Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
SUVs Kia Sportage Kia Sportage Maintenance and Repair
610 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 5:16 PM
You are in the Kia Sportage Forum. Your Hosts are steve_ & tidester
|
Replying to: jst4him (Mar 28, 2009 10:07 am) Overheating: this looks very much like a blown head gasket....a rather frequent issue; you can open radiator cap, fill to top, run engine an d look for bubbles...bubbles are an almost certain sign of blown gasket. More sophisticated tset is to go for a CO2 test from radiator cap.......specialty shops have that. YOu can also have a compression test , a little awkward because of all the stuff you must remove to get to the spark plugs, but not that difficult. Water on floor is due to clogged A/C evaporator drain tube. Water condenses on evap and this is normal, but normally it drains outside. I think one can find the exit fro underneath and apply vacuum to pull the dirt...or use compressed air...this would throw the dirt inside the ducts....but maybe better than water on the floor. |
|
Where is it and what is it?? Because it just cost me a $100.00 at the dealer.
|
|
|
Replying to: hab526 (Mar 28, 2009 8:19 pm) THIS out.
|
|
|
Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 29, 2009 7:30 am)  how do I get to the answer that you left
|
|
|
Replying to: hab526 (Mar 29, 2009 9:02 am)
|
|
|
Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 29, 2009 9:04 am)
|
|
|
Replying to: steve_ (Mar 29, 2009 9:21 am)  
|
|
|
Replying to: lmp4 (Mar 29, 2009 9:34 am) |
|
Oh my, well I need help because my car has stopped working again. I read some of the other discussions and they pertain to my vehicle. The dealership never knows what wrong. Right now it revs when in neutral (that is how i use to get through stop lights and signs) but when i put it in drive it just dies. Do you have any suggestions on what might be wrong? We have already had alot of work done on it about 4 months ago.(replaced computer, gas tank, and others I can't remember)
|
|
|
Replying to: hth04 (Apr 01, 2009 1:49 pm) ..you mean it stalls at a red light just like a manual when you would stop without depressing the clutch..??....I suppose it does not happen just when you start with the car initially, but just after you have driven it for a little while...please confirm and add details if my interpretation is incorrect. THis would be a symptom of stuck Torque converter clutch...(TCC). One way to test it is to disconnect the TCC signal so it does not apply . This would mean disconnecting the BLU/BLK wire from the transmission connector (pin 2). If this makes the symptom disappears, then you have a problem within transmission, most probably the TCC solenoid. you can choose to run without TCC for as long as you want, there is no problem other than a slight fuel burn penalty...and the check engine light coming ON. Report findings. 
|
|
You are here:
Forums
SUVs Kia Sportage Kia Sportage Maintenance and Repair
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2009 Kia Sportage
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
