2014 KIA RIO at 96k miles is a 1.6 l GDI engine. The engine is timing chain driven. City only driving expect 26-27 MPG. It has traction control, VSA, and many other safety features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
OIL Changes are essential and Syn oil is best along with a Kia oil filter. Simple car to work on and cost at 100 k service is half the time and 1\/3 the labor cost vs the 2006 Kia Spectra. One easy car to maintain and small for easy city driving and spaces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
High Oil Consumption:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 1.6 Rio (UB, SC) 2012-2021 if the engine is using oil at a rate of 1 quart per 999 miles. try this TSB. If the original owner and under 100k Ask KIA to perform the TSB for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
https:\/\/static.nhtsa.gov\/odi\/tsbs\/2021\/MC-10205426-0001.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alternative: Try a piston soak overnight using a modified version of the TSB minus the tools\/tube. Soak overnight evac then soak again for an hour and evac again. Change oil\/filter. go with 5w30. TSB says so. I then used liquid Moly Oil Flush at 15 min idle and drained the oil and new filter refill with a syn blend. The dipstick was usually dirty sooty oil and at first, check 200 miles no oil use, and clear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2014 KIA RIO at 96k miles is a 1.6 l GDI engine. The engine is timing chain driven. City only driving expect 26-27 MPG. It has traction control, VSA, and Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":139,"menu_order":-7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"featured_image_src":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":615,"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370\/revisions\/615"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skidome.org\/homeskills2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}