The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[gregg_g]

[B]it only cost me P330 the other week at fronte.

Is fronte a store in Cebu?

Gregg

[benny]

leolop,
Be-friend Kia service center manager. I'm sure he can get you one. That was how I got mine. Good luck..

[diesoline]

Is fronte a store in Cebu?

Gregg

no gregg_g, it is in banaue in quezon city.

[altec]

could you have it photocopied it and sent via a courier like air2100? the rate is only around P50 for half kilo. i can reimburse the photocopying and sending cost by depositing in your bank account. the manual's too important not to have.

i'm assuming the 3k rpm smoke problem on my carnival is more serious than standard. i was standing behind the car when my wife pressed the pedal. it's way more than nakakahiya. my socks turned dark gray. need to include air filter on my list.

Will try to have it scanned by someone in the office. Kung kaya to send to a yahoo email add, will email it. If not, copy to cd? I think this would be better?

[leolop]

Will try to have it scanned by someone in the office. Kung kaya to send to a yahoo email add, will email it. If not, copy to cd? I think this would be better?

an even better idea that is if you're willing to go through the hassle of scanning. let me know and i'll give you my email add. thanks!

being chummy to a kia service manager is something i'll try later on.

[mikey177]

...i'm assuming the 3k rpm smoke problem on my carnival is more serious than standard. i was standing behind the car when my wife pressed the pedal. it's way more than nakakahiya. my socks turned dark gray. need to include air filter on my list.

Ganun talag pag naka-stock yung vehicle ng matagal. When our road was being repaired a few years ago, I left my Sedona at my in-laws place and I wasn't able to use it for about two weeks. When I started the engine again after that time, I was really embarrassed --para may nagsisiga sa loob ng garahe. However, once I got it out of the garage and revved it up along the highway (at night para walang kotong cops), the thick smoke disappeared.

I second the recommendation to change the air filter. A muffler wash may also be helpful.

Regarding the manual, you could also try requesting one from Kia in Korea. You can find contact email address at this link --> http://www.kiamotors.com/Common/html...t/Contact.html

[diesoline]

there is a new thread over at kotse.com re a poster having accidentally disconnected a hose from the egr resulting in significant soot reduction.

kotse.com thread

what do you guys think?

mikey177, last year i sent an email to kiamotors.com signifying my intent to buy from them an owners' manual in english whether in print or in cd-rom. sa awa ng diyos eh wala pa ring reply hanggang ngayon.

[mikey177]

mikey177, last year i sent an email to kiamotors.com signifying my intent to buy from them an owners' manual in english whether in print or in cd-rom. sa awa ng diyos eh wala pa ring reply hanggang ngayon.

Ganun ba? Sorry to hear that.

When I email a company and they don't reply to my first correspondence after a few days, I send a follow-up email every day for about two weeks. Kung ayaw talaga nila sumagot pagkatapos nun, bahala sila sa buhay nila

[victory]

Hi Iam a Kia Carnival Owner model 2000 MT... do we have a group for Kia Carnival / Sedona owners ?
I have been reading your positive posts .. i agree .. with them.. just treat your van with tlc..

[diesoline]

hello there victory, welcome to tsikot.com and to this thread. we don't have a group yet but i think this thread is close to it though.

gotta run... on the road kasi ako eh! will be back tonight with a photo i shot along the way. good day to you all, carnival/sedona folks!

[rodski]

Hello Guys,

I strongly recommend NOT to remove the vacumm hose to the EGR Valve. The EGR's job is to recycle some exhaust gas back to the intake manifold to reduce the combustion temp and reduce NO emissions. This is computer controlled so the EGR valve will open on certain throttle conditions.

Unfortunately, when the EGR is working soot will accumulate in the intake manifold. When the soot mixes with the PVC vaporized oil then it will form GUnk. Then you will have smoke in the tail pipe.

To prevent this from happening, Use biodiesel to reduce soot in the exhaust. Then stop the vaporixed oil from entering the intake manifold by adding an oil catch can.

Now Im using the bioexceed biodiesel 1 liter for 70 li fulltank. It significantly reduce the soot in the exhaust. I still have no oil catch can so I just have my intake manifold cleaned once a year.

The result is no smoke and good emission score of 0.86 last June.

tnx

Rodski

To preven this

[diesoline]

took this photo this morning on the way down kennon road. kennon road is very beautiful this time of year. what with lush vegetation and numerous waterfalls to be seen along the road. downside is the ever present threat of rockslides. the road has more ruts in some sections due to the present monsoon rains. on the trip back to baguio late this afternoon the highway was wet all throughout with some pooled water in some parts of the road. my new dunlops provided good grip and was more confidence-inspiring that the carnival's former hankooks.

mucho thanks to tsikoteer baiskee for my tires!

rodski, can you post the drawings you have of the oil catch can for fabrication?

[leolop]

great pic, diesoline. parang challenge yata sa iba na maglabas ng digicam and capture those carnival moments. naka-visualize tuloy ako ng shot sa UP Diliman academic oval sa ilalim ng mga acacia habang baha ang kalsada ng bulaklak during summer.

bank finally approved the sale of my carnival and i just might claim it tomorrow, schedule permitting, else friday. bigla akong kinabahan dahil medyo blind jump pagbili ko sa sasakyan. di bale, walang sira na di naaayos (affordably) on a 2 year old unit; this i learned from my 13 year old corolla.

[altec]

diesoline, as a hobbyist photographer myself, I would say that is one heck of a shot. Nice balance! Pwede na pang advertisement ng Kia ah!!

OT ng konti, how did you post your pic? Paturo naman.

[mikey177]

diesoline,

Very nice picture. Parang ang sarap tuloy umakyat sa Baguio. Since we live relatively close to the City of Pines, we sometimes go up there just for a day, usually on a weekend, to hear Mass and visit the park.

altec,

You can upload your photos either to a free image hosting web site like Photobucket or even store them on Tsikot's own Photo Gallery.

If you choose the latter option, you will find the link to the gallery at the top of the forum, it is marked "Car Gallery." (please refer to the following screen shots) After clicking on the link, click on the link marked "Upload Photos" at the right hand corner of the screen. By the way, you have to be logged on to your Tsikot account to do this.



Afterward, you can upload the photo by specifying its location on your computer using the "Choose" button. After you have selected the photo, click on "Upload/Submit." You can add an optional title and description to the photo in the succeeding screen.

[mikey177]

Click "Process" when you're done, and Tsikot will upload your photo/s and display your User Gallery.



To find out what the image code for a photo is, just click on the photo. The UBBCode for the photo will be displayed at the bottom. Highlight this code, copy it (click CTRL-C) and paste it into your reply window.

[mikey177]

If all goes well, your photo should appear like so



It would help if you edit the photo beforehand in PhotoShop or some other image editing software to reduce its file size and donwloading time. Set the image resolution to 72 dpi for web viewing, and try to keep the entire image visible in a single screen.

Hope this helps.

[baiskee]

took this photo this morning on the way down kennon road. kennon road is very beautiful this time of year. what with lush vegetation and numerous waterfalls to be seen along the road. downside is the ever present threat of rockslides. the road has more ruts in some sections due to the present monsoon rains. on the trip back to baguio late this afternoon the highway was wet all throughout with some pooled water in some parts of the road. my new dunlops provided good grip and was more confidence-inspiring that the carnival's former hankooks.

mucho thanks to tsikoteer baiskee for my tires!

rodski, can you post the drawings you have of the oil catch can for fabrication?

nice shot ser diesoline.

[diesoline]

thanks for the kind words, guys. i never thought that the photo would come out that good. the lcd monitor on the camera didn't do justice to that snapshot. btw, the camera used was a canon s1is.

leolop, i am familiar with the fire tree blossom strewn u.p. diliman grounds during summer. spectacular! a nice time to take that picture would be a sunday morning when streets there are practically deserted. don't worry too much about the initial maintenance you will be doing to the carnival. tlc lang, like victory said a few posts back.

altec, hobbyist ka din pala. i used to be very involved in photography way back in college. i used to be a member of the photo staff of aegis and guidon. pang-advertisement? how i wish. 1.5 mb lang ang original file. di pang-professional! but the locale in the snapshot looks like the japanese countryside.

mikey177, thanks for the very thorough run through. i use photobucket exclusively for the photos that i post here. alam mo naman, it's hard to make this old dog to try other ways of doing things. now i can inflict my photos to the tsikot car gallery na. you should try hearing mass at 8:30 am in home sweet home (the old cicm priests' retirement home near u.p. baguio). not too crowded and jacket-friendly temperatures inside the chapel! sunday mass eb gusto mo?

baiskee, dun sa unresampled photo kitang-kita yung valve alignment dots sa tire.

[totoybato]

[QUOTE=altec]diesoline, as a hobbyist photographer myself, I would say that is one heck of a shot. Nice balance! Pwede na pang advertisement ng Kia ah!!
.[/QUOTE
I agree, pang ads nga yang kuha mo boss Diesoline, spring season shot