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2013 Kia Sorento EX V6 65400 miles on engine 5400 miles on oil Out: VWB 5w20 OEM Filter In: Kendall GT-1 Synth Blend Firestone P989 Filter Since I do a lot more city driving these days I'm sticking to ~5000 mile OCIs. Silly shop put 3000 miles on the oil change sticker, given they seem to...

2013 Kia Sorento EX V6 60k miles on the clock 8k miles on OCI Out: Mobil Synth blend 5w20 & Generic Filter In: VWB 5w20 & OEM Filter

Stories like these will have me checking the ease of replacing the CAF the next time I am ready to buy a car. I've been lucky, Kia seems to design these (in the modern era) to be easily swapped. Well in the Sportage (2011) and Sorento (2013) anyway.

2013 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L V6 Total Miles 51870 Out: Kendall Synth Blend 5w20 Firestone Filter Just under 5000 miles on oil. In: Mobil Synth Blend (??) 5w20 Mobil P989 filter (Looks like a champ labs / STP filter) As I'm doing a lot more city type driving I have switched back to a 5000 mile...

2013 Kia Sorento EX V6 46600 Miles 6800 miles on oil. Out: Kendall GT-1 5w20 Synth Blend / OEM Cartridge In: Kendall GT-1 5w20 Synth Blend / Firestone Cartridge Been doing a lot more stop and go, will probably drop down to 5k miles for this OCI.

I have a set on my Sorento, they now have ~30k miles on them; and I have been very pleased with them. They seem to be wearing evenly, though I have noticed a very very slightly reduction in traction in the wet when starting from a complete stop. Beyond that I have had no fears of hydroplaning...

Originally Posted By: sayjac . Mahle made H/K OEM goes for ~$11. I got mine off of eBay from a Kia dealer who sells there for $9 a piece + free shipping. Once I'm out of engine warranty (another 60k miles) I may switch to 10k oil changes to see how the OEM filters hold up, I've been doing...

Posting this in advance of oil change, but life is about to get really busy. 2013 Kia Sorento EX V6 3.5L ~40,000 miles ~6000 mi Out: Kendall GT1 Synth Blend unknown filter IN: Kendall GT1 Synth Blend OEM filter (MAHLE apparently) Bought from a kia dealer. Will be the 4th time running this...

Originally Posted By: Benzadmiral Not guilty . . . just sorry that I threw a cupful or more of $3.50 gas out the window! Yup. A friend of mine always put it this way, "Flooring it is good for the soul... even if it isn't good for the wallet." His was the first Northstar V8 equipped vehicle I...

Originally Posted By: KCJeep Excellent report, one of the best I've seen for a Hyundai/KIA on 5w20. Our KIA also ran scary quiet on an oil with ti (Castrol). If I change to a different oil I would probably try something else with Ti in it, the engine really seems to like it. But at this point...

Originally Posted By: sicko You can also use the Kendall website to find a distributor near you. I have one near me where I can get the Kendall GT-1 Full Synthetic with Liquid Titanium for $4 a quart. Only caveat is that you can't buy single quarts, it has to be by the case. For those without...

Originally Posted By: bigt61 Yeah, it's boring all right. Boring and good. That Kendall syn blend has some great wear #'s. I'd buy it if I ever saw it for a reasonable price. Cheapest place to get it is to let Firestone Quick Lube do the change. Where do you think that OCI came from? It was...

To preface, I do these to satisfy my curiosity more than anything else, but this looks like a nice boring report to me. This was actually the second OCI on Kendall GT-1 Synth Blend 5w20, I am now on my third fill of that oil. The engine really does seem to like this oil and runs unbelievably...

Originally Posted By: wemay Sonata 2.4 Just recvd information that we have a 36 month/7 free oil change plan ftom the dealer. We have the same plan with the 2.0T but since they use conventional oil, i bring my own for that vehicle. The 2.4 has no turbo so the plan would seem to work better for...

Originally Posted By: raytseng What about the situation where you already are dropping off the car at a shop for other service; and they say $15 and we'll change the oil for you labor only. So, do you still have them do the service. Then come home and redo the oil change yourself? Assume that...

2013 Kia Sorento EX 3.5L V6 39920 Miles out: Kendall GT1 Synth Blend 5w20 Firestone Filter ~6700 miles In: Kendall GT1 Synth BLend 5w20 mighty lube filter (what the shop uses) Third change using the Kendall, love how the engine runs on it. Didn't quite make it to 7k as scheduling would...

Wonder if the recall will end up crossing over into the Kia lineup.

I have a 2013 EX V6. Doesn't seem to matter if I use an OEM filter or an after market filter in my Sorento. The 3.5 V6 is always noisy on star tup when cold, worse in cold weather, but it always quiets down quickly. BTW the engine seems to really like Kendall GT1 Synth Blend.

When I had my 2002 Grand Prix, I generally ran down to ~10%. Depending on scheduling it might get changed at 15% (pending road trip, busy spot in schedule, etc) or it might get changed at 5-8%. Rarely ran down to 0, but while doing a lot of highway driving that was somewhere around 7000 miles...

2013 Kia Sorento EX V6 27,150 miles Out: Kendall GT-1 5w20 Synth Blend, OEM Filter, 7100 miles on oil and filter In: Kendall GT-1 5w20 Synth Blend, Firestone Filter. I was pressed for time and Firestone has their great $20 deal for the Kendall OCI so I went last night. Second OCI on Kendall...