Kia Soul | Intake Valve Cleaning | EASY Owner Maintenance 

Great advice! Thanks for sharing!

Maybe more than 100k I see guys with 300 plus k mileage with these engine

Glad it helped your engine and happy holidays!

I appreciate your kind compliment ☺️

Right on! Yeah I got luck with no error codes but the "risk" was definitely worth the reward. I'm excited to do it again before my next oil change.

You are very welcome! Also saving you some money. ❤

Haha I try to give as I can. Sometimes the best gift is shared knowledge. ☺️

​@@MentorMeldo you work for Kia? I'm curious if this is the method they use.

Hey No I'm just a DIYer that's read up on the car. I believe someone in the comment section did confirm this is the method Kia uses. GDI also does a walk through on this procedure.

@@MentorMel thank you, I think I'm going to give it a try.

If you feel nervous, check out the other comments and see observe their reactions

You are very welcome! Thank you for the kind words. I hope you stick around for more content

​@MentorMel You're welcome and I definitely will. I have a Hyundai and wanted to mention and share this info: Top Tier fuel is recommended to use, as it's mentioned in the owner's manual. This will also help reduce carbon build up and help to keep the valves cleaner. With these GDi engines try and stay away from lower quality fuel.

Thanks for joining the crew. I hope it improves your vehicles performance!

I need to do another go on my car. I've been feeling it drag a little lately.

That's amazing! I'm so glad it worked out well for you. I personally don't wait till 10k miles. I do this when I feel the car working harder than normal. Thank you for sharing your experience!

Hopefully it helps. I recently was having rough idle but did an oil change in quick succession. Changed within 1k and that seems to have helped. Good luck! I'd try cleaning the throttle body too.

You are very welcome!

Awesome!! Let me know how it feels after you get it done.

It really will make you start mentally calculating and reassessing life choices lol. I'm glad your Rondo has be revived! Wishing you the best!

That's awesome!! I will admit it's terrifying which I try to be transparent in my videos but the results are 🤌🏾. Great job facing your fear!! ❤

@@MentorMel This kit came with a hose and fittings that plugged into the intake manifold side of the PCV valve hose. That made it a little easier as I didn't have to remove the air box or intake pipe to do it (just the PCV valve hose). Next time, I'll try the product that you use. My local dealership wants $300 + to do this service.

​@@rorylitonjua1898what kit?

Thank you for sharing! I too went up on oil as well.

😂😂 it does make a scene but your car runs so much better.

Any time!

Glad you enjoyed it!!

Thank you!

Awww thank you! You're the best! ❤️

That's awesome!! How did it go?! Lol I am a semi mentor I just like to help people help themselves.

@@MentorMel I did it exactly as the instructions say to do on the can, (with my brother in laws help on the gas pedal) and it threw NO cylinder miss fire codes! So I drove it around for about 50 miles and had the oil changed. NO problems! Now the next time will be a breeze, thanks to you. Take care, and thank you again! 👍🖖

@reasoningtruth that's awesome!! I'm so glad it worked out well and you had great results!!

I would do it after cause it'll be all fresh items you will be putting in your car. The directions for the intake state to change oil after. So I would do those other things too. Yeah it's crazy how bad they want to get money from us. Capitalism.

It's no problem! The reverse camera while driving was a function of the head unit I had. I upgraded from that however that was a cool feature wish my new one had it. I use a full can per session. I Rev to 3500 3 times then just let it idle without your foot on the gas. Definitely try this first and you should feel a significant change. Wishing you the best and welcome to the Soul Tribe! ❤️

De nada! Leave your experience in the comment section. I hope you feel the change almost immediately.

@@MentorMel Yes I did and it worked very well thank you but now I'm trying to replace the ilde air control valve and I can't locate it by any chance do you know where it is?

You are very welcome!!

Thank you for joining the fam!

I've waited a couple of days then done it. I believe it's the color and particles. Can technically didn't specify how long after so it might be to your discretion.

Definitely agree!

You're welcome!

I would consider no smoke a really good thing. That means you don't have any carbon build-up. I'd stay on doing this regularly to decrease buildup in the future. I'm glad it seemed to help you idle problem.

From my research nothing however you can look up some intake cleaners where ppl compare them and check the cat after. I don't have content or tools for a video like that.

It's a possibility however everything has a draw back in life. I hear there is a product called cataclean that you put in your tank and it cleans your cat.

I believe the gdi walnut blasting method may work. However, I'm not 100% on that full process but it's a good place to start with researching.

I personally would. Staying on top of carbon buildup will be the thing that helps your car last a long time.

I would look at your Vin tag and pull that up online. I'm pretty sure the soul engines are going but I think the Vin tag will tell you for sure. I don't want to give you incorrect information

So from the research that I found the maf is located in a different area then behind the throttle body. I could be wrong but reading and doing deductive reasoning led me to that conclusion.

@@MentorMel so after the throttle body? I have a 2010 kia cerato which the MAF sensor is after the throttle body. Just curious if it will cause any damage to the sensor before doing this

From what I've researched the deposits are very minimal to the cat. You can run cat cleaner, oil additives and fuel additives to serve as a cleaner if you are concerned. I personally run gas treatment and oil additives very frequently along with more frequent oil changes. I'll definitely look into a cleaner specifically for the catalytic converter. Thanks for your suggestion.

@@MentorMel yeah just a general question before i try it out so i know what all i need to get , thanks

If you have an gdi engine this should be able to work for your engine. There is a rumor going around that it may cause catalytic converter issues however I haven't experienced that and I've done the intake valve cleaning 3 times. To counter the rumor I run cataclean every season just as a maintenance procedure. Hope this answer leads you into the right direction.

@@MentorMel OK thank you. I did call the dealership they're charging me $800 just for the valve cleaning, I'll just do it myself See how it goes

Hello there sorry to bother, I'm doing the valve cleaning right at this moment, Question I just did a oil change like 4 days ago, so I have new oil. you think it's necessary to do another oil change?

Instructions recommend to change oil after doing the cleaning. I'm not sure how soon they recommended after.

That $800.00 charge may well include Walnut Shell blasting which is a proven physical method to clean up your intake ports and intake valves that the chemical process may leave behind.....

Hey welcome to the channel! I just drove up to 60 mph for the 10 mins. I tried to keep that speed for the duration of time.

@@MentorMel Sounds good. That's what I will do. I don't want to rev the engine too high. I will get the oil changed afterwards. You're the best!

You are very welcome! Share your results and experience so others know what to expect.

Success!!! I followed your instructions in this great video plus the instructions on the can and successfully performed the intake valve cleaning. These were the steps I took. 1) Ran the car for 10 minutes to warm it up. 2) Removed the air box and rubber hose going to the throttle body 3) Started the car and maintained 2000 rpm 4) Sprayed cleaner into throttle body in 1 second burst, then waited 4 seconds for engine to recover Engine would drop to 1500 rpm then recover to 2000 rpm This process took around 45 minutes so plan accordingly. 5) When can was empty, I allowed the car to return to idle, then revved the engine to 3500 rpm three times 6) Let the car idle for 1 minute 7) Shut off car and let the valves in the engine "heat soak" for 1 hour. 8) Started the car and drove it at highway speeds (55 - 60 mph) for 1/2 hour. One time during the test drive, when I had to get up to speed fast from a stop, I felt a little hesitation and saw a puff of white smoke out the tail pipe, but it cleared up fast. I have a manual and I did not go above 3500 rpm in any gear. I did not hear any knocking and the engine light did not come on at any time. After the cleaning, the idle is very smooth and acceleration is crisp. The car is parked for now until I get the oil changed A Million thanks to Mel for her encouragement to do this very important service to the GDI engine on my Kia Soul.

That's awesome!!! I'm so glad you feel the difference. It's scary going through it but after.... 🤌🏾

No, throttle body cleaner is solely to clean the butterfly flaps of the throttle body. That solution isn't made to run through the engine of your car. That's where the intake cleaner comes into play. Hope this info helps.

You're welcome!!

Amen to that! GDI engines are definitely at the lower end of designs. I've definitely learned a bit on this engine since starting the page. I will say though I enjoy my car but once she goes, idk if I'd get another Soul. Unless it has a Honda engine 😅

Definitely! I run gas cleaner through my car pretty regularly.

Hey that sounds like an alternator issue. I'd take it to a mechanic for a look over.

Very good!

This helps with engine performance. Changing the pcv valve (check out that video) will help with consumption. I also do an engine flush when I get my oil changed every 5th visit.

@@MentorMel I've already changed a PCV valve and I'm literally burning like a court to a quart and a half of oil every 500 mi or so it's horrible it makes me hate Kia GDI

I would do an engine flush with your next oil change. That's what worked for me.

@@MentorMel what engine flush did you use

I just had meineke do it. Not exactly sure.

That's good! Keep on it. Your results are really what we all should be seeing but these are GDI engines

No smoke and 60 dollars is better than the alternative of having to pull manifold.

I don't have one on my vehicle yet. I'm still searching around for decent content for me to figure out the process.

If you want to quantify it like that. Don't overthink it. Just make sure the car doesn't shut off as you spray it in.

@@MentorMel any recommendations on products ? And do you basically use the whole can , reason I ask is I don't think the previous owner ever cleaned the GDI

Crc or seafoam, I use the entire can. Your car will feel brand new

@@MentorMel going to do this next oil change thank you and very informative video easy and simple for diy'ers

Absolutely!! It's fun learning about cars! Have a great day!

Hey Tony! Thanks for the great recommendations I'll definitely give those a try. Wishing you the best! ❤️

My recommendation is look at crc intake valve videos where people actually test it on the valves vs seafoam. Then look at another video where someone actually looked at the cat before and after. That's what I did to determine if it was worth trying on my car. My MPG have significantly improved since doing the treatments. Again it's up to you but over time your engine will begin to lose performance.

Try a cataclean after

@@MentorMel ok thank you..i seem to have a lot more issue since i did that cleaning...engine was very noisy and sluggish.

@@MentorMel i will try that cataclean and see that helps..thanks