The Kia Sorento Thread [Merged]

**Gun_Metal** · July 14th, 2007 07:13 PM

Mga sirs, have you checked out yung LTO papers nyo? Saken kasi ang gross weight ng Sorento ko nasa 1640kg lang?!

**jeanpierre** · July 14th, 2007 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Gun_Metal

Mga sirs, have you checked out yung LTO papers nyo? Saken kasi ang gross weight ng Sorento ko nasa 1640kg lang?!

I think iba-iba weight figures na nakasulat sa papers. Sa akin 1840kg nakasulat.

**jeanpierre** · July 14th, 2007 07:47 PM

Ngayon ko lang na laman na sa Korea may mga Sorento Racing club pala. Okay ang mods at mga body paints nila.

**gregg_g** · July 15th, 2007 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Is this APOLLO OIL ATF RED-1 not a synthetic type of ATF oil kaya mahal? Baka same sa engine ba na pwede naman ang normal type oil but since gusto natin more protection, we opted to use the synthetic oil which is more expensive. It's surprising kasi since Dextron II/III is the most widely used ATF in the market eh.

I am not sure, whether its synthetic or not, but based on my research over net, it's something similar or used for cvt's. Here's an explanation - http://www.i-car.com/html_pages/tech...7/062507.shtml . There was even a mention that the new Nissan Murano, also has an ATF similar to this, but has a little variance..

**jeanpierre** · July 15th, 2007 07:48 PM

Hayaan mo gregg_g I'll check with Wheels tungkol sa oil pagbalik ko dyan. May kamahalan talaga ang price though di naman ganon ka dalas magpalit ng trans oil eh. Honda ko nga 60K na di pa napalitan auto trans oil eh. I hope na sa Sorento natin "fill for life" type sya.

**ARB** · July 15th, 2007 08:18 PM

may naka palit na ba sa mga sorento users ng ATF nila? if wala pa try nyo ask paano palitan. As I mentioned earlier in the thread it seems to be a very difficult process.

**gregg_g** · July 16th, 2007 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by ARB

may naka palit na ba sa mga sorento users ng ATF nila? if wala pa try nyo ask paano palitan. As I mentioned earlier in the thread it seems to be a very difficult process.

Yep, it is.. and the cost of ATF is expensive also.. Can you check in your manual when is the scheduled ATF change/replacement?

**ARB** · July 16th, 2007 08:21 PM

sorry wala akong sorento. but have seen one unit sa casa pinapalitan ng ATF. they had to drop the whole tranny.

**gregg_g** · July 18th, 2007 07:58 AM

Ok. To the others can you check in your manual, when is the scheduled servicing of the ATF? There is an R in the 80k km, in my manual, and this is in Korean, hopefully I am correct..

**led3belt** · July 18th, 2007 07:08 PM

gregg, my owner's manual is also in korean hence I can't tell also. nonetheless, i checked various internet sources and got these differing maintenance figures.

year model maintenance intervals
2005 48,000 km (24 mos.)
2006 32,000 km (16 mos.)
2007 32,000 km (16 mos.)

please note that these figures are for the sorento v6 gas variant but i assume that it has the same tranny as the diesel variant. is this correct assumption?

ATF is indeed Apolloil ATF Red 1k. Dexron III is for the 4wd transfer case and it is indeed meant for the life of the vehicle.

hope this helps.