This Kia Is Running Out Of Time!

40 thoughts on “This Kia Is Running Out Of Time!”

1. Engine sounds like a damn food processor….i hate modern cars.

2. No follow up? I know I cant do the repair. I dont understand how the camshaft jumped the timing gear?

3. ok E ric but now we dont know the answer to problem which niggles me and YOU SURELY?. SO would you have to do a head stripdown to find the fault, could chain have slipped?

4. Great job as always, Eric, and you treat your customers right. And my experience with buying cheap parts is, you get cheap parts.

5. KIA, what a great…… uh yeah. See ya.

6. Here are these PIDs. They show diagnostic info that will help you repair the car. Oh, just so you know, some times they give you misleading information so you cannot rely on them. Brilliant… 🤨

7. Had a Jeep with a 3. similar concern. Customer declined pulling the value covers and checking for chain stretch.

8. P0012/P0014 ALWAYS DEATH CODES.GOOD JOB FOR SMA

9. Brown, my underwear is brown… just so you don't have to any pressure transducing

10. When a shop cannot confirm a timing code, you need to find another shop. This is basic stuff for a car mechanic.

11. Eric, why doesn't the other shops just hang a sign, "Please go to South Main auto for real mechanical issues. All we're good at is changing tire monitors."

12. Without Oric O. around, it would be a junk yard wherever you drove around..

13. Diagnosed.
    Twisted Camshaft.
    What's for dinner?

14. Ive been fixing up my 2009 Kia Rio 5 speed. Owners before me didn’t replace or maintain anything on it all they did was run it. Hate when no one maintains there vehicle 🙄🙄

15. This is the difference between a shop that changes parts and a shop that diagnoses the actual problem!

16. Excellent video Mr. O/

17. Could a stretched chain allow that much retardation?

18. Another great video you are the best diagnostician I've ever seen!

19. This guy says he didn't do so well in high school. And here it turns out he's a super-genius. And he would deny that but its true. What really seals the deal is that he's a great teacher and as near as I can tell he's a super human being. My favorite channel on YouTube

20. Scotty did a video on this engine on Genesis he did mentioned about cam timing off comparing to a Lexus. Not surprised, it's another pos Kia/Hyundai garbage my country makes and I don't approve.

21. Last night I had my wife running so hard she threw a P0300 code on me. It was amazing.

22. I wonder what he charges just for a diagnosis

23. Love this video.i learned something.

24. As a KIA technician… there's also an issue with the camshaft dowl pins getting too far into the camshaft and causing the cam gear to rotate. These usually produce a camshaft correlation code. The only fix is to replace the whole cam, the adjustable gear, and of course, at that point, change the timing belt and tensioner. The wholes for the dowl were machined too deep and allowed the pin to sink too far into the cam. They don't quite sheer off, but they deform and kinda bend sideways. I learned this from one of the Master KIA techs.

25. It says alot when other shops send you things to figure out!

26. Kia Sedona was the absolute worst car we owned. Motor Died at 40k miles. Absolutely everything broke on that pos. I shiver thinking about it.

27. Kia in most cases has model data and perceived data . You may find a difference in OBD data and generic data. Always check both or scope your signal to confirm your suspicions . I am a retired KIA master tech and this fact will get you if you are not aware ! Your diag skills are 2nd to none .

28. Sell it

29. I have a 2015 Kia Soul Exclaim. It has 90K miles on it and I’ve been having trouble with it for over 10K miles. Got a new transmission, new spark plugs. They told me the last three oil changes (I get done every 3K miles) that I burned just under a quart each time – but that was normal – that I had to burn OVER a quart each oil change to be considered for an engine replacement. Some time ago – I did get that software update and they told me that increased my warranty to 150K miles, instead of 100K – but it was only on the “lower engine”.
    
    This past time – they told me that I needed special seals on the car that only they can open in order to officially check the oil loss. I asked why they didn’t do this at least two oil changes ago – and they couldn’t answer. They did say on my receipt that the oil they took out was dark and burned looking.
    
    So – this time they did the oil change and some sort of combustion cleaning and they added some sort of additive that corporate says they have to add – along with the seals in order to start the process to be approved for an engine replacement (I though 2 oil changes ago I was in that process!). I asked to see the bottle – and couldn’t see any ingredients. My cousin said if it had Teflon or silicone in it – that would be like putting a bandaid on a bruise – it is only hiding the problem.
    
    So – brought the car home (it is my ONLY car!) and the next morning – when I drove it – there was knocking and shaking – so I revved the engine a bunch of times and it went away for that day. Worked from home for a few days – then had to go out at 5 a.m. this Monday. Drove out about a half mile and it felt like I was going over a million large speed bumps. Revving didn’t help – when I would slow down for any reason it felt like the car was going to stall. Then when I would speed up again – it would bump terribly and I felt like I was fighting the gas pedal to get it to accelerate. I had a medical appt I had to get to – so made it to that – and then drove straight to the dealership – which was about 2 miles away (getting to my medical appt was 45 terrifying minutes).
    
    I walked in, embarrassingly, burst into tears, and they took it back to look at it. The advisor came out 10 minutes later and told me I had “scoring” on my cylinders and that I had been assigned an advisor that was going to contact corporate immediately for an engine replacement. He told me the car wasn’t safe to drive – that it would “sieze” up on me on the freeway.
    
    Five minutes later, he called me to the front desk and told me he had “great” news. He said I had passed all my “combustion tests” (I don’t even know what those are) – and that the little “scratches” on the cylinders was incidental and was fine. He then said they knew what the problem was and – sort of in a “gotcha” way – after I said – ok what is the problem – he lifted up a small container from behind his desk – slapped it down in front of me – and loudly said “You put bad gas in your car!”. He said gas should be perfectly clear and he said this gas was slightly yellow and he said it had 22% ethanol in it – instead of 10%. I said I went to a major gas station that everyone goes to and how could this be. So – I asked for a manager and I told him I couldn’t afford a rental car – so he agree for scaring me saying the car was not safe to drive – they gave me a loaner and they are flushing out the fuel, cleaning, then refilling, and doing another oil change. He said all I have to pay for is the $30 fuel filter. I asked if the “combustion cleaning” and additive they put in last week could have anything to do with this – because I said aside from burning oil – before they did that last week – my car drove just fine – no shaking, bumping, or flashing/solid check engine light. He said no – that was not it and when they turned the car on when I brought it in just hours before – they said the check engine light was not on all. He finally did admit that cylinders 2 and 4 were having problems – but that was because of “my” bad fuel.
    
    He said I needed to get in touch with the gas station and tell them their fuel was bad. Then he said I needed to call them and give them the gas station manager’s name and number. I did all that.
    
    Now it is Wednesday and I haven’t heard a peep. I am scared they are trying to mask whatever is wrong – because they told me Monday afternoon – that once they cleaned the fuel lines – that everything would be fine and we’d be back to checking the oil from under the seals every 1K miles to see if I burn more than ONE QUART in 1K miles (the story was every 3K miles, now it is 1K) – so that I can be “considered” for an engine replacement. I’ve got 2 years and just under 10K miles left on my powertrain warranty – are they trying to drag this out so I don’t need the replacement until it is my responsibility?
    
    I can’t afford to trade this car in or get another car for at least two years – so I am so worried – I did overhear (I was around the corner – he didn’t see me) – the service advisor on the phone sounding exasperated with a customer – saying “You will have to be patient, you are SEVENTH in line for an engine replacement.”…..so I wonder – they don’t want me to be the eighth?
    
    What words can I use to make sure my and my family’s safety is the number one priority when they give me my car back – and they tell me it will be ok? Thanks for any advice.

30. You are the best diagnostic technician on YouTube. Scanner Danner, diagnose Dan are close but every time I watch one of your videos I learned something new and not only about vehicles but about logical thinking as well. Do you have any other channels that you would recommend as far as teaching goes? Thank you.

31. “Ma ma ma myyyy Sedona.”

32. 👌

33. What’s the difference between current, pending, and permanent codes? I’m hoping to become a mechanic apprentice so I’d definitely appreciate the opportunity to learn here. Thanks!

34. 0:01 Regular cab, short bed stepside!!!! 🤤

35. So shops send you their problems that they can't figure out and you send it back for them to fix?? Don't understand

36. Your scan data showed 25* and your waveform showed only 15*, You did drag down a CMP wave over the CKP wave and I was waiting for you to possibly show 10* of chain stretch?? Thanks for the DIAG & the known good, as always, much appreciated.

37. One word i can think of for your work and experience.
    AMAZING!!

38. Another master moment!

39. 🗽🇺🇸💡👌

40. I will smoke a shoulder, you, Ray, A-Rod…. Scotty, if you want him?
    Just imagine the gathering.

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