Motoring Discussion > KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way
Thread Author: diddy1234 Replies: 7
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 09:06 
 KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way - diddy1234
So the Astra Diesel was getting long in the tooth, so I decided to buy the better half a car she had wanted for a while.
It's not cheap by any standard but we agreed a nice family car that we can take on long journey's and travel about in a bit of relative comfort (compared to the Rio).

So 7 weeks ago we scoured a few autotrader ad's and came up with a nice looking deal.
Test drove it and noticed the engine check light came on under hard acceleration.
I told the sales man and he said he would get that fixed.

He never did so after two weeks of ownership, back to the garage the car goes.
Error codes show Injectors issue.
Five weeks later (Friday) we finally get the car back.

Parts replaced under warranty :-
4x new diesel fuel Injectors
1x recon diesel fuel pump
1 fuel tank empty and clean along with all fuel lines.

Bill for total work carried out £2,800.
Glad I am not footing the bill.

The car pulls lovely now, so much more torque.
When I spoke to the garage, they said that swaf was found in the injectors and two of the injectors were completely shot. The bearings were breaking up in the fuel pump but as a precaution the fuel tank was cleaned out.

The previous owner had the car for one year (explains a few things) and the owner before that used it to tow a caravan (fitted tow bar shows).

So I am happy the work has been carried out but not happy in the £30 of fuel disappeared between fuel tank cleaning and re-fitting.

Hopefully we can start to enjoy a good tidy low mileage monster of a car now
Last edited by: diddy1234 on Sun 1 Sep 13 at 09:06
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 09:16 
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Pound to a penny that was seriously misfuelled and driven till it died by the previous short term owner then immediately got shot of, just before the pump disintegrated.

I wouldn't have wanted that fuel pouring back in anyway, would it have been sufficiently strained?

As a precaution i would run a couple of tanks of fuel through and put another new fuel filter on.
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 09:26 
 KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way - diddy1234
I had wondered if it had been mis-fuelled but after looking around the Kia owners club it would appear that the fuel pump breaking up and new injectors are a 'normal' problem.
Fortunately after the new parts have been fitted they are better than the original parts

I wonder if the Sedona had just been used to tow a caravan all of the time hence no blast down the motorway.
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 09:31 
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Whatever caused it you'd have been up a creek if it had been a private or auction buy.
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 09:34 
 KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way - diddy1234
Very true.
I am kind of glad the whole lot has been changed and just not the injectors.
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 16:10 
 KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way - swiss tony
>> Parts replaced under warranty :-
>> 4x new diesel fuel Injectors
>> 1x recon diesel fuel pump
>> 1 fuel tank empty and clean along with all fuel lines.

If I had a quid for every car I have seen in our workshop having that work done, I would be driving a nearly new (petrol!!!!) car, and not the old (petrol) shed I currently do drive.
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 17:33 
 KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way - Ted

I've just bought 2 new diesel injectors for the Suzuki.........£250 for the pair.
I didn't think pure gold would withstand engine heat, but apparently so !

Ted
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New Sun 1 Sep 13 17:45 
 KIA Sedona - A car to pay for but don't have on the drive way - swiss tony
>>
>> I've just bought 2 new diesel injectors for the Suzuki.........£250 for the pair.
>> I didn't think pure gold would withstand engine heat, but apparently so !
>>
>> Ted
>>

250 a pair?
Thats fairly cheap... some injectors are over that each!
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