2011 Kia Sorento Fuel-up Log

2011 Kia Sorento
Property of mrbrefast. Added Jan 19 2020

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Feb 22 2020

At approximately 174942, I was warming up the Kia on 29/9/2020 and after going inside to grab a box I came back out to find all the power steering fluid on the ground under it. Due to cold weather and being busy, I was unable to deal with it that week. I pulled it into Don's garage and over a week: 1) I pulled the front end to find and replace the leaking power steering hose (next to and underneath the windshield washer fluid reservoir). It appears to be a metric hose, Don and I fought and stretched an SAE 3/8" hose to get it to fit. 2) I replaced all the spark plugs (which were sooty and gapped way too far) with Denso Long Life Iridium replacements, which should last the life of the car. It now starts and idles MUCH more easily. Approximately $40 with my discount. 3) I also installed 3 VisionX square LED spotlights onto a steel bracket, mounted through the front bumper. I ran the included wiring harness into the cabin and have it on a toggle switch drilled through the dash. The lights were on a killer sale, approximately $240 with the mounting plate. 90 miles of test driving over the next 2 days (including in -25 degree temps; and to Deborah's mountainous home) and the Kia seems to be running rather nicely now.

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Added by mrbrefast on Feb 24 2020 at 12:13 pm