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My 2001 Sportage (2WD) died on me suddenly on the way home one night last week. There had been no hint of a problem, aside from perhaps a very slight decrease in power over time. This was bearly noticeable, and I assumed it was an indication of an engine nearing tune-up time.
Then last Tuesday night I made a turn off of a main thoroughfare and the engine began dogging out, just as though I had run out of gas. I had a half-tank remaining from a fill-up though, so there was at least plenty of gas in the tank. I made it about 500 feet before it totally died. I had it towed home and this past weekend I strapped a code scanner onto it and could find no trouble codes returned. I retested a number of times to be sure.
At this point I'm thinking restriction in the fuel delivery system, either clogged injectors or clogged fuel filter. I can get the engine to start & run at a rough idle for a few minutes then it dies. If I depress the accelerator while it's idling it will either die, or simply continue idling with no increase in RPM.
Anyone have any ideas on this one? Any recommendations for a GOOD service manual for a 2001 Sportage?
I'll try to locate a filter to swap out this coming weekend, and if that doesn't work I'll be looking around for an honest mechanic to clean\replace the injectors.
Any chance there's a sharp Kia mechanic hanging out on this forum?
I can"t believe it but I think you have the exact same thing as me.I even got the line off coming from the filter and I have a good squirt of fuel.I even tore mine down to check the timing belt.I am wondering now if it,s possible it could have a bad trottle posistion sensor? I there are butterlies in the silver eni on top of the motor which are connected th the trottle cable and linkage which i think regulate air.There is no carb but if that black sensor on that trottle body quits.It's not going to tell the injector to put any fuel in the system.I just can,t imagine all the injectors quitting at once.unless there is some other controller that recievs info from that TPS that has quit instead?Does this make sense? PLEASE IF YOU FIGURE YOUR OUT PLEASE REPOST YOUR SOLUTION AND I"LL DO THE SAME I AM DESPERATE TO GET THIS THING BACK ON THE ROAD!!!!!!!!! I bought it outright now after my car fleese ran out and it is just sitting I don"t have the money to take it in and I am 40K past my warrenty.
You may try having the fuel pressure checked after the filter. These late model sportages dont have a schreder valve on the fuel rail so you have to place an inline tester into them. Granted you may be getting good fuel coming from the line, but thats only part of the equation. While you may be getting a good amount of fuel volume coming through the line, you may not be getting the pressure required to get it up to the injectors and push it through them forcefully enough to where it atomizes properly.
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And FYI, an engine will run without a TPS most times, even if the TPS is bad it will still run, just not very well. The only way to properly test one of those is to get a voltmeter and a wiring diagram, as well as resistance specifications, and check it while the engine is running to monitor the percentage of opening that the TPS is giving you in ratio to the percentage of opening that the throttle plates are actually open. For instance, if you are at idle and the sensor is telling you that the throttle position is at 98% open, then something is obviously wrong. Or if you are checking the sensor and you move the throttle but the resistance on the voltmeter doesnt change, then the sensor isnt picking up the change in throttle position. Either way, an engine will default to a 0% opening without the TPS hooked up. The TPS isnt what tells the engine it needs more gas, it is a mixture of the MASS air flow sensor, 02 sensors, MAP sensor, coolant temp sensor, and TPS just to name a few. Therefore, even if one of those parts fails, aside from the MASS sensor, the engine will still run, just badly. *takes a deep breath* phew... I get to talking and I dont shut up, haha
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The TPS is located on the front of the aluminum snorkel right before it connects to the corregated rubber piece. It has 3 wires and a small clip on it that you squeeze to remove the connector. I would strongly advise you find a service manual for it before you start prodding it, no sense in accidentally burning it out if it really isnt bad, lol. And they dont make a good service manual that you can buy in stores, the only place Ive ever found one that was worth anything was directly from Kia.
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Oh, and the sensor is black, haha... if you take a look at my sportage in the garage I have a picture of the engine and you can see it plain as day sitting on the front of the aluminum intake right about the valve cover
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Oh wait, crudd... I was looking at the wrong thing. Its the sensor on the left hand side of the valve cover right above the fuel injectors. If you look over the intake you can see the throttle cable and latch that operates the butterflies in the back, then directly on the front of that on the intake is the sensor
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