Recent content by Walter1982

it's possible, but far too expensive to consider repairing on a car worth barely $8,000.

Interesting. I wonder if I'm talented enough to pull this off. I drove nearly 30k miles on Restore n Protect and it had zero impact on oil consumption. I was burning 3/4 of a quart of oil before, and burning the same amount after. When I arrive at 4,000 miles on an OCI, the oil level on the...

Does a soak involve removing the cylinder head?

I know, this is the first car I ever purchased new by buying it cash, so I wanted to take good care of it. It's the car that I'm learning about cars on. I had the idea that the more expensive an oil is, the better it is for the car. isn't delvac 1300 formulated for diesel combustion by-products?

Hello again. I did the oil change a few weeks ago, and for the first time ever, I pre-filled the oil filter. I was surprised how much oil it took. I then gradually poured oil in the engine. I would pour about half a quart every 10 minutes, until I eventually got it to the FULL line on the...

Today 162k miles. I purchased the car at 1800 miles, since then I have used Redline 5w20 every 4k to 5k miles. Changed PCV valve. Removed valve cover gasket and deep cleaned it. Engine looks immaculate under the valve cover.

I drove almost 30,000 miles using Valvoline RnP on a 2020 Kia Forte EX (non-GDI) and it had zero impact on oil consumption. Burned 3/4 quart of oil every 4,000 miles before RnP, burns the same amount after RnP. I am switching to a 10W40 next month.

I'm a pretty humble guy and I have no issue admitting when I'm wrong. No matter how much I study a service manual or youtube videos or whatever data I can get from forums like this, it still comes down to experience. I think if you don't have experience with something you can make obvious...

So before I did my drain/fill I ordered 2 gaskets at KiaPartsNow.com The gaskets I ordered are copper, I triple checked the part # all over the internet and the gasket for the 2020 Forte EX drain plug is a copper gasket. When I went to do the procedure, I found that the drain plug gasket was...

I suppose you're right. A few consecutive fluid changes in a short amount of time would almost equal a proper "flush" I suppose, by getting as much of the old fluid out as possible. Is my math correct though? If the transmission holds 7 quarts, and I drain 3.5, then fill 3.5 of new fluid, I...

I drained out 132 FL OZ, which is about 4 quarts. The transmission holds about 7.1 quarts. So it's roughly a 50/50 mixture of new/old fluid. After filling it with new fluid, I then ran the engine, and opened the fluid level check plug to drain out the excess, it was very disappointing to see...

I completed the drain/fill today. Here are my thoughts. I didn't take any pictures or videos, even though it was my first time doing it, I don't believe there's anything about this procedure that needs to be seen to be understood, there's a few youtube videos I used as a guide that helped to...

Happy Memorial Day everybody! What better day to get under the car in this 90 degree heat eh? I finally figured out how to use the car scanner app to monitor transmission fluid temp. Even though it says ATF fluid temperature, it does mean IVT in this case. Today I can finally do this job.

I suppose you're right !

When he goes to drain his IVT, not all the IVT fluid will pour out. Roughly half the fluid remains in the IVT. When he goes to pour in the Valvoline CVT fluid, it will mix with the Kia IVT fluid in his transmission. That would make me very anxious, even if the Valvoline bottle says it meets...