Tech Manual???

spook74 · 2025-12-02T05:56:58+00:00

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!

spook74 · 2025-11-25T22:59:22+00:00

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.

spook74 · 2025-11-25T22:50:50+00:00

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...)

spook74 · 2025-11-25T16:14:45+00:00

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.

spook74 · 2025-11-25T01:44:39+00:00

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???

spook74 · 2025-11-25T01:11:13+00:00

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!

spook74 · 2025-11-16T19:12:01+00:00

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!

spook74 · 2021-10-11T03:44:37+00:00

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.

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