The Kia Sedona/Carnival Thread [ARCHIVE]

**mikey177** · April 4th, 2005 10:36 AM

Congratulations on the long-awaited part arrival, sir.

I also trie operating the choke knob when I first got my Sedona, but like you, I couldn't pull the knob out. Seems the van's engine heats up just fine without it as long as you drive in low gear until the engine temp normalizes.

**titikoy** · April 7th, 2005 07:36 PM

sa carnival namin ganito po ginagawa ko to operate the choke knob.

to engage:

I just turn the knob clockwise until di ko na sya maikot (notice na while turning the knob, sumasabay na nagmove down yun gas pedal)

to turn it off: turn the knob counter-clockwise

you may want to try it baka mag work din po sa inyo.

**DacoTyan** · April 9th, 2005 09:46 AM

Hi all!

Our 2001 Kia Carnival Park II just lost it's reverse gear after changing ATF during it's 30,000km maintenance. Dexron III was used instead of Dexron II as specified (or as I discerned was specified) by the manual, which was in Korean. It still has it's forward gears up to 3rd but I'm not sure about 4th since I didn't dare drive it fast enough to engage 4th.

It still up-shifts smoothly but when I release the accelarator I could hear a little gear whine.

Oh well...

Thanks.

**benchph1** · April 9th, 2005 11:28 PM

titikoy,

peculiar name..hehehe
i'd try what you said. thanks for the tip.

dacotyan,

do you mean when you engage the gear lever into reverse nothing happens?
have the shift lever cable checked.

**DacoTyan** · April 10th, 2005 09:15 AM

benchph1, when I drove it after collecting the Carnival from the shop I noticed a little shudder when I backed up the ramp. I thought it was just lose gravel but when I tried to reverse through a speed bump from dead stop, the driveline judders badly. I got almost up to 3000 rpm that's when the engine suddenly dropped revs to idle and I didn't release the accelerator. It would still reverse from a level surface with no obstacles but it steadily lost its ability to reverse.

Somehow, I don't think its lose shifter cable.

By the way, that's the way the choke knob works on our Carnival. Turn clockwise until you feel resistance then turn it some more, rev the engine to see where you've adjusted it to your desired RPM, then repeat if needed. If you leave it for a while to warm up you'll notice that the idle has climbed when he engine is warmer. But I never use this, I just drive slowly with A/C compressor off for a minute or so then with A/C compressor on, driving normally when the temp needle is inside the first tick mark.

Thanks.

**OTEP** · April 11th, 2005 06:09 PM

Check ATF level. Reverse is usually the first one that falters when ATF level is below spec or when the wrong ATF is used.

**DacoTyan** · April 12th, 2005 09:53 AM

Otep, did that but I'll check again. Delco's Dexron III ATF was used at first then switched to a Mobil Dexron II in the hopes it'll work.

Thanks.

**benchph1** · April 12th, 2005 12:51 PM

btw i read in my manual that the auto tranny uses dextron II-E atf fluid.

**jasonub** · April 12th, 2005 01:10 PM

i just got to read this tread, so how is the performance of the sedona and carnival. The carnival naabutan ko when i was still managing a dealer. 2 different vehicles same problem. timing chain broke or jumped.

ok na ba ang carnival? how about the sedona??

**DacoTyan** · April 12th, 2005 02:40 PM

benchph1, GM says Dexron III supercedes Dexron II and several other older GM formulation. Supposedly. I went for Dexron III because Dexron II is such a bear to find, took my gofer nearly a day to find it.