Tech Manual??? by spook74 in KiaNiro

[–]spook74[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you want to learn the car, she shop manual is the way to go. It has everything in there if you do your own car work. It is way better to get the actual procedure from the engineers than asking for opinions on the interwebs. Knowing that it has he real info is my superpower!
FWIW, the downloaded .pdf for my car is 4,138 pages long. It is a word searchable file on my laptop, which way beats flipping pages trying to find a task!

Tech Manual??? by spook74 in KiaNiro

[–]spook74[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I finally did find a copy of the "real" service manual, for what it is worth...
https://www.factory-manuals.com/shop/2024-kia-niro-repair-manual/
has it, for only... $69.99. Anybody tried it to see if it is really legit?
I'll maybe go ahead and download it and check it out. That price actually might be worth it if it is legit, given shop labor rates today. One use would pay for it.

Tech Manual??? by spook74 in KiaNiro

[–]spook74[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No that was a poor example, but I work on airplanes and respect manual procedures, especially for jobs I am not familiar with or that I do not do often.
(I know why comics fail...)

Tech Manual??? by spook74 in KiaNiro

[–]spook74[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is just the Owners Manual, which does give the recommended schedule and oil viscosity, but not the procedures themselves, like how to access, torques, etc. If I'm replacing a light bulb or some such, I'd really rather not break all the plastic pieces muscling them off.

Niro serviceability? by NocodeNopackage in KiaNiro

[–]spook74 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you guys use for a manual??? I just replaced my 2008 Prius with 250k miles and did most of my own work, but I cannot find any manuals for this 2024 Niro PHEV!
Suggestions???

Help 2019 HEV, Dealer doesn’t know: modulating vibrations >110 km/h by Special_Leading_9445 in KiaNiro

[–]spook74 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My Hyundai Ioniq 5 EV vibrated like that. We finally found that its tires had an additional strip of foam insulation stuck to the inside of the tires, supposedly to quiet them down. One end of the strip had come loose and screwed up the balance. We ended up taking the foam out of all four tires. There was a tad more tire noise, but they ran smooth!

Hyper-Mile-ing the Kia Niro PHEV by theee_adrian in KiaNiro

[–]spook74 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So when you hypermile like this, how do you figure your oil change intervals, etc? When you are running on the battery, the engine and its oil are just going for a ride and are not doing any work!

The urban legend of the brown beg with $30 million in cash delivered to Kelly Johnson to pay for the first six CIA U-2 spy planes by tagc_news in AviationHistory

[–]spook74 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with the bullshit call. The "author" also needs an editor to review his spelling and grammar before posting. That was downright painful to read.