The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[leolop]

i'll be buying new (sorry hinlog) tires pretty soon. any suggestions where and for how much i should get dunlops?

[hinlog]

i'll be buying new (sorry hinlog) tires pretty soon. any suggestions where and for how much i should get dunlops?

Its okay, I got my replacement from CASA...GoodYear Fortena few weeks ago it cost me around 15K..the same tire size 205/70r15.

[altec]

Why are your tires 205/70r15? My original tires are 215/70r15. Naputukan na ako ng isang gulong, so I got a dunlop but its still as reserve, inuubos ko pa ang original tires ko, but the dunlop is still 215/70r15.

[mikey177]

Yup, my original Kumho tires, as well as the Dunlop Le Mans RV and my latest set, Dunlop EC201 are all 215/70R15.

dzone23:::

The diesel Sedona is a good family van. Even the last few pages of this thread will give you more info on it.

[altec]

Mikey, ec201 din ang nabili ko, but its still as reserve tire. How is it? 2nd, my oem battery will be three years old this june, but still kicking, although nag discharge siya at ayaw umandar last week. Ang hirap pala ipush start ang sedona diesel? Ayaw, after 5 pushes. So I removed the 3smf battery from my other car to start the sedona. Bumili ako ng new battery just in case for holy week pero di ko pa kinakabit kasi 1st thing in the morning, start pa rin ulit, kasi if weak na battery mo, early morning start dead na dapat, e nakaka start pa rin. I had the battery tested, and the technician said, may sirang cell na at malapit na daw for replacement. Ang point ko dito is that it means our engine energy start up requirement is very small, maski mahina na battery kaya pa istart. I remember my gen2 paj using a 4d56tdic, dapat malakas parati ang battery. After 1 year, hard starting na. But when I transfer that battery to my fuego, quick start ang fuego.

[mikey177]

altec,

Parang maingay ang Dunlop EC201 sa highway. The steady hum of the tires on the pavement is more noticeable than with the Dunlop Le Mans. Kaso, walang nagbebenta ng Le Mans dito sa nayon namin kaya ayun.

My original battery also died about a year ago. Good thing I was in a grocery parking lot and there were a lot of able-bodied vendors who were willing to give me a push. Na-kadyot ko naman sya sa second try at nag-start yung makina, pero kinailangan ko nang magpalit ng bagong baterya the next morning.

[benchph1]

hello from la union!

my tires are also 215/70/15. still rolling on the lemans rv 501's i bought a year ago.

btw just paid my most expensive repair bill three days ago * signet edsa. bill was 12k. the ff were replaced:

strut bushing x 2
a/c idler bearing
a/c belt
p/s return hose
crankshaft pulley

i was complaining of a weird noise when i start it in the morning. culprits were the a/c idler bearing & crankshaft pulley.

[hinlog]

Hi there,

Honestly, I don't have any idea why the tire size is at 205, I recently acquired my Kia
Car and did not bother to use 215 as the previous owner used 205 anyway. What could be the potential problem that I may encounter using 205? I just noticed that at an approximately 30degrees elevation, sumayad na yung bumper ko, nagasgasan pati yung ilalim nito ko, I don't know if I can attribute it to the tire size. Similarly, I would like to know where can I buy the rubber that I can put on top of the rear bumper, prone kasi na magasgasan whenever we unload stuff e. Thanks in advance.

[altec]

205/70 r15 96T Goodyear Fortera vs 215/70r15 98H Hankook OEM tires. 96 load index max kgs 710kgs, versus 98 load index max kgs 750kgs. If our sedona has a curb weight of 1735 manual tyranny, and 1835 automatic, plus maybe 500kgs load, the 96 load index is still sufficient. Note your target load index should be 20% above the expected maximum car tare or fully loaded weight. Therefore, if manual, 1735 +500 = 2235 divide by 4 assuming each tire carries equal weight, is 558.75kgs per tire, plus 20%, thus a load per tire of 670.5. But with the automatic, load per tire goes up to 700.5. Now if you really load it up to 700kgs, manual tyranny load per tire goes up to 730.5, while automatic goes up to 760.5. In this latest scenario, the 205 load index is only 96 and 710 kgs, although it is still enough without the 20% safety allowance, but really borderline. I really doubt if our car's weight is equally distributed throughout, baka 60/40 pa nga eh.

T speed rating max speed 190kph, H speed rating max speed 210kph.
Of course, the bigger the load index, the better, as long as kaya sa wheel well. I know the sedona is 215, I don't know with the local carnival, which is the predecessor of the local sedona, baka mas maliit ang wheel well, thus requiring a 205 tire instead of a 215 tire. A 205 tire is just thinner width than a 215 tire.

[benchph1]

there you are, thoroughly explained by altec. for me, its simple as following what the manufacturer recommends.