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#64 of 610 1996 Kia Sportage cylinder 3 misfire by wades_mama May 04, 2007 (10:26 am)
My kia started idling roughly the other day & the check engine light came on so I went & had it coded at the local parts store. It came back as a misfire in cylinder 3. the guy assured me that it was probably a simple fix either a fouled spark plug or in need on new plug wires. So I want to start with the easy fix first new plugs have done them before on a straight 8 but am unsure how to proceed on this vehicle since the engines in sideways. do I need any special tools besides a plug socket & a gap tool? and can anyone tell me what the gap should be I've looked everywhere & cant find the info thanks Replies to this message: dougjt (Aug 10, 2007 2:43 pm)
#65 of 610 Low RPM's & Low Power by jamesy1 May 05, 2007 (3:47 pm)
Hi all, my 2000 Sportage has recently developed a peculiar problem, it will only rev as high as 2500 to 3000 RPM's and the power out put is quite low. It will only get up to about 80Km/hr max on a level road in high gear; on an incline it will be less. Now it needed a tune-up for quite sometime now so I got that done at a dealership in Toronto; the guy said that the Exhaust Manifold is cracked near the Oxygen Sensor. We left it at that. . . .Any ideas out there? . . .please help!!!! jamesy
#66 of 610 ALARM KEEPS GOING OFF by jarie May 17, 2007 (7:52 pm)
Hi. My Kia Sportage gives me headache nowadays. It was made in 1997. Recently the alarm keeps going off apparently with no reasons at all. For me, it seems to be too sensitive. It started when I took out the cd player for fixing. Then the Kia went mad every night. Got to disengage the battery to make the alarm stop. Now the alarm went off because of funny reasons like i didnt switch off the radio..etc. Can somebody give me explanation on this problem? Thanks a lot.
#67 of 610 high idle by mo985 May 22, 2007 (6:00 pm)
I have read through the previous posts, and found that I seem to have a combination of a few of the differant problems. When you stat the car (01 4x4) it has a high idle, around 2200-2500rpm, will lurch when put into gear and stays high while driving. sometimes you get a check eng light, often you don't. The codes are for MAF and VAF. I replaced the Idle Air Control Valve, and it still does it. While under warranty we had it at the dealers 5 times for the same problem, one time they kept it for a week and replaced the wire harness, claiming bad grounds as the culprit. I was in Iraq and my wife did not know or understand all that they told her. Today it did it again, and this time the Temp gage was going crazy, hot-cold-hot-med-cold-hot. The ironic part, I just paid it off this morning. This problem shows up sporadically, sometimes a week between, sometimes 4 months between. Any suggestions welcome. Chris Replies to this message: bpeters850 (Jul 15, 2008 10:14 pm)
#68 of 610 timing belt replacement by peabo1 May 26, 2007 (9:27 am)
what is the correct position of timing marks on camshft gears and crankshaft Replies to this message: thunderchicken (Sep 24, 2007 1:04 pm) ddeming (Oct 30, 2007 8:33 pm)
#69 of 610 Re: quite confused [sportagegirl] by peabo1 May 26, 2007 (12:44 pm)
Replying to: sportagegirl (Mar 15, 2007 8:10 pm) It is the timing belt! Commond problem with all of them..Replace it.................
#70 of 610 timing mark placement by tr74401 Jun 08, 2007 (7:17 pm)
what is the timing mark positioning for a 2ooo kia sportage 2.0 engine
#71 of 610 Blown Engine 2000 Sportage by jamesy1 Jun 23, 2007 (6:54 am)
Hi all, I blew a motor a while back and I need to find another motor or cylinder head & valves; but these little SUV's are not plentiful. Any Ideas on where I could get another one?   Thanks james Replies to this message: ddeming (Oct 30, 2007 8:21 pm)
#72 of 610 Re: 2000 kia sportage [parker5g] by rocman1 Jun 25, 2007 (9:57 am)
Replying to: parker5g (Feb 27, 2007 5:05 pm) Have the same problem with the check engine light, but found out that the thermostat housing was the cause. They told me that they had to replace mine because of the sensors were not reading right and it was making the light come on. Seams like if Kia knows this they would put a recall out to fix it. So far no more problems. keep you posted.
#73 of 610 finding fuel filter by micat02 Jul 22, 2007 (8:36 am)
my son has a 97 kia sportage and it is running really rough. they found where oil was getting to the spark plugs and fixed that but it still runs really rough. they want to replace the fuel filter but don't know where it is. can anyone tell us? is there a place online that where you can go that will tell you how to fix things? please let us know as soon as possible. it's running him crazy.

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