2019 Kia Sorento LX 3.3L GDI V6 - FWD (Sparkling Silver)
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Ever since Covid most of my trips have been under 5 miles, which as per he user manual is classified as "Severe Driving Condition". That being said, I decided to take advantage of my day off by pulling the Sorento into the garage and performed the full recommended service as detailed below in the photos. I figured I would share in case someone was thinking about doing the same service themselves but needed a little motivation to get them going
I started by ordering the following from Amazon:
As soon as I dropped the undercarriage cover I was surprised to find a nest of some sort, not being driven as much due to covid have made it a target for something to nest inside, I will keep a close eye on this going forward to make sure it doesn't happen again!
Drained the oil and collected some to send out to Blackstone labs for testing, would be interesting to see if all that idling made a difference, will share the report as soon as I get it back.
I felt K&N was a better choice than the factory filter so I decided to give it a try, and for $14 on Amazon it was a no brainer
Swapped the air filter, factory filter was a bit dirty but could have certainly served another 5k miles without an issue, but hey I had the new filter at hand so there was no reason for me not to change it
Finally, the car had a gallon or less left in the tank with the low-fuel light on, took it to the Wawa station down the street for some Ethanol Free gas and some Techron additive, the Techron bottle states it will treat up to 15 gallons, knowing I had some gas left in the tank I pumped exactly 10 gallons to make sure the juice had more than enough concentration to do its job
Ever since Covid most of my trips have been under 5 miles, which as per he user manual is classified as "Severe Driving Condition". That being said, I decided to take advantage of my day off by pulling the Sorento into the garage and performed the full recommended service as detailed below in the photos. I figured I would share in case someone was thinking about doing the same service themselves but needed a little motivation to get them going
I started by ordering the following from Amazon:
- 10 Qts of Pennzoil Platinum Full Synthetic motor oil (was on sale for $21 per 5)
- K&N Oil Filter (HP-7035)
- Kia/Hyundai OEM Air Filter (Received the Hyundai variant, but they are identical)
- Techron Concentrate Plus - Complete Fuel System Cleaner
As soon as I dropped the undercarriage cover I was surprised to find a nest of some sort, not being driven as much due to covid have made it a target for something to nest inside, I will keep a close eye on this going forward to make sure it doesn't happen again!
Drained the oil and collected some to send out to Blackstone labs for testing, would be interesting to see if all that idling made a difference, will share the report as soon as I get it back.
I felt K&N was a better choice than the factory filter so I decided to give it a try, and for $14 on Amazon it was a no brainer
Swapped the air filter, factory filter was a bit dirty but could have certainly served another 5k miles without an issue, but hey I had the new filter at hand so there was no reason for me not to change it
Finally, the car had a gallon or less left in the tank with the low-fuel light on, took it to the Wawa station down the street for some Ethanol Free gas and some Techron additive, the Techron bottle states it will treat up to 15 gallons, knowing I had some gas left in the tank I pumped exactly 10 gallons to make sure the juice had more than enough concentration to do its job