Hi all.
Recently acquired a 2015 Kia Sedona with 101k miles. Van was bought off Manheim from a bank repo and looked pretty clean. Out of the abundance of caution, I scheduled a ATF and coolant fluid exchange along with spark plugs replacements (105k due) and valve cover gasket with plug seals along with plenum gasket replacement. New plugs were NGK ruthenium HX. The day before I just did an oil change and the filter housing cap was a pain to get loose - needed a good strap wrench along with a 27mm 6 point socket to remove the cartridge filter and it was covered in sludge. Put in a new Wix filter along with Penzoil Ultra Platinum 10W-30. The mechanic recommended I use some engine flush after seeing the valve covers. I had some Lubegard Engine Flush on hand and proceeded to add a bottle, run the engine on idle for 20 mins then drain the oil. Checked the filter and it had some crud but reused it and added new Supertech Full Syn HM 10W-30 and another bottle of engine flush, ran it for 20 more mins on idle and then drained the oil, refilled with more ST Full Syn HM 10W-30 and a new Fram TG10855. I am planning on another engine flush soon but considered running the oil and filter for around 1k miles before adding a flush before the next oil change. The oil pan was not dropped. I believe the lower pan uses a gasket sealant. Have not located the PCV valve yet. I also purchased a small oil catch can but have not installed it yet. Engine is the common 3.3 V6 GDI Kia engine. My first DI engine.
Any advice or thoughts on how to proceed next would be greatly appreciated!
Recently acquired a 2015 Kia Sedona with 101k miles. Van was bought off Manheim from a bank repo and looked pretty clean. Out of the abundance of caution, I scheduled a ATF and coolant fluid exchange along with spark plugs replacements (105k due) and valve cover gasket with plug seals along with plenum gasket replacement. New plugs were NGK ruthenium HX. The day before I just did an oil change and the filter housing cap was a pain to get loose - needed a good strap wrench along with a 27mm 6 point socket to remove the cartridge filter and it was covered in sludge. Put in a new Wix filter along with Penzoil Ultra Platinum 10W-30. The mechanic recommended I use some engine flush after seeing the valve covers. I had some Lubegard Engine Flush on hand and proceeded to add a bottle, run the engine on idle for 20 mins then drain the oil. Checked the filter and it had some crud but reused it and added new Supertech Full Syn HM 10W-30 and another bottle of engine flush, ran it for 20 more mins on idle and then drained the oil, refilled with more ST Full Syn HM 10W-30 and a new Fram TG10855. I am planning on another engine flush soon but considered running the oil and filter for around 1k miles before adding a flush before the next oil change. The oil pan was not dropped. I believe the lower pan uses a gasket sealant. Have not located the PCV valve yet. I also purchased a small oil catch can but have not installed it yet. Engine is the common 3.3 V6 GDI Kia engine. My first DI engine.
Any advice or thoughts on how to proceed next would be greatly appreciated!