Loyale 2.7 Turbo

Previously to reassemble the Transmission, I removed almost everything in it to do a Deep Cleansing of everything and avoid that metal chunks from the broken gears could remain inside. Then, after I opened the other side's cover, I found this: I bet that a metal chunk from the Other gears, got there So, I went to the Junk Yard where I purchased the Differential's Side Gears and asked for this other part to the Salesman, who happily sold me the Whole Thing, (behind is the Broken one): Now I Hope everything will be Alright, in the Name of God. Kind Regards.

Well, despite that seems like Jimmy Hoffa could rest in that trunk, I had to search in Google for willy loman... now I understand... Kind Regards.

Looks Awesome Thomas, now is Time to Prepare those Areas for Painting against Rust. What is your Plan on that subject? Keep the Good Job and the Updates coming! Kind Regards.

When I first received this Kia, I noticed immediately that the Previous Owner used it for Racing Purposes, how do I know? ... Easy, the engine was acting like wanting to Race all the Time, also it was burning around a Quart of Oil per Week and Blowing a Cloud of Smoke; and I found some other damages on the Engine, such like this: So, I ended doing an Engine Swap, using a 2003 Spectra T8D engine, coupled to the 2000 Sephia's T8D intake and exhaust. When I serviced the Transmission, and after pouring a can of seafoam's: "TransTune" driving the Kia with it, I poured all the ATF and removed the Transmission's oil pan, to find this: I didn't knew then from where those metal chunks came of, until now... Now I Understand that those are small chunks of metal that came from the Differential Side Gears. So, I Bet that the Previous Owner, beside flooring the Gas Pedal, never left it while the Transmission changed Gears, so the Differential Side Gears received the impacts and must be the Weakest part on the Transaxle. Since the car came like that already when we purchased it used; and is a Miracle that it lasted without issues all these years with us. Kind Regards.

I am Workin' at the "KiaStein" now, meanwhile I remembered the Origin of this Grinded Gears Problem...

Soon, I will be doing all this to my Wife's car, the "KiaStein" . Cleansing all the Transmission's internals, Reassembly and resealing it, Pouring Fresh Valvoline ATF for High Mileage Vehicles, Changin' the old, worn Hoses, After that, I will do the Timin' Belt Job, Changin' the worn plastic Covers, Tensioners, etc... Finally, Changin' the Motor Oil & Filter... Among many other things inbetween... Kind Regards.

Those gears are enough heavy to let me think that they should be made of some sort of Iron Alloy, not alluminium; the Colour could be due to the Heat / Oil contact for fifteen years. Do you believe that the fact that we Climb on our cars, super steep hills daily; could made those gears to wear like that? ... We need to climb such hills in our route from / to Home; several times per day. The Transmission Never has been Low on Oil, as far as the car has been with us. Kind Regards.

So I felt Lucky for paying only $ 40.ºº US Dollars for this... ...the Whole Differential plus all its four side Gears, in Good shape.

People at the Local Junk Yards wanted to sell me the Whole Transmission, and despite that it was used, the price was expensive; and I consider that to buy a whole transmission having one in good shape, would be a Waste; so I continued searchin' for the Differential Side Gears only. The Local Dealer does not have them here, but could bring them brand new, for Lps. 900.ºº Lempiras, our Currency, equals to ~ $ 45.ºº US Dollars Each. But I had to wait around two months for them to come... After searchin' among many aftermarket stores and junk yards, I found one, only ONE junk yard that had a Damaged 2000 Kia Sephia Automatic Transmission, and I convinced the junk yard's manager to sell me the Differential + its side Gears.

This is How the Old Differential Side Gears came out: Closer View: This is the Upper Gear, taken out: Believe me: in the photos they look better than they really are.

There are Four Gears, two Big with 16 teeth each, whose part number is: ► MAF12-27-251 The other two gears are smaller, with 10 teeth each, and their part number is: ► MAF12-27-255 All those four were Damaged, let me Upload the Photos:

So, after I finished the Transmission Removal from the Car... and I started to do the "Autopsy" to that transmission; seemed like the main gear on the Differential and / or the Differential itself is alright; seemed like the Broken Parts were the small Gears that couples the Axle with the Differential.

A Brand New Differential, whose part number is: ► MFA14-27-100 or also MFA14-27-190A. Seems to be impossible to Source Locally... And I don't like the idea of obtaining an used Transmission, Because instead of a Gear Box, it could be a Pandora's Box...

Meanwhile I came across this post in another forum: At least the Transaxle on the "KiaStein" reached 170,000 Miles and the transmission itself seems to be alright, still shifting smoothly and flawlessly; the problem seemed to be the mere Differential, but couldn't be Sure 'till I Drop the Transmission and open it to carefully check its internal parts. Kind Regards.

I've been checking things on the "KiaStein" and the Axle seems to be OK... ...So I bet that the Differential has broke somehow; the reason why it sounds more on one side axle, is because the Driver's side axle is Shorter than the Passenger's side axle, and thus explains why the noise is more noticeable on one side. I am accustomed to my Subaru, all subarus have symmetrical everything, even the axles... Time to Drop the Transmission.

My Subaru has five years being driven with noisy Axles, even worse than the slight sound the Kia had, and still is going strong; I've never seen such a Sudden Severe Fail on any Axle, before... so maybe it is the Differential that is braking. The: "Clunk!, Clunk!, Clunk!" noise was so Loud and the Wheel Stoppings so Severe, that I thought that the "KiaStein" would never reach home by its own ... ... I Called by Phone to the Local Kia Dealer, asking for the price of a brand new Axle for the Automatic Sephia 2000, they asked an extremely crazy price: Lps. 14,500.ºº in our Currency, equals to $ 300.ºº US Dollars each... I joke with the salesman, saying: "I only need one, not one dozen" but he hung the phone... I needed to solve this puzzle as soon as possible...

I was still deciding if I should purchase the Engine's Oil Pump or not, when my Wife called me from her Cellphone: the "KiaStein" suddenly developed a severe "CLUNK!" noise, coming from the driver's side axle; she reported that the whole car stopped a little when the noise happens, and was little bit hard to steer in curves; so I asked her to stop the car and wait for me. I went there and switched cars, she went to her job in my Subaru "BumbleBeast", and I drove her Kia... and she was Right; there was a very Loud and solid metallic hit that sounded through all the car's body at the same time it stopped for a second, the driver's side wheel from spin. I removed the tire and inspected everything, also I repeated this on the other side, nothing was wrong with the Suspension, nor the Steering components; so it could be either the Constant Velocity Joint (Axle), or the Differential. I managed to drive the "KiaStein" Back home, very slowly, and on certain curves on corners to the Right, the Driver's wheel stopped to Spin for a second, two or three times, while refused to be steered to the Right. The More the car went, the Worse the issue became... two blocks from home, the Clunk noise / wheel stopping started to be constant, one per wheel turn, while going to the Front in Straight line... but it stopped sounding while the car was going Downhill, so it is not the Wheel Bearings, which I changed a year ago; This noise Sounded like if one Ball from the Constant Velocity Joint would manage to find a way out from the Basket that holds those balls together, inside the Constant Velocity Joint.. Could this be an an Axle fail? Or could this be a Differential fail? I have enough experience with Constant Velocity Joints (Axles) as you can Read, Here: ~► http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/114267-advice-for-longer-cv-joints-life/

Finally I obtained in a local Junk Yard, the Upper plastic cover for the Timin' Belt, out from a 2004 Kia Spectra which featured the same T8D engine, and the Lower cover was purchased for cheap, at the Local Kia Dealer, brand new. The Hoses on the side, are the ones that sends the ATF to the Radiator and from there, back to the Transmission, for coolin' purposes.

The Above animation that I made, has the two Camshaft pulleys looking like rotating backwards from the lower pulleys; it is a Camera / illumination effect, they are turning to the Right.

Who is Willy Loman?

Yes, the Subaru Loyale was also sold as Isuzu Gemminett-II, the Subaru Legacy was also sold as Isuzu Aska, (Even the EJ engine says Isuzu on it), and the Isuzu Trooper-II / Bighorn was also sold also as Subaru Bighorn... I posted all those photos at the Legendary "Strange & Weird Subaru Stuff" Thread. Kind Regards.

In my case, that issue was caused by a short circuit on the wire that comes from the Oil Pump's sending unit, to the instrument cluster, so I kindly suggest you to start by checking such wire, starting at the sending unit... maybe it is disconnected, and touching bare metal... (Ground) Kind Regards.

Yes, Looks Awesome!

Oh, thank you for the info; I thought that being near of NZ the imports came from there. Kind Regards.

This sounds really Awesome! ... Share some Photos! Kind Regards.