2021 KIA K5 Oil and Filter Change

Also check out my KZbin video for my One Mount Ownership review! Link below. In this video I show you how my brother and I changed the oil and oil filter on his new KIA K5 1.6L Turbo EX. This was the first oil change that we did for the 1,000 mile break in oil change. I hope this video helps someone out. Thanks for watching!
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[@bomatdaman]

Excellent video, thanks for taking the time to produce it. A few take-aways for me. 1. I have a new 2022 Tucson Hybrid with that same engine. Assuming the splash guard cutouts will cause the same drain mess, I'll likely opt to remove the entire splash guard. Inexcusable Hyundai/Kia design. 2. For those watching the Oil Filter Drain Plug removal, you did not show the pin removal process. I mention this so that others don't try to remove the plug w/o removing the cotter pin first. 3. Not to sound like your father, but you should wear protective gloves when messing with petroleum products, which are carcinogens (cancer causing). You're young now and don't think of those things, I get it. But cancer cells hide in your body just waiting for the opportune time. Sorry for the lecture.

[@lydiaknudson8672]

Amazing information. My husband just dropped off his car to Kia to get his 3rd oil change. They've doubled the price. We will be doing our own from now on. Rockstar video. Thank you.

[@user-sn4fk9zi2d]

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[@spockistheman]

Thanks for the video, it really helped me get my first oil change done. When I took my drain plug out, there was no washer on the plug. I noticed what looked like a washer stuck on the pan as you did. I hit it with a screwdriver and it popped off. It was the washer. You may want to pop yours off the next oil change. You have 2 washers on your plug now.

[@hunterjohnathan1]

Yeah I was looking right at the washer when he said that. He didn’t put any real effort into it to see if it’ll come off lol

[@spockistheman]

@@hunterjohnathan1 He’ll figure it out if it starts leaking, lol

[@nailsofinterest]

Thanks so much! Hubby is outside changing ours atm. Don't forget to tell people to pull the pin out!! Saw that in another video, guy actually damaged his. Hubby asked me right find a video "where they don't break stuff first". So he wouldn't follow along and do the same thing.

[@louivou7907]

Watching you guys drop the pin into the engine bay killed me

[@xiouxon3712]

Thank you for making this video! My Kia K5 GT-Line has 3,000 miles and I was wondering the process before taking it into my shop and doing the oil change.

[@williammuenster7386]

check ur manual!

[@ericrasmussen7284]

Nice video, gents! Thanks for posting this. Doing my first oil change on my K5 GTLine today and this video was very helpful.

[@johndoe3485]

Only advice, is dont remove the drain plug for the filter. Just leave it on the filter and push it all into the housing. The way you guys did it, by removing it off the new filter, first it fail down and could of been lost, your lucky you found it. And second you have to do all that exstra work putting it in from under like you did. All that was completely unnecessary EXSTRA work. And the tool you used was bad and made it harder. It would of been easier if you had long needle nose pliers. But other then those 2 things, you guys did a good job. ✌️

[@spockistheman]

Thanks for posting this great video. We just bought a new K5. I will definitely watch this when I’m ready to change the oil.

[@guidedbygreen1480]

Looks like you have two crush washers on your pan now. That was a definite second crush washer

[@MisterrJmark]

Thanks for posting...Oil change prices are ridiculous in my area for this car. I'd rather do it myself. Very detailed and informative.

[@philc8620]

Thank you for the great video. I just got the same k5 last month and i'm so surprised to see how much the technology has changed over the years. Never seen that type of oil components. My other car i was still using the oil filter vise grip..lol.

[@md-md1748]

this is awesome i am watching it at 2 am before bed. not my field of study but very interesting to learn from you. great teaching skills over video

[@slogun937]

Very useful video, thanks! I was not familiar with the insert-style oil filters.

[@johnchile4883]

Lmao I love how you put It in there so you don't lose it but things went form 0 to 100 real quick

[@travishammond9101]

Did you find any metal shavings or particles in the oil?

[@Santiago-pe8kl]

Thank you for you help

[@matchking300]

Wondering what your feelings are on running 5W-20 here in Arizona where on the pavement we're above 120⁰ in the summer.. Thank you for the video. Just did my first K5 oil change and it prevented a lot of unpleasant discoveries had I not watched it prior to going under.

[@prestondickson1920]

Thank you! Your video actually helped with reseting the oil life!

[@williammuenster7386]

it would be a good idea to put the filter drain plug in and put oil in the filter prior to screwing it back on .....it gets oil to the engine moving parts right away

[@SNP556]

Not necessary in a 1.6L engine.

[@billyluu3101]

Hows the car holding up? Did you change the oil again? How was the color of the oil on the following oil change? Please update, thanks.

[@candidoa.rivera2803]

Excellent video (the best I’ve seen). Question: Does it make a difference whether you drain the oil from the oil pan first and then drain and remove the oil filter?

[@680ecks]

What a stupid over engineered mess !! Way better then taking a spin on one off and putting a new one on .

[@Betamax84]

What sort of maniac replaces the oil filter before draining the oil pan? Am I crazy?!

[@nestornieves9822]

Lmao seriously…

[@brianhechinger6726]

Makes no difference, the new filter stays dry until you start the engine . But IMO, they should have let the oil drain while working on the new filter.

[@nailsofinterest]

Nah hubby says (and I agree it looks very similar) to a pool filter cartridge change. (Often called "pool filter") You don't have to drain the pool 1st to change a cartridge 😊. Shocked me when I watched lol used to the other style with housing changed too. 😅

[@saulmeza1215]

I notice everyone uses 5 quarts but it calls for 5.1 quarts, any importance in that extra .1quarts

[@nikali4828]

Great video! Do you think you could do a transmission fluid change video?

[@zero2sixty244]

I know you don’t particularly need to dealer maintain to keep warranty but why didn’t you have the dealer change it?

[@gizzmo8860]

Not sure about you changing oil yourself to keep warranty going you better keep records.

[@Dick_Nixon]

They’ll only change it at the 7500 mark, charge you, and use whatever oil they have.

[@nailsofinterest]

They charge way too much, put whatever oil in they want, ours isn't very close by, etc. We have a lease and never have had an issue with DIY oil changes etc.

[@jeremyramirez583]

I wonder if this engine will have the same issue honda has with fuel mixing with with the oil? That sure seemed like really dirty oil for only 1200 miles. How hard have you been driving that vehicle.

[@BlazerGuy1983]

We have been very easy on the vehicle, especially during it’s break-in period. We wondered too why the oils looked so muddy like. I am assuming it was due to a special break-in oil used on the assembly line.

[@johnfranklin5277]

I have a k5 GT LINE with premium package I bought in May. I changed the original oil at 1500 miles, did smell a little gassy. Changed it 3000 miles later, and definitely smelled of gas. No rise on dipstick though. Based on that. And the watery 0 20 oil, I've decided to change the oil every 3000 miles. After much internet research, and looking at all car brands, it seems all GDI engines, especially those with turbos suffer from gas oil dilution. We'll see how it goes in the long run. Hopefully they've designed these engines to tolerate this issue for the long haul.

[@thatotherguy186]

So first, as of March 2021 Kia says they recommend full synthetic for all 2021 engines. But… Also being a K5 owner, I just changed my oil as well but noticed some damage to the head just under the oil fill cap, under the valve cover. I’m curious if you have it too. Dealership claimed Kia knows about it and it’s on all K5s and they won’t replace it. I’m not buying it, it looks like pieces were being thrown around by the cam. It looks like someone took a screwdriver to it. Wondering if you have the same damage. (I have the 4L 1.6L as well)

[@brianhechinger6726]

Doesn’t the new filter cartridge install into the cap with the new plug left in place? Seems risky to remove it and then reinstall it since you could miss the groove in the filter and have it not locked in properly. And why put the old plug back in just to remove the cap? Seems like you’d pull the plug out and throw it away, then the new plug slides in attached to the new filter. You could have over 12k viewers doing it the wrong way. Lol. Kia recommends first oil change at 6000mi under the normal maintenance schedule for 1.6L and 2.5L K5s.

[@chrisvannatter3802]

Oil looked really milky? Any problems fuel or coolant mixing with oil? Might wanna get that checked. Also Kia recommend to me not to change oil til you hit at least 4000 miles for the break in period to cure.

[@mariofigueroa99]

Great 👍 video guys , thanks 🙏

[@dragon692620]

Does it make a difference on the AWD version

[@neworldgaming4596]

No cuz same engine

[@VIDEOHEREBOB]

Guys, no jack stands?

[@henryreeve4960]

What brand are those ramps and where to get them

[@hunterjohnathan1]

You didn’t continue the video to where you checked the oil dipstick. How would we know if it truly takes all 5 qts? Based on this video, we’d either have to take your word for it or put slightly less than 5 qts and check with dipstick after running the engine and add as needed. Definitely reading my owners manual after seeing this lol.

[@amr-50]

thanks for the video

[@willo10SD]

Excellent thx..

[@michaelkundly1759]

all that stuff on the bottom is for aerodynamics and fuel economy, and nice shirt by the way.

[@dodge33445]

it locks into the filter , so u have to take it out regardless .

[@monkeyboy7969]

I misplace my owner manual for my 2021 Kia Niro could someone tell me what weight oil to use can I use gf6a or gf6 oil

[@johnfranklin5277]

Hey, do you still have your k5 ??

[@charlesincharge.5161]

What a stupid design for a filter very dumb. Great video. Someday the guy who designed the car will have to deal with this stupid filter. 📡👽🇺🇸 IM GLAD.

[@hopkinstreeexperts759]

It’s actually not bad, pretty simple once you know how to do it, much less messy

[@johnfranklin5277]

Its to stop there being thousands upon thousands of METAL can style spin on filters lying around in landfills, and using a ton of metal to make them. Easier, yes certainly, but not very environmentally friendly.

[@waltermcknight674]

You have a head gasket problem. Water in oil

[@gizzmo8860]

Will this void your warranty by doing it your self?

[@chrisvannatter3802]

No it wont

[@nailsofinterest]

Nope. Not even a problem on leases

[@alexbilotti4980]

Two things I would done differently first prepared the oil filter and I would of use amsoil better quality motor oil 100% Synthetic motor oil

[@raysavage2412]

patrick mahones voice

[@alexisolvera1668]

Hey, Ive been wanting to check my transmission fluid levels but don't know where the dipstick is at. Can you help

[@uzijimenez911]

Sometimes with new cars there’s no dipstick for transmission oil

[@brandonupchurch7628]

If you don't have a dipstick, there's probably a bolt on the side of the transmission that you have to open while the car is running and up to temperature to check the level.

[@johnfranklin5277]

Owners manual is a wealth of information.

[@brandonupchurch7628]

@@johnfranklin5277 Umm, yeah, it's not, they don't even tell you what type of oil filter it uses and the hyundai/kia part number, it uses a cartridge that currently I believe the only way to get one is to buy it from the dealer currently. The owners manual pretty much just tells you to go to the dealer for everything and doesn't tell you how to do anything.

[@lsman38]

So people change their break in engine oil, and late in their transmission lifetime oil, power steering, brake fluid.. hate they change the oil filter to toyota style cap but with plastic.

[@johnfranklin5277]

Well, just because someone changes thir oil early doesn't mean they will not change the transmission fluid. And there is no power steering fluid, its electric motor driven.

[@sportsMike87]

I have a k5. Just a personal perference don’t like how it looks in black.

[@Dick_Nixon]

I bought sapphire blue lol

[@omarcarnegie7614]

Mine is black k5 gt line & i love it

[@johnfranklin5277]

Doesn't matter what you think, its what the owner likes that matters, and it was a rude thing to say .

[@tioswift3676]

I like Sports, but I HATE the name Mike. Just a personal preference...it reminds me of my creepy gay uncle Mike.

[@theapocalypse9761]

Does anyone know how to set, the oil intervals on a gt-line with the regular infotainment?

[@tmartinez9065]

Gotta go onto your Kia Access APP (UVO)

[@adambrowne9078]

Little editing could cut this down to a couple minutes

[@gizzmo8860]

KIA manual says 4.8 Quarts

[@bigdavedayday1581]

You need a bigger funnel

[@johnfranklin5277]

I kept thinking, why is there a big green balloon under the car!! Lol.

[@0dq0]

that's a lot of plastic crap underneath

[@tonywhite425]

these silly video's give me severe gas