The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

[rodski]

Strut bushing nga yung hinigpitan nung bago pa yung carnival ko. I had it change recently together with the rear damper bushings becasue durog na at metal to metal na ang tunog. Nas 58K km na ang Carnival ko.

Rodski

[iq0]

Hi folks,

After failing to fix the high coolant consumption problem on my gas fueled sedona, Kia has committed to replace the coolant guzzling (and gas guzzling) engine under warranty. Kaso iimport pa raw sa korea. Kelan kaya darating yun? But, in fairness to Kia, the replacement was decided without any haggling. I was thinking if it would take a letter to DTI, like what my cousin did when his Isuzu trooper engine died while still under warranty. Well, I did not have to go through that. Kudos to Kia on that one.

IQ0

[e_chen]

ung inorder kong fuel filler door switch, december last year hanggang ngayon wala pa rin...tsk tsk. COLUMBIA MOTORS! HELLO?

nag email ako dati sa tech support ng head office ng kia sa korea. fortunately sumagot sila at finorward sa columbian motors. ayun biglang nagising ang mga tao dun.

benchph1.... if u want you can try asking sa banawe if they have stock.... pm ko sa yo no. nila and contact person....

[benchph1]

e_chen

thanks for the help. pero sa tingin ko wala sa mga auto supply nun kasi non-moving part eh.

update: tinawagan ko na mismo ung parts department ng columbian motors. hopefully by the end of the month DAW

[benchph1]

ello carnival folks..

update on my carnival: wala pa rin ung nirerequest kong part

but i just made an interesting discovery on my carnival. probably your carnivals has this too. when i was filling my rear windscreen washer reservoir, i saw this string labeled "fuel filler door emergency release". so i yanked it and voila the fuel filler door opened! well at least i don't have to force open my fuel filler door when i gas up.

[mikey177]

when i was filling my rear windscreen washer reservoir, i saw this string labeled "fuel filler door emergency release". so i yanked it and voila the fuel filler door opened! well at least i don't have to force open my fuel filler door when i gas up.

Hey, thanks for the tip. Yes, my Sedona also has this emergency release located in the same place.

Anyway, I hope the part you need arrives soon. Medyo hirap nga yung Philippine Kia dealers sa pagkuha ng ibang parts. My front windshield suffered a hairline crack when the van was just a year old; natamaan ng bato sa highway. It took around four months before Wheels Inc. was able to get a replacement shipped from Korea.

[benchph1]

i just read the manual of my carnival today and found another interesting thing regarding starting the engine. it says after cranking and the engine is running you have to pull and turn this lever counterclockwise. (ung katabi ng hood release lever) then after the engine has heated up return it to the previous position..ginagawa niyo ba to?

sabi rin dun pag daw hindi ginawa tataas ang emission rates.

[altec]

ano yung knob na yan, yung choke knob? Tingnan ko bukas. Under what heading yan sa manual?

[OTEP]

An emergency fuel filler door required for all vehicles using a remote (cable/electric) fuel door opener. But the Koreans have the easiest to use release systems.

The choke knob is used only for extreme cold weather starts (e.g. winter). You don't really have to use it in tropical weather. Emissions are only elevated until the engine has reached proper temperature. That's why you use the knob. To speed up the engine and to make it heat up faster.

[benchph1]

altec,

under "driving your vehicle". ...starting the engine..

tama si otep..me sinabi dun na "this is to make the engine heat up faster"..engines are at their worst when they are cold. high-emission rates; sluggish performance. that's why bringing it to the optimum operating temperature fast makes sense in lowering emissions as what the manual said.

i tried to do this procedure this morning. unfortunately di ko nagawa. tsk. di ko alam kung disabled ung choke knob o sira. basta hindi ko siya mahila. try nio carnival peeps.

good news! dumating na ung inorder kung part. after 3 months of waiting :D