I have an oil change coming up on the KIA in about 500 miles or so, maybe sooner if the forecast turns cold. The KIA just rolled over 100k this summer, and so far, has been treating us really well.
I was thinking of running some Sea Foam or an engine flush before this next oil change. A friend has an 07 Hyundai Sonata that is essentially the same as our Kia in every way. She rolled over 100k last year. The lady is pretty "By-the-book" and has her oil changed evey 7.5k, which is what it states in the manual. Just recently she had an issue with the computer giving her an error code P0011-A, which points to the Oil Control Valve on the CVVT. She took it to the dealer, who said the sensor needed to be replaced, at great cost.
Worried that the same might happen to me, I checked out the internet to see if anybody else had the same issue. As it turns out, its not an uncommon code. Apparantly, there is a screen infront of the sensor that can get clogged with debris, and that will throw the code. I was thinking a little Sea Foam for a couple hundred miles, or a flush on on oil change day wouldn't hurt.
From what I can tell, the engine is fairly clean. At 5k, the oil is cleaner than the oil in my old Sable was at 1k. I change the oil every 5k with VWB, Next-gen, or PYB, and a NapaGold or PureOne filter. I got the car used at 60k, and I don't know the history before I got it.
What do you guys think?
I was thinking of running some Sea Foam or an engine flush before this next oil change. A friend has an 07 Hyundai Sonata that is essentially the same as our Kia in every way. She rolled over 100k last year. The lady is pretty "By-the-book" and has her oil changed evey 7.5k, which is what it states in the manual. Just recently she had an issue with the computer giving her an error code P0011-A, which points to the Oil Control Valve on the CVVT. She took it to the dealer, who said the sensor needed to be replaced, at great cost.
Worried that the same might happen to me, I checked out the internet to see if anybody else had the same issue. As it turns out, its not an uncommon code. Apparantly, there is a screen infront of the sensor that can get clogged with debris, and that will throw the code. I was thinking a little Sea Foam for a couple hundred miles, or a flush on on oil change day wouldn't hurt.
From what I can tell, the engine is fairly clean. At 5k, the oil is cleaner than the oil in my old Sable was at 1k. I change the oil every 5k with VWB, Next-gen, or PYB, and a NapaGold or PureOne filter. I got the car used at 60k, and I don't know the history before I got it.
What do you guys think?