I'm swapping an engine on a friend's 2017 Niro (Overheating issue plaguing them all and it's puking coolant out the tailpipe), and i found an engine out of a 2020 and they are telling me it won't fit. Everything i've read says the engines are all the same all through 2022 MY. Am I missing something? Was there a change in 2018 that's not well documented? It looks like at least the long block will fit.
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Make sure you read up on all the posts thoroughly. Did the ICE get ruined by somebody letting it overheat or is it still severicable? Will just fixing the cat. coolant leak fix the problem?
Did anyone ever determine compatibility. I have a 17 niro with 190k blown headgasket(ran some head gasket liquid in a bottle and it acted as a bandaid for about a year), random misfires, replaced the injectors to all cylinders and all spark plugs after the Stealership gave my wife a bogus diagnostic. Codes for random misfires and individual cylinder misfires. Stealership diagnostic was that in order to diagnose they had to change the #1 injector to make sure nothing else was causing it before they could diagnose further. So I replaced everything myself and still have the same issue. If I was a gambling man I would lean towards low compression in Cylinder 1 or 2 but I don't have a computer to turn it over and check compression. Looking to replace the engine and hybrid unit together. Wondering if anyone knows compatible years. I have found a 2019 with low mileage and am looking to pull and swap.
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