Come along as I have a look at a 2015 Kia Sorento that has been at the dealers countless times and another local shop to see why the heck this thing won’t start! It cranks over just fine but won’t start…. sometimes. The other shop towed it to me to see if we could make heads or tails of it. Let’s have a look.
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Reminds me of when my brothers Peugeot 205 Diesel wouldn't start after undoing the fuel filter drain plug to see if there was any water in it. We finally decided to call a dealer and the technician said to check for a very tiny O-ring on the end of the drain plug. After a bit of searching we discovered it had dropped off. We re-fitted it and hey-presto it started!
Nice job. Totally agree that after fixing and not knowing what fixed it. Not comfortable with that solution either. I'm also impatient so I have to work at systematic troubleshooting without trying three things at once. We do need more techs with your mindset.
Great job, that is a smart way to go with process of elimination and verification of each circuit.
90% of all electrical problems are a bad connection.
Another great one Eric, thanks for taking us along,, some of us are following closely !!!!
you a cool dude.
26:48 There is a fine art to soidering..THAT I MFKN HATE!
Extremely helpful Vids…Where were you 32 years ago when I needed help working on my 1971 Javelin SST 360 in H.S.
Had a Railway track machine once that the operator would punch a control box every tie to get the machine to go through operation cycle .Simple fix for me it was just a loose connection inside the box.Funny thing was he couldnt stop pounding the box after it was fixed .
I found a lot of Kor. Cars Kia and such have a lot of eletrical problems. I do like your approach