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#51 of 606 send all kias back to korea by bfonner Mar 14, 2007 (6:20 pm)
i will never buy another kia ever!!!!.i dont care what they look like or how good someone tells me they are.noone can tell us what the problem is ,not even the dealership.ive spent 800.00 on it and i wont put another penny in it.i think i'll use it for a planter or something.
#52 of 606 Re: 1998 sportage [bfonner] by tidester HOST Mar 14, 2007 (8:32 pm)
Replying to: bfonner (Mar 13, 2007 5:23 pm) dealership says theyhave no repair manuel.   That is unacceptable. Have you consulted other dealers or mechanics?   tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
#53 of 606 Re: quite confused [bmorreale] by sportagegirl Mar 15, 2007 (8:10 pm)
Replying to: bmorreale (Dec 28, 2006 4:03 pm) Not sure if you are still having problems with your Kia, but I had the same thing happen to me with my 96 sportage a few years ago and it turned out to be the timing belt. Hope this helps. Replies to this message: peabo1 (May 26, 2007 12:44 pm)
#54 of 606 1996 sportage wont run by fnorris1 Mar 16, 2007 (7:07 pm)
I have a 1996 Sportage that does not show codes. It started running rough after changing the water pump. At first the car ran fine, then it would start a rough idle at stop signs and stop lights. Check eng.light did come on then. If you would turn car off it would run fine again until you slowed to idle speed, this progressively got worse until car will crank but has has extremely rough idle. Only code I ever got was a cylinder misfire and multi cylinder misfire. I have had two mechs try to diagnose the problem but they have been unsusessful, since a dealership has moved in the area I had them look at the car and they said it was the head needed to be rebuilt. Here's what I've done to the car. It only has 60,000 miles on it. It has been a good car and I would like to save it. We rebuilt the head it now has better comp that the manual requires. It did not change a thing. I have replaced the computer twice, replaced the coil packs and spark plugs, replaced the maf sensor. Pulled the fuel rail and checked the injectors. checked the knock sensor and crank sensor. Do not know the voltage for cam sensor. Cannot find a vacuum leak.   Any Ideas, I would be grateful for any ideas or suggestions. If you think I need to revisit something I have already done. Please tell me. Thanks in advance. Replies to this message: avwolf (Apr 10, 2007 7:56 pm) normanich (Apr 12, 2007 9:22 pm)
#55 of 606 fnorris1... by iluvmysephia1 Mar 16, 2007 (11:06 pm)
have you replaced the catalytic converter yet? You might look into replacing that. Some of the people in the above posts have tried this and it worked for them. Replies to this message: fnorris1 (Mar 18, 2007 2:43 pm)
#56 of 606 Re: fnorris1... [iluvmysephia1] by fnorris1 Mar 18, 2007 (2:43 pm)
Replying to: iluvmysephia1 (Mar 16, 2007 11:06 pm) Yes I have had the cat converter checked, It was fine.
#57 of 606 Ummm... by iluvmysephia1 Mar 18, 2007 (8:02 pm)
then I'm sorry you're having that problem. Try going to this website:   http://www.4x4wire.com/forums/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=UBB70   There are some Sportage hardcores there and some are very good mechanically. They if anyone on the net should be able to help you. Go there, get a password and join the group. I highly recommend them!   Give it a shot and come back to say what happened, OK? Good fortune to you.
#58 of 606 Re: 1996 sportage wont run [fnorris1] by avwolf Apr 10, 2007 (7:56 pm)
Replying to: fnorris1 (Mar 16, 2007 7:07 pm) Did you check the timing? The water pump is under the timing belt and so it had to be removed to put the water pump on, also check to see the cam shaft pully is on tight as well as guide on the camshaft.
#59 of 606 Re: 1996 sportage wont run [fnorris1] by normanich Apr 12, 2007 (9:22 pm)
Replying to: fnorris1 (Mar 16, 2007 7:07 pm) Try the throttle advance sensor. We had a similar problem and that fixed it.
#60 of 606 Re: idle speed not stable [binhdn] by normanich Apr 12, 2007 (9:25 pm)
Replying to: binhdn (Mar 08, 2007 7:23 pm) Try the throttle advance sensor. I think that will fix your problem. Ours was doing that and it fixed it. Replies to this message: binhdn (Apr 26, 2007 7:29 pm)

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