i have a 98 kia sportage and we do post gazette papers which takes around 3 to 4hours to do, It runs good when cold but close to the end when we get done it starts to have no power like it hardy goes up hills unless floored and even than it ony goes up 20 to 25mph.
Pretty much we tried a new air idle control which is a known problem with these trucks it seems, That fixed the bogging tho, we also put new plugs in. new pcv valve which the old one kept getting clogged, All those did help tho.
But we started to have problems with the power problem when its warm up. like when its in the low 70s and 60s at night the truck runs perfect.
But if it warms up higher than that it will start to loose alot of power.
So what can be the issue? Also the check engine light is always on sense we got the truck like 3 years ago. When i reset it by unhooking the battery it will stay off for like 25 to 50miles than it will come back on.. so something is wrong but i cant find out what it is.
Now it does need a valve cover gasket cause it did have oil in the back spark plug hole which i sucked out couple months ago. and it has some on the side of the cover. That wouldn't cause this problem right? cause it runs fine when its cold out.
also I was thinking of the thermalstat would that cause this problem?
One thing i could say tho this truck is reliable cause it just keeps on going no matter what is wrong with it, it always makes it threw the day and back home. which turns me into a believer in kias.
thanks.
Pretty much we tried a new air idle control which is a known problem with these trucks it seems, That fixed the bogging tho, we also put new plugs in. new pcv valve which the old one kept getting clogged, All those did help tho.
But we started to have problems with the power problem when its warm up. like when its in the low 70s and 60s at night the truck runs perfect.
But if it warms up higher than that it will start to loose alot of power.
So what can be the issue? Also the check engine light is always on sense we got the truck like 3 years ago. When i reset it by unhooking the battery it will stay off for like 25 to 50miles than it will come back on.. so something is wrong but i cant find out what it is.
Now it does need a valve cover gasket cause it did have oil in the back spark plug hole which i sucked out couple months ago. and it has some on the side of the cover. That wouldn't cause this problem right? cause it runs fine when its cold out.
also I was thinking of the thermalstat would that cause this problem?
One thing i could say tho this truck is reliable cause it just keeps on going no matter what is wrong with it, it always makes it threw the day and back home. which turns me into a believer in kias.
thanks.