camshaft sensor for sportage

[vaughan]

I own a 99 Sportage, up until now 98000 milesI,ve had no trouble and then I opened my big mouth, it started running rough as tho the auto choke was on, stuck it on the computer and lo and behold , a canshaft position sensor was faulty.
All well and good , but where the hell do I get one, the Kia spares seem to be a closed shop, here in Cyprus, we have a main dealer, but he operates on th sell,em and forget , em principal, I had to wait 6 weeks for a new door mirror,.

Back to the sensor, I have tried everywhere, Europe, UK, I even emailed Korea, at the only email address I could find for Kia(he was an accountant), they told me to contact a dealer in Turkey, but given the present political climate here I don,t think it would get delivered, in the end , I had to order one from the US(autobarn), that was 10 days ago, and I havn,t heard hide nor hair from then since.

Where do you get spares from I ask again, Kia don,t have a web site, well they do but only to sell new cars, no backup whatsover, my truck has been off the road for 6 weeks now and it looks like it,ll be off permanently, please help

[ron1004]

Welcome to the forum.

What error code are you getting?

It could be that the timing belt has jumped a tooth or two, and this causes the cam sensor to go out of synch with the crank sensor. It could also be a problem with the crank cog keyway.