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#502 of 707 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light by andy91

Mar 16, 2009 (2:00 pm)

Hello, I hope someone can direct me in the right way. My wife 2001 Kia sportage engine light came on over 2 months ago and I had the code checked at a local part store. It showed a bad catalytic converter, Since I do not live where emission are required I did not see the reason for a 199.00 catalytic. Well now the car shuts down when driving. The engine light flashes and rpm guage goes to zero rpm and runs off one cyclender. Once you let it sit for 5-10 min it will crank back up and run like normal for a day or two. I had the codes checked again, Bad converter and Misfire on cyc 2,3,4.. This car meets the requirments of CA emissions, So I was told that the computer was shutting down the engine because of a bad converter. So replaced the converter and had the codes cleared.. Ran good for a day and it done the same thing again.. The new converter was rattling after the misfire. took the new converter off and the insides came falling out. Have new converter on order. Should I be looking for something else? before installing the new converter.. Maybe a senor?

#503 of 707 Re: 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light [andy91] by lmp4

Mar 17, 2009 (7:15 pm)

Replying to: andy91 (Mar 16, 2009 2:00 pm)
What you describe is typical of failed crank position sensor, located on clutch/torque converter bellhousing, driver side. A common issue with SPorty.. This is typical of all cars, by the way. Crank sensor is heat sensitive and in most cases starts running haywire when hot, then progressively fails completely.

#504 of 707 Re: 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light [lmp4] by andy91

Mar 18, 2009 (11:58 am)

Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 17, 2009 7:15 pm)
Thank you, I will get one and see what happens.. Will let you know..

#506 of 707 Re: 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light [lmp4] by andy91

Mar 19, 2009 (9:46 am)

Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 17, 2009 7:15 pm)
I have done the free exhaust test and still misfires and then clears up and back to misfiring again. I replaced the crankshaft pos senor last night, Along with a new catalytic convertor.. It was misfiring when I first started the engine after replacing these two parts and then cleared up after a few seconds. Thought that it was fixed... Drove the car this morning 42 miles with no problem. Went to drive it to lunch and once the engine started it was misfiring. Drove it 1 mile and then it cleared up and ran great.. same codes of misfiring on 2,3,4.. What else could I check?

#507 of 707 Re: 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light [andy91] by andy91

Mar 19, 2009 (1:50 pm)

Replying to: andy91 (Mar 19, 2009 9:46 am)
Update. I dropped the kia off at a shop at lunch time and they called me back and said it was the ECM computer... Kia has a 80k mile or 8 year coverage on the ecm.. Missed by the years by 6 months.. My luck.. Thanks for your help...

#508 of 707 Re: 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light [andy91] by lmp4

Mar 20, 2009 (3:35 pm)

Replying to: andy91 (Mar 19, 2009 1:50 pm)
..come back to tell of the outcome....

#509 of 707 Re: 2001 Kia Sportage Check engine light [lmp4] by andy91

Mar 21, 2009 (12:51 pm)

Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 20, 2009 3:35 pm)
I have a question? Where is the ecm located? I found one box under the dash next to the steering column named Unit-Cont ECAT wt005728 / 954404Z110 (Silver metal small box.. Found another one under the radio mounted to a bracket named ECU-ETWIS - OK07E67720 (Small black plastic box).. Found one under the floor mat on passager side named Control Unit, EGI K07A Cal,Fed 1268301783 (Large silver metal box, This last ne seems to be the one. It has the largest amount of wires then the other ones.

#510 of 707 Re: 2000 Kia Sportage losing power when going uphill [lmp4] by jmansell

Mar 21, 2009 (5:10 pm)

Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 15, 2009 1:38 pm)
I took the exhaust off first when we started having problems. When we rev it up we can't get it over 3000 rpms if we do it pops a code multiple missfires and miss 1,3,4 should i check the injectors??? that might be part of it but it runs fine in 1st thru 3rd, maybe the trannys bad to any Ideas????

#511 of 707 Re: 2000 Kia Sportage losing power when going uphill [jmansell] by lmp4

Mar 24, 2009 (6:33 am)

Replying to: jmansell (Mar 21, 2009 5:10 pm)
When we rev it up we can't get it over 3000 rpms if we do it pops a code multiple missfires and miss 1,3,4
...that lets me think it acts as from the rev limiter....most cars would not let run the engine at high RPM when in neutral or park and it cuts the ignition or injection to a number of cylinders...but all returns to normal if engine is loaded in any of the drive ranges...but then the transmission encoder must tell the computer that it is NOT in neutral....and that directs the attention again to the plugs and witing connected to the transmission...but this is just speculation at this point though.
HOwever, I would find the 3000 rpm "limit" somewhat low, even in neutral, for that engine that revs easily over 5500 rpm. It is OK with my GM 3.8 that barely revs 4500 rpm before suffocation (but compared to SPorty, this one HAS tremendous low end torque...)....anyway, I'll see if I cand find more about that issue....

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