Kia Sportage: What to do in an emergency
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When an emergency situation occurs
while driving or when you park by the
edge of the roadway, you must alert
approaching or passing vehicles to be
careful as they pass. For this, you should
use t
When the vehicle will not start because
of low battery power, you may need to
jump start the vehicle.
Jump-starting
Connect cables in numerical order and
disconnect in reverse order.
Jump-st
If your temperature gauge indicates
overheating, you experience a loss of
power, or hear a loud pinging or knocking,
the engine will probably be too hot.
If this happens, you should:
Pull of
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Description and Operation
Description
Knocking is a phenomenon characterized by undesirable vibration and noise and can cause engine damage. Knock Sensor (KS) is installed on the cylinder block and senses engine knocking.
When knocking occurs, the vibration from the cylinder block is appli
Inspection
[System Inspection]
1. Disconnect the vapor hose from the intake manifold and connect a vacuum pump to the nipple on the intake manifold.
At Cold Engine [Engine Coolant Temperature < 60ºC(140ºF) ]
2. Check the following points with applied vacuum at the purge