Top 10 2001 Kia Sephia Questions & Answers

If your timing belt came off when the motor was running, there 2 possible scenarios:

Motors are interference (pistons hit valves if motor spins <=2 revolutions without a functioning belt/chain) or not.

1. if kia 1.8 motor is an "interference" engine ... major damage already occured, at best valve stems are bent and you have to pull the head to install new valves, at worst, a piston now has a hole in it and you get to do a full rebuild.  I'm now praying for you;~).

2. if it's not an interference engine ... joy is you,  you rotate the cams whichever way you want and pistons do not hit valves ... and as they say in England "Bobs your uncle" ... ask a Brit.

I'm guessing that Kia doesn't build an interference motor with a belt ... the dealer or any shop with access to a good paid automotive database can tell you if the motor is interference or not. 

The standard explaination for rotating forward ... which is not necessarily clockwise, has to do with tensiong the belt and how you get the tensioner in the correct position to do its job ,,, which is to keep the timing belt from jumping teeth.  Each motor can be slightly different for tensioning the belt, so you need the specific instructions for your year car with the 1.8 motor.  If the manual says you need special Kia tool "XYZ" ... get it or an close equivalent, don't try to use a pair of vicegrips clamped to a  screwdriver. 

You need to spend $20 for a Haynes manual for your car.  Now you or I might think for a minute that what they say in the haynes manual isn't the easiest way ... but then we would probably be wrong. 

Having done several timing belts, engine rebuilds and general maintenance over the years ... I can tell you this sincerely ... advice from someone (haynes in your case) who has actaully done the job you are embarking on is worth more than $20 if you are doing a job that takes more than a couple of hours.  The specific stepwise instructions they have will get you successfully to the place where you have a new timing belt and the motor runs right by the shortest path.   And one of the biggest benefits in doing a job of any complexity, it that you have written stepwise reassembly procedure documented ... so you don't end up at step 17 in the reassembly ... just to realize you didn't do step
9 .. that now requires to take stuff apart for the second time !^%$@!

Good luck ... you'll feel great when the thing is purring again.

..ajm

You may try removing the engine mount and slightly raising the engine. It will give you much more room to work. I had to replace the timing belt on mine and I resisted this advice for a while. Once I finally did, the job went much quicker. I placed a jack under the oil pan (with a block of wood between jack and oil pan) and then upped the jack until it just made contact. Then I removed the engine mount directly in front of the serpentine belt. You can then slowly jack the engine up to gain more room. I can't remember where the alternator is on the sephia (up high on the motor or down low). If it's low, you could just lower the jack slowly to gain more room.

that is the alternator and vehicle power supply fuse, did u jump this wrong? u will need to replace this fuse before the car will start.

Hi there,

Below are the procedures to remove the timing belt...

1. Disconnect negative battery cable.


2. Loosen power steering lock bolts and nuts accordingly and remove tension from power steering (P/S) and/or air conditioning (A/C) compressor drive belt. 3. Remove P/S and/or A/C drive belt.



4. Loosen generator mounting bolts and adjusting bolt. 5. Remove generator bolts.




6. Remove water pump pulley.




7. Remove crankshaft pulley and timing belt guide plate.






8. Remove upper and lower timing belt covers.





9. Turn crankshaft so that timing mark on timing belt pulley is aligned with timing mark on engine.







10. Check that "I" mark on intake camshaft pulley is aligned with mark on cylinder head cover and "E" mark on exhaust camshaft pulley is aligned with mark on cylinder head cover.


Do not move camshaft or crankshaft once timing marks have been correctly positioned.







11. Loosen tensioner pulley lock bolt.
12. Protect timing belt with a rag.
13. Remove tensioner pulley.




14. Remove timing belt.



Regards,
Jeep Brainy

P0460 means there is something wrong with the signal from fuel tank level sensor, this part is located in the fuel tank and will need to be replaced, the common name is the fuel gauge sending unit.

Then there is a faulty door switch in one of the 4 doors most likely, have the system BCM scanned to ID the defective switch.

most likley the problem is the blower moter resister. Its located on the blower and is easier to repalce the than whole unit. Go to mitchell1diy and pay the 10 bucks for the procedure,,,, Unless you can see the electrical connector on the blower. The part it plugs into is the resister. It should slip out like after you remove the screws

The flasher module is located behind the left side of the dash. (See Picture below)
On your vehicle, the power for both the turn signals and the hazard flashers goes through the hazard switch.
The symptoms you are describing can be caused by the flasher module, however, it could also be caused by the hazard switch.

Please also review this article: What Else Could Be Wrong?

Your car isn't like the old kind of flasher relays. You have a flasher module and below is a picture of its location. I hope this helps.

I need a new transmission control module for my 2013 ford fusion hybrid. The Ford dealership wants 5,500 to fix in San Jose CA. Where I can I go that will give me a better deal. I cant afford that much money. Should I take to transmission shops?