Good video. I always like to study a little bit to know what i'm in for before i start a job in my garage.

I came to this video before changing my wife's, because I noticed the ac condenser hooked up to the radiator and I thought "oh no" You're the first video I seen, and it had all the information! It was priceless to see you figure out the ac condenser was bolted to the rad. goofy concept thanks for this educational video!

just done mine using this video. Ever thing seemed to be spot on.

A good thorough explanation on what it takes to change out a radiator on a Kia.

2 minutes in and I know you are the right guy for the job I'm doing. Thank you sir for posting this and please keep doing videos for the sorento. I have an 07 and I love it but it's getting to the end of its road life I feel.

Looks just like mine. I thought i replaced everything that I needed to, but now im experiencing a mis fire on 2,4,&6 cylinders. Plus some fuel trim and o2 sensor, maybe because i replaced valve cover gaskets and removed the intake. I may have a vacuum air leak. While checking into that, the passenger side if the radiator began to drip. I notice someone had used stop keak in the past and if it runs awhile, it actually seals up again. I ordered a new radiator and both hoses. Changing them next week when parts come. Decided to watch what you did before jumping into it.

Barry you always do a good job.

Thank you very much! I just had to replace the radiator on my 07 Sportage and your video was extremely helpful. I've replaced a radiator before on my old 02 Durango but that was a breeze by comparison. Your instructions definitely made the fix so much easier. Thanks again

Nice work Barry!

Just a note, while replacing valve cover gaskets, I simultaneously replaced the sway bar frame bushing. They were the source of a loose bumping noise at my feet while driving. Previously I replaced the sway bar links, to see if it helped. Actually made it worse because it was stiffer and amplified the real loose spot. I also did new control arms. When I had the sway bar links iff, I noticed how loose and able to just drop down that the sway bar was. Those frame bushings weren't grabbing at all. I had hoped to avoid replacing them, because of the work for two bushings. I had to remove the sway bar links, lower the subframe and loosen the steering column shaft since the steering gear was was attached to the subframe. Not exactly easy, but doable for a home mechanic. The bolts holding the brackets for the subframe bushing are tucked up next to the body. It rides super nice now. If the misfire issue and now leaking radiator hadn't come up, I would be doing a road trip. I also did new struts and all the brakes. I like driving the car and probably put more money into it than it's worth, but way less than a new car and payments.

OK, must have been a few MAJOR changes to the 2009 model… Basically the same as the video EXCEPT there is a lifting eyelet on the engine which is a major blockage to getting the fan out. And in. Gentle force got it out and using two flat pry-bars and a rubber mallet with a block of wood at times along with significantly bending the fan assembly to what i feared the brink of breaking i got it back in. In between fan in and out was the radiator. I had done a visual and both the extracted one and new appeared identical. Once disconnected the old one needed a little coaxing (brute force) to extract, but putting the new one in, getting the a/c condenser attached into the lower slots while dealing with the oil cooler lines was a nightmare. I once did a Subaru radiator, took roughly less than an hour. This pig cost me more than three hours. Didn’t help that we were in the middle of a heat wave and temps were just over 100 degrees. I have come to hate KIAs, from the engineering without regard to repairs to the excessively cheap plastics used in manufacturing. They do an amazing job at making the vehicles very attractive, especially modern interiors, but if they are still using the same materials then all you are buying is a facade. Now to go out and do the water pump and timing belt and timing belt cover on the same vehicle; no break in the outside temperatures… Oh, btw, a couple months ago at about only 126,000 miles i had the pleasure of paying $4 000 to rebuild the transmission, and I’ve also had to do what we still call the blower motor resistor (it’s actually a new device, the name of which i can’t recall), the blower motor a week later, a door handle that crumbled when pulled on to open the door, the inside overhead console which also crumbled when pushing the buttons for the sunroof, the glovebox door, the plastic latch mechanism which also crumbled under normal use (anyone see a pattern here???), and probably other items i will recall after sending this-

Hi barry nice work

hi barry good work 👍👍👍👍👍😄

I know allot of people complain about working on newer cars. For me the worst cars to work on were 80s cars. Hardest to diagnose and the hardest to get to parts on.

Nice job

Well there was a recall for 2009 Kia Sportage that was completely free to get that and thing fixed . Could’ve caused a fire etc. I took mine to the Kia dealership and by law had to fix my abs module HECU thing for free no cost .

I got the grommets on the new radiator. My old ones were gone, rotted away!

I really need to figure out a good video editor. What do you use to edit? Especially the fast motion with music, trimming a long tedious video down. Audio is pretty consistent too. Do you use a 🎤 or just the camera 🎙️.

Barry, does that Kia have any transmission cooling lines attached to the radiator? If so, is there a special tool for removing them? Nice.job !

Great Video. Why did you replace the transmissions hard lines? Couldn't you have just removed them at the radiator and screw them back into the new unit? BTW there is a tool for those PIA hose clamps, it's not expensive + you will understand why the clamps are in the position there at. Thanks for the video!

Nice job sir, are you anywhere near Florida? My wife's car is a 2006 Kia Sportage and we just found out it has a radiator leak willing to pay you...

Perhaps if the auto industry had thought about easier maintenance and repair then the gas powered cars would be better maintained. This is scary and to some of us, going to the shop is the only option.