Kia Optima: Removal
| 1. | Loosen the windshield wiper arm
nut (B) after removing a wiper cap (A).
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| 2. | Remove the windshield wiper arm
and blade (A).
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| 3. | If necessary, release the wiper
blade fixing clip by pulling up and remove the wiper blade from the inside
radius of wiper arm.
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| 4. | Disconnect the washer hose (A)
connected to cowl top cover.
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| 5. | Remove the weather strip and
the cowl top cover (A) after removing rivets.
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| 6. | Disconnect the wiper motor connector
(A) from the wiper motor & linkage assembly.
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| 7. | Remove the windshield wiper motor
and linkage assembly (A) after removing 3 bolts.
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| 8. | Hold the wiper motor crank arm
and remove the upper linkage (A) from the wiper motor crank arm.
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| 9. | Remove the lower linkage (A)
from the wiper motor crank arm.
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| 10. | Remove the crank arm (A) after
loosening a nut.
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| 11. | Remove the wiper motor bracket
(A) after loosening the bolts.
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Installation
1.
Install the wiper motor.
2.
Install the crank arm.
Tighting torque:24.5 ~
26.4Nm (2.5 ~ 2.7, kgf.m, 18.0 ~ 19.5 lbf.ft)
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See also:
Side Body A
Front side member tooling hole (Ø20)
Fender apron tooling hole (Ø10)
Front door upper h ...
Closing the hood
1. Before closing the hood, check the following:
All filler caps in engine compartment must be correctly installed.
Gloves, rags or any other combustible material must be removed from the
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Use approved window washer
anti-freeze in system
To keep the water in the window washer
system from freezing, add an approved
window washer anti-freeze solution in
accordance with instructions on the container.
Window washer anti-freeze is
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