The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[DacoTyan]

Good stuff diesoline!

[mikey177]

Great stuff, diesoline. Kinda makes me want to hie off to Baguio to escape the heat in Urdaneta. We went to Manaoag, San Fabian and Agoo during the long Labor Day weekend, but I wasn't able to take any pics of my ride in these places. Next time...

[witch]

Great scenes and experience indeed!

[hinlog]

hi there,

just an update re noise that I hear everytime I shift to reverse gear, it was solved by putting a rubber in the metal clamp where the aircon pipes pass thru.

another query, what could be the problem in my aircon, recently, nawawala intermittenly yung lamig na ibinubuga nya? tapos, at times naman, it seems aircon is a-okay.

thanks in advance!

[altec]

i experienced that last year. What I did was to turn the thermostat dial to the right (hot) then turn back right to coolest setting, this will trigger the compressor to switch on. Bumalik ang lamig. Ang theory ko then was medyo mahina na ang freon (r134 not r12) level, so I just tried this method (and it worked for a few months). But eventually, nawala na talaga ang lamig. They replaced an o-ring only.

[leolop]

TEMP LOSS OF POWER STEERING!!!

There's this haripin turn at my place which is a bit tight for the carnival so i anticipate it by stopping and turning the wheel to the max to the left before proceeding. yesterday when i had come out of the turn, the steering wheel suddenly felt jammed, then i realized power steering was gone.

our carnivals are heavy machines so i almost cramped twisting the wheel with full exertion. i turned the iginition off and checked the power steering fluid. level was ok. i checked the ground for any sign of dripping fluid, nothing. i expected a busted hose and fluid spraying everywhere but it was clean. i tried it turning the car on and off, but no change.

being late, i decided i would bring it to the casa next day. but lo and behold when i tried it this morning, problem was gone and all was ok. what the heck?? i'm thankful but fearful at the same time.

anybody else experience this? i remember a comment from the thread that you should not turn the wheel at max for a long time, how come? any comments and insights would be appreciated.

[altec]

Leolop, my thoughts on what happened with you: flush your power steering system and replace with new atf/power fluid. Its possible that there is a floating substance that caused your system to clog at that point, causing a loss in fluid passing through the system. This block may have jarred itself loose when you did what you did, thus allowing fluid to pass through again. Putting your steering at full turn shouldn't cause what you experienced. Full turn just puts greater pressure in the power steering pump, thus you feel it grunt, groan and shudder whenever you move while at full turn level, so not really healthy for the pump and gear box. But that doesn't answer why you had a sudden loss.

[DacoTyan]

Or maybe air got into his power sterring.

[mikey177]

altec::: Which o-ring did they replace when they checked your air conditioning system? Does the freon in the system really leak out over time (even without a leak), such that it has to be replaced on a regular basis, say, every year?

diesoline::: I just had my 135,000-km PMS done, and I had the sample Racor fuel filter you provided replaced at the same time (ang bilis lumipas ng 500 operating hours).

Here's a pic of the Racor filter after it was taken out:



The inside still looks relatively clean, although the filter fibers turned a bit brownish. I'm thinking of how I can cut the filter in half to get a good cross-sectional shot of it

Overall, I didn't experience any negative effects using the filter. Acceleration, cruising and idling were still normal, and black emissions from the tailpipe were few and far between.

[hinlog]

i experienced that last year. What I did was to turn the thermostat dial to the right (hot) then turn back right to coolest setting, this will trigger the compressor to switch on. Bumalik ang lamig. Ang theory ko then was medyo mahina na ang freon (r134 not r12) level, so I just tried this method (and it worked for a few months). But eventually, nawala na talaga ang lamig. They replaced an o-ring only.

Hi Altec,

You are right, it worked to me as well...next step, is to let the aircon tech check into it. Salamat.