The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[mikey177]

You have a point, altec. Pag pinagpilitan ng Kia Dagupan na "replace" kaagad yung timing belt, sa Wheels QC na ako magpapa-60,000 km PMS.

[rodski]

Hello Guys,

I was the one who had a problem with the shifter cable. It happened when I was about to leave for a customer visit. When I put it in reverse I felt the shifter becoming loose. So I cancelled my appointment.

Fortunately malapit lang yung madrigal bus park sa Kia signet las pinas. So I had it towed and they installed the new cable the following day. Hapon na noong nadala sa signet and they order the cables sa columbia bicutan.

So habang naka down yung carnival pinalinis ko na rin yung intake manifold from "gunk" accumulation. According to kia signet las pinas, first time ang experience nila sa broken shifter cable.

tnx

Rodski

[mikey177]

Its a good thing you were close to the Kia dealership in your area, rodski. My unit had to be towed over 25 kilometers, from Carmen to Calasiao.

Anyway, I was already able to talk with Wheels New Manila about my timing belt quandary, and they said they perform the timing belt replacement at the 75,000-km PMS. They don't even do the inspection anymore at 60,000-km. So I guess I'm safe for the next 15,000 kilometers

[benchph1]

batak na batak mga sedona niyo ah :D

ung samin carnival I pero 40,000 kms pa lang natakbo :D

wala pa rin sa planta ung part na nirerequest ko. tsk tsk tsk

[mikey177]

I can't help but have high mileage on my Sedona, I travel from Urdaneta to Tarlac City almost every day, that's a 60 km trip one way. Buti na lang diesel ang makina kaya medyo tatagal yung buhay nya

[altec]

Bad trip. Umamin ang kia salesman contact ko the reason why they phased out the 2.9tdi diesel for the sedona is chronic smoke belching issues, that's why they decided to market the v6 gas variant. That was when I brought in my local sedona in for the 4th time complaining of smoke belching. The next hope is to go biodiesel na lang talaga.

[altec]

Had my rear spoiler of my 03 sedona repainted kasi nag fade ang paint. Claim ko under warranty. Sabi ng Kia, 1 year warranty ang spoiler as it is an attachment. Sabi ko sa kanila, e kasama yan pagbili ko, sila ang nagkabit niyan, and you cant buy the LS without the spoiler! Pinabayad ako na lang ng 900 for labor as a sign of goodwill. Goodwill my ass. Pinapalabas ako pa ang may utang na loob. I paid it na lang coz its not worth fighting them over. I also put biodiesel already and even with the 1st load, maganda ang effect sa smoke belching. Buti na lang di ko tinuloy ang plano ko to buy the Sorrento. Kia is kia. Hintay na lang ako sa Innova.

[benchph1]

nasa design ng makina kaya ganun ka-usok ang 2.9 tdi engine ng carnival...

nagpapalinis ka ba ng exhaust pipes altec? ako every 2 mos. laki ng nababawas sa smoke belching.

peeps lalabas na ang 2006 sedona! (well sa US pa lang sa ngayon)

[rodski]

Hello Carnival, sedona peeps,

With summer just around the corner, I am planning to install a DVD player for my Carnival. I am looking at the audiovox 7" (widescreen)dvd player ceiling mount *P35K. It doesn't have a tv tuner and it uses fm modulation for the audio to play in the oem stereo of the van.

Is the 7" display ok for viewing for the 3rd row passengers? The next choice is the 9" (wide screen) dvd player with tv tuner * 65K.

I would appreciate your comments and suggestions.

tnx

Rodski

[rodski]

The smoke belching carnival is caused by the accumulation of gunk in the intake manifold. To solve this problem we must attack three areas.

1. Prevent the vaporized oil from entering the intake manifold. The modern turbo charge diesel engine uses PCV to vent the blowby gasses to the intake manifold for reburn. Unfortunately, with the turbo for forced air induction oil gets vaporized and mixes with the pcv gasses. To stop this we must separate the oil from the pcv gasses. There are many ways to do this, an Oil Catch Can (OCC) is the simpliest solution. However, it doesn't do the job well and you have to manually drain the separated oil every now and then. The best solution is to use an oil separator with an auto drain of the separated oil with a return feed to the crankcase.

2. Prevent the soot from accumulating in the intake manifold - The EGR is incorporated in the new generation diesel engine to return a small amount of exhaust gasses to the intake manifold to lower combustion temperature. In so doing soot gets accumulated in the intake manifold. When vaporize oil mixes with this material (soot) you get "gunk". To prevent this one must use a particulate filter. This is currently a standard feature for Euro 4 compliant diesel engine. For our case we can design a dust separator on the egr pipe to capture the soot and thus preventing accumulation.

3. High sulfer diesel fuel - Simply put this type of fuel produces the soot. If we can stop the soot production then we stop smoke belching. Solution use biodiesel.


I am currently designing the oil separator and the dust collector. Puro drawings palang at puro research pa ang ginagawa ko. So for now ang preventive maintenance ko sa smokeless carnival ko ay - regular cleaning of the intake manifold and EGR pipe, use of biodiesel (bioexceed).

tnx

Rodski