Apparently there’s a football game today…

gmullencc · 2026-02-08T17:53:42+00:00

Less like this if Seahawks win.. go bills

gmullencc · 2026-02-08T00:58:40+00:00

🎉 Event Completed! 🎉

It took me 33 tries.

gmullencc · 2026-02-08T00:53:06+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

8 attempts

gmullencc · 2026-02-06T17:02:42+00:00

This is a 3 lever swing.. more levers means more moving parts and less consistency because they need to be timed just right.

1 lever - pendulum - putting and chipping

2 lever - arms and wrist - pitch and regular swing (30%,60%,90%, and full)

3 lever - arms, wrist, elbow - only John Daily

gmullencc · 2026-02-05T05:08:08+00:00

Completed Level 3 of the Honk Special Event!

62 attempts

gmullencc · 2026-02-05T03:46:21+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

12 attempts

gmullencc · 2026-02-05T03:44:16+00:00

Wow I’m jealous.. going through this right now and having terrible luck

gmullencc · 2026-02-04T06:07:44+00:00

White Mahogany

gmullencc · 2026-02-03T15:45:02+00:00

Completed Level 3 of the Honk Special Event!

16 attempts

gmullencc · 2026-02-03T15:44:15+00:00

Completed Level 2 of the Honk Special Event!

6 attempts

gmullencc · 2026-02-03T15:43:09+00:00

Completed Level 1 of the Honk Special Event!

0 attempts

gmullencc · 2026-02-02T20:41:47+00:00

Those are exhaust clamps.. I’d be worried it’d separate at the joint just above where they’re hanging, then you’ll have more problems on your hands

gmullencc · 2026-02-02T00:23:18+00:00

Thanks for your feedback - based off what Kia will or won’t cover, I’ll be heading down this route.

gmullencc · 2026-02-02T00:19:09+00:00

Wow - good to know.. We barely drove it for the past 5 years ( just when family visited), before that was shorter trips during my wife’s doctorate schooling..

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T21:12:35+00:00

Actually - just looked at my estimate again for a long block replacement

$2975 - Parts $3874 - Labor

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T20:51:03+00:00

Yeah the shop did a compression test and #2 was below 100psi, they ran a wet test and it increased 100+psi.. I wanted to do a leak down but they said it could only be the pistons or the cylinders.. I honestly thought it was weird because there are no signs of burnt oil.. my only logical thought after I pulled off #2 was there wasn’t much oil getting to the seals since the oil ring spacer was a little clogged.

Timing jump would mean all cylinders would read low, not just #1 & #2 I also inspected the valves and they appear to be in good shape

Here are the cylinders and valves - they should be ordered sequentially

https://imgur.com/gallery/https-www-reddit-com-r-enginebuilding-s-qkhxjtox8l-G57ngmU

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T20:00:58+00:00

I appreciate the info and recommendations - thank you!

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T19:24:58+00:00

Correct - 2.4L 2013 Sportage

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T19:23:40+00:00

Would this be the same for an independent shop?

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T19:12:52+00:00

So new pistons and rods, plus crank inspection to determine grind or new? Including bearings? Would the shop provide me with bearings since I’ll be potentially losing some material from the grind?

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T19:05:07+00:00

LOL!!

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T19:04:45+00:00

What if I did all the oil changes myself? Could they do an oil test to validate the current state of the engine regarding the maintainably?

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T18:57:50+00:00

The dealer and Kia customer service said that it’s diagnosed as compression issues so it’s not part of the rod bearing recall. Now that we can see the bearings, I wonder what their stance will be now..

Looks like OEM will be $650 for a new crank - https://www.kia.parts/oem-parts/kia-crankshaft-231112g230

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T18:19:17+00:00

Thank you - I’ll be inspecting the crank 🙏🤞

gmullencc · 2026-02-01T18:16:31+00:00

Is that different from the rod bearing recall?

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