![]() ![]() If your plan, like mine, is to keep your kappa for the long term then I would worry less about engine related issues and more about unique body parts, like rubber seals, trunk release cables, the electrical mechanisms that open the trunk and release the buttress. If you get a 2.0 with high mileage, expect that it will require more maintenance on a periodic basis but the improved performance in my opinion makes it worth the added effort. The turbo sees a much more stressful life and will also require periodic repair or replacement. They are direct injected and suffer from intake side carbon build up that will require cleaning on a periodic basis. The 2.0 cars can see a lot more mechanical stress because they are more highly tuned and are boosted. It has been through a couple of water pumps, plugs, and at leas one high pressure fuel pump. ![]() We have one in our club that is approaching 150k miles. But there are 2.0 cars out there with well over 100k miles that are being used as daily drivers. The majority of 2.0 cars are not subjected to the same number of miles because most are not daily drivers. cars will not continue to soldier on for many many years to come. With normal maintenance, timing chains, water pumps, clutches etc there is not reason to believe that the 2. There are many 2.4 cars well into their second hundred thousand miles of life. The 2.4 cars have a history of high reliability and long life. I was told many many years ago that as long as the car's body is in good shape (no rust), everything else mechanical can be fixed or replaced. If you maintain it with oil changes and regular maintenance, any car should last a long time (as long as it isn't a lemon right out of the gate). I have a 2011 Kia Sorento with a 2.5L four cylinder that has 165,000 miles on it and it still runs strong with no issues (fingers crossed not to jinx it). I've read in other posts and online that there are Skys out there with close to 200,000 miles on them. The engine is and sounds strong and the engine bay is one of the cleanest I've ever seen. And I have a bunch of other mods I'll be doing just to make it "mine". I'm replacing the radio with a new touch screen head unit this week. Once I buy a new switch (around $30) I'll fix that. The side mirror switch "up" setting doesn't work. Cleaned the contacts and put in a new bulb. The reverse light housing had water in it and corroded the bulb plug. It had a few problems that I'm currently fixing or fixed. With all cars the bass and CD playing saps the electricity available for the ignition and causes less power.It's a 2007 base 2.4L.not a redline with 78,000 miles. As I have found with all turbo cars: if you want the power, let it warm up well and don't play a lot of heavy bass in your radio music, or play CDs as much. other then the wind noise coming from the pass side window, which was a door adjustment issue and was fixed the first day.all gone. I don't use mine as an everyday car though. The idle has never been smooth, I made note of the when I first started it, so I could make later comparisons. I was actually surprised at the ticking injectors that sound like there's a hole in the gasket between the exhaust manifold and the header, as well as the loppy idle. My engine has never run incredibly smooth. When I returned it had warmed even more and ran even better. The other day I let it warm to 100, then had to get out, I had forgotten tock my front door. There is much more torque and much more turbo engagement. I have noticed that it runs much better if I allow the engine coolant to warm to atleast 100degrees before trying to drive. ![]()
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