KIA K3 Owners check-in!

[Greenelantra]

Ya their PPS not good, btw it's only $500plus. Why must do grounding leh? I've done on my previous ride, no difference leh.

So far I done ground for my previous 3 rides. With a good stabilizer,it does help. Haha. At least battery life longer. Anyway, just individual preference.

[coolbluepica]

Our car comes with PPS? In-house C&C one? I didn't know that.

Ya in house one. Brand is Zertona. Very lousy. I did CS-2 much better.

What is the best tyre pressure ? I prefer maximum comfort. 32psi as per placard?

 

What is the best petrol? Heard that 98 burns cleaner. After many years engine will still be clean.

[Enzomatrix]

i pump 92 all the way

[coolbluepica]

i pump 92 all the way

Wah fierce bro. 95 & 92 price difference not much. Only about $2 per tank.

 

How about your tyre pressure ?

[Jzachlee]

i pump 92 all the way

 

I think the minimum required for our engine is 95.

What is the best petrol? Heard that 98 burns cleaner. After many years engine will still be clean.

 

Does 98 give better FC since it burns cleaner and perhaps more effective?

 

I am on SPC 95 and my FC never got better than 8.9 L/100km.

[coolbluepica]

I think the minimum required for our engine is 95.

 

 

Does 98 give better FC since it burns cleaner and perhaps more effective?

 

I am on SPC 95 and my FC never got better than 8.9 L/100km.

I tried 98 it does not give better FC. But engine more smooth and quiet and more powerful. I think it depending on the road u travel, city or highway. Our car tends to burn more fuel while driving in a city.

[Enzomatrix]

Wah fierce bro. 95 & 92 price difference not much. Only about $2 per tank.

 

How about your tyre pressure ?

our car is able to take in minimum RON 91. No point let the petrol coy earn more when we pump more than we need. I tried higher RON b4, I didnt felt any significant difference so I just use 92. Same goes for my previous cars and they were all still in good condition when traded in 

I think the minimum required for our engine is 95.

 

Does 98 give better FC since it burns cleaner and perhaps more effective?

 

I am on SPC 95 and my FC never got better than 8.9 L/100km.

its 92. U can check the manual. Minimum is 91.

[coolbluepica]

our car is able to take in minimum RON 91. No point let the petrol coy earn more when we pump more than we need. I tried higher RON b4, I didnt felt any significant difference so I just use 92. Same goes for my previous cars and they were all still in good condition when traded in

 

its 92. U can check the manual. Minimum is 91.

Bro, manual stated min AKI91, which is the measurement unit used in USA. In Asia we use RON. AKI91 = RON95. Don't see number only all same lol.. 91cm & 91inch & 91feet all different. Lol.

[Enzomatrix]

Bro, manual stated min AKI91, which is the measurement unit used in USA. In Asia we use RON. AKI91 = RON95. Don't see number only all same lol.. 91cm & 91inch & 91feet all different. Lol.

 

 

Bro, trust me, I know what I'm doing. U guys got cheated for so many years lol.

 

It reads RON 91 unless we are toking about different car.  I'm driving a K3 bro :)

 

Edited July 16, 2016 by Enzomatrix

[coolbluepica]

Bro, trust me, I know what I'm doing. U guys got cheated for so many years lol.

 

It reads RON 91 unless we are toking about different car. I'm driving a K3 bro :)

 

Actually what fuel also same, as long car can move. But end of day 98 burns cleaner, in years to come engine will be cleaner as it has double the cleaning agents. Just like engine oil mah, no matter Motul or Shell, can feel it while driving. But many still prefers Motul. Lol.

[Enzomatrix]

Actually what fuel also same, as long car can move. But end of day 98 burns cleaner, in years to come engine will be cleaner as it has double the cleaning agents. Just like engine oil mah, no matter Motul or Shell, can feel it while driving. But many still prefers Motul. Lol.

Well that's a different topic altogether. Like I mentioned some ppl can feel the difference but I don't so Im fine with 92.

 

But I definitely can differentiate 92CM 92INCH 92M :) 

[Whattheheck]

To be honest, don't be too bothered about fuel consumption.

When I collected my car in dec 15, I was having an unhealthy obsession with the fuel consumption. When I can't get anything better than 12km/lit, I will keep thinking my car got problem.

After awhile, I start to ignore the fuel consumption and start to enjoy driving the car. 

Fuel consumption all boils down to a few factors.

Heavy/Light Footer - When I was heavy footer, I can only get 8km/lit. Thats when I was using the shift-tronic and revving to 6k rpm at every gear change. When I was light footer, I can get 12-14km/lit. Light footer is rpm less than 3k.

Road condition - The percentage of highway you travel on and traffic jam makes a VERY big difference. During my normal day to day work, I go 70% city/30% highway + plus jam. So I get about 11km/lit. Got 1 month I had to travel to a new work place at 6am everyday. 70% highway/30%city plus no jam. I get 16km/lit. Even better than manufacturer spec.

And regarding different RON type, last time I did an excel sheet to track the difference in price and fuel consumption. I concluded that the difference is insignificant. So don't worry about it too much.

[coolbluepica]

To be honest, don't be too bothered about fuel consumption.

 

When I collected my car in dec 15, I was having an unhealthy obsession with the fuel consumption. When I can't get anything better than 12km/lit, I will keep thinking my car got problem.

 

After awhile, I start to ignore the fuel consumption and start to enjoy driving the car.

 

Fuel consumption all boils down to a few factors.

 

Heavy/Light Footer - When I was heavy footer, I can only get 8km/lit. Thats when I was using the shift-tronic and revving to 6k rpm at every gear change. When I was light footer, I can get 12-14km/lit. Light footer is rpm less than 3k.

 

Road condition - The percentage of highway you travel on and traffic jam makes a VERY big difference. During my normal day to day work, I go 70% city/30% highway + plus jam. So I get about 11km/lit. Got 1 month I had to travel to a new work place at 6am everyday. 70% highway/30%city plus no jam. I get 16km/lit. Even better than manufacturer spec.

 

And regarding different RON type, last time I did an excel sheet to track the difference in price and fuel consumption. I concluded that the difference is insignificant. So don't worry about it too much.

What is wrong with our car FC? Is it the engine ? Or car is heavier.

[teomingern]

What is wrong with our car FC? Is it the engine ? Or car is heavier.

 

There's absolutely nothing wrong... it's on par with all other makes...

[Lurpsexx]

Well that's a different topic altogether. Like I mentioned some ppl can feel the difference but I don't so Im fine with 92.

 

But I definitely can differentiate 92CM 92INCH 92M :) 

+5.. cant upz u so fast...

There's absolutely nothing wrong... it's on par with all other makes...

 

Yup, once past 10K km, "feels" more powerful.. pulls faster... 

[Enzomatrix]

+5.. cant upz u so fast...

 

Yup, once past 10K km, "feels" more powerful.. pulls faster... 

Thanks bro.

 

After 10k km, leg got heavier 

[Enzomatrix]

Show some pics when they arrive! Hiw many watts n lumens?

 

bulb arrived. 40W, 4800Lumens.

 

White and Bright. But I can't install it properly yet. It is the heat strip type and the vendor showed 22mm for the heatsink which isnt the case. I cant fit the dust cover back as it is slightly too long. Will have to buy a spare dust cover to cut it.

 

2nd, it doesn't come with the bulb adapter to hold the bulb in place since we cannot use the original one to hold the LED in place.

 

It's either I drill the hole on the dust cover for the heatsink and strip to come out then it should likely hold it in place or I get a additional adapter to clip it in place and drill hole on dust cover to put the cover back. 

[coolbluepica]

There's absolutely nothing wrong... it's on par with all other makes...

Don't think it's on par bro. My friend's Mazda 3 has much better FC. Average 14-15km/L. Even on city driving without using Start Stop. Just imagine if he uses Start Stop.