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I have a kia sportage and it needs a new heating core. I have the part. I just do not know how to install it. Please anybody that knows how please help.
Re: I have a kia sportage and it needs a new heating...
Try these websites www.autozone.com and www.alldatadiy.com if all fails stop by your local library and get your hands on a Haynes auto repair Manual for your SUV wish you the best of luck Michigan Man.
sorry haynes repair manuals doesn't include kia manuals. i wish they would . the only way to get a true paper manual is from kia and that would cost anywhere from $350.00 to $450.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!sorry haynes repair manuals doesn't include kia manuals. i wish they would . the only way to get a true paper manual is from kia and that would cost anywhere from $350.00 to $450.00 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Would you try rewording your question? There are many things your 2010 Kia Sportage may need lubricated. What are "Inserts"? Please write back with more information. Even if you don't know the name of the part. Please try to describe what it does or where on the car it can be found.
Did you bleed your system of air???....usually a bleed screw near the thermostat housing...get allllll the air out...simetimes the heater core is at the highest oart if the system..therefore if there is air in system..thats where the air settles and no coolant will flow through the heater cire!!
My PDF manual shows a coolant bypass pipe. I will try to look for it on my engine, later. If you can remove the hoses that go to and from the heater core, you could try to flow water through them. They may be hard to get at where they go to the core, but try to follow them to where they go in the engine compartment and remove them there. I also know of a situation many years ago in which the coolant lines were reversed going into the core. Once the system went empty during some repair, the core would not refill as there was trapped air, in the core, and the coolant would just flow in through the top pipe and run out the bottom, without flowing through much of the core.
1.Chock wheels.2.Drain the engine coolant. Refer to Engine Cooling System.3.Discharge and recover the refrigerant from the A/C system. Refer to Recovery/Evacuating/Charging in this section.4.Remove the dash panel. Refer to Body.5.Remove the Blower/Evaporator unit. Refer to Blower/Evaporator Unit in this section.6.Disconnect the low pressure line from the evaporator outlet on the bulkhead.7.Disconnect the high pressure line from the evaporator inlet on the bulkhead.8.Disconnect the heater return hose from the heater core outlet tube connection.9.Disconnect the heater inlet hose from the heater core inlet tube connection.10.Disconnect the fresh air/recirculation control cable from the blower housing unit inlet duct.11.Disconnect five connectors at the bottom of the blower housing unit.12.Pull carpeting away from bulkhead to gain access to the hole cover plate.13.Remove the four nuts retaining the hole cover plate.14.Remove the hole cover plate.15.Remove two mounting bolts at the top of the blower housing unit.16.Remove two nuts attaching the bottom of the blower housing unit to the bulkhead mounting studs.17.Remove the blower unit from the vehicle.18.Remove the temperature control cable from the heater unit servo.19.Remove the two nuts from the mounting studs at the bottom of the heater unit.20.Remove the top nut holding the heater unit to the bulkhead to the bulkhead mounting stud.21.Remove the heater unit.Regards,Jeep Brainy
It may be that the thermostat is not the proper one needed to regulate heater temperature operation. Check the thermostat. It may be rated lower than necessary to allow for heating purposes. And if you dare, you might try (for winter purposes only) installing a thermostat of a higher rating so the coolant will need to run about 20 degrees hotter before opening and thus making the heater core a bit hotter to facilitate better heating, if you can locate a thermostat of the same size that is which will fit a Sportage housing. It seems to be determined that the core is not plugged or else this would have been my first bit of advice for you to address. If youre determined to continue with your own retrofit core make sure the housing you install it is sealed to allow your fan or blower to pump this heated air into the vehicle and not outside into the engine compartment. I hope this might prove useful to your endeavor, good luck.
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