube** · March 17th, 2013 02:06 AM

Filled up my tank.

I got 8.95km/l (286.5kms/32.029lts)

Mixed driving apx 70city/30hw.

54xx ODO

Caltex Gold

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**c_cube** · March 17th, 2013 10:25 AM

Did my first pms today. Cost me around 3.9k. All materials were from kia sucat. 1.4AT HB

Sabi sa akin ng service advisor. Nasabihan sila ng planta na may balita na malakas sa gas ang rio. Sabi daw ng planta, magpatakbo ng 100-120kms pag pwede dahil daw titipid ito in the long run. Pitik pitik lang daw at wag magbabad sa speed na yun.

Im not sure pero yun rio ko di ganun katakaw sa gas kumpara sa iba,siguro ito ang dahilan. Break in period ko, hinataw ko na pa batangas nun less than 1k palang ang odo. Then dahil im from south, naitatakbo ko ng 100 unit ko tuwing gamit ko.

Hindi kasing tipid ng iba ang rio ko pero not that bad na sa 8-9km/l ko na nakukuha tuwing full tank ko. Sana lang maging mas matipid pa pagtagal.

Yun may mga problema sa FC, try niyo ibirit birit rio niyo, baka in the long run maging matipid.

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**renzo_d10** · March 17th, 2013 10:51 AM

Yan sinasabi ko sa mga taong naniniwala pa rin sa 80kph break in, hataw hatawin nila hangga't bago pa. Wag lang talaga mag-jack rabbit start at huwag lumampas ng 4K rpm. So kung ang 4k rpm niyo eh 150kph kunwari, hatawin niyo hanggang 145kph pero pabago bago kayo ng speed. Gradual increase and decrease lang.

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**chua_allan** · March 18th, 2013 10:05 PM

Sa POV ko style lang nila yun para wala na magreklamo sa kanila ngayon. Based sa observation ko, parang aircon ang may sala sa high fc.

**jaguartiu** · March 18th, 2013 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by chua_allan

Sa POV ko style lang nila yun para wala na magreklamo sa kanila ngayon. Based sa observation ko, parang aircon ang may sala sa high fc.

Try to turn off for a/c for sometime. like going up hill.or turn off your A/C during early morning run or if there is no pollution on the outside air,
Sa totoo lang ang lamig ng A/C sa RIO..

**chua_allan** · March 19th, 2013 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by jaguartiu

Try to turn off for a/c for sometime. like going up hill.or turn off your A/C during early morning run or if there is no pollution on the outside air,
Sa totoo lang ang lamig ng A/C sa RIO..

Honestly, pinapatay ko aircon sa lahat ng instance pa pwede ko siya patayin for the sake na makatipid..Lalo na pag magisa ako sa car. Pero that's not the correct way para bumaba FC ko para lang makahabol sa FC ng ibang cars.

Hindi din.. kapag tirik ang araw hirap din ang aircon ng RIO.. Been thinking of getting VKool pero wala pang budget.

**2RI012** · March 22nd, 2013 04:56 PM

You know guys i've been wondering on a scenario like this

Are we running on a hotter spark plug than needed? because in S. Korea the weather is always cold all year.
So it makes sense that they use a hotter spark plug for an easy cold start right?
Maybe they forgot that it's EXTREMELY HOT (means air is less dense and more humid = less oxygen for the engine) here in the Philippines??
So maybe we should use a colder spark plug??
because a hot weather >> increases engine temp = a hot engine will affect the operating temp of our spark plug right?
Thus making the spark plug too hot and might cause the pre-ignition because of lean mixture
so it will advance the timing.
What if the ignition timing is set to advance and got stuck on advance?
So that means we will be running lean right? and get spark knocks?
So the ECU will compensate for this by running rich right?
Could that explain our super high fuel consumption?

Please someone give me an opinion on this thanks!

**2RI012** · March 22nd, 2013 05:25 PM

A thought just came to me, maybe the culprit is the spark plug? because the weather will always be hot (uncontrollable by us)
So! that means the engine will always run hot right? Thus affecting the spark plug operating temp in which it might cause pre-ignition right??
So the ECU will think the ignition timing is advanced so it will make the fuel mixture run rich right??
So by changing our stock spark plug with a colder plug might change everything right?
Because as i recall when i first got the Kia Rio 2012 for the 1st month of consumption i was roughly getting 8 - 8.8 km / L almost 9km/L
But after that i can only reach 6 - 7 km / L which is ridiculous for a 1.4L engine

So what do you guys think of my theory?