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Re: 2003 Kia Optima having problems starting [capt4]
by bmaurer
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Oct 29, 2009 (6:14 am)
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Replying to: capt4 (Oct 28, 2009 11:20 am)
I took my car into Wal-mart to get the battery checked, when they hooked up the battery checker it said to replace battery, so I did that and they thought that that might just be the problem. But after they put in the new battery and did another battery check, the handheld computer gave them an error message that they thought had something to do with the wiring from the battery to the starter. They think that a wire somewhere there is getting grounded or is bad. They also checked the starter with the same handheld computer and the starter checked out fine. I'm taking it to the dealership beginning of next week to explain to them what has been happening and what has been done so far to the car, hopefully I will get this figured out with not alot of money involved the the process, I only have about $500 to spend to get this fixed.
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Re: 2003 Kia Optima having problems starting [bmaurer]
by javmanamx
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Nov 02, 2009 (1:07 pm)
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Replying to: bmaurer (Oct 22, 2009 6:25 am)
clean the maf, mass air flow sensor, you have to use special cleaner for this, buy it at parts store, do not use carb cleaner, i just checked the maf on a 05 ford focus, hard to get to by the way, a small piece of a leaf was causing hard starting etc, also use throttle body cleaner on the throttle body, very important
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MAF Sensor
by capt4
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Nov 02, 2009 (2:15 pm)
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 Thanks for the tip will do
Ihave cleaned the Throttle Body with BG products bebfore
How many miles should this be done?
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