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On the top of valve cover is a well that has a black cover with about 9 or so bolts attaching it to the valve cover. Under that cover is where you will find your spark plugs.
Oh, how fun, changing the spark plugs on the DOHC Kia. Based on experience, I strongly suggest you get a Chilton/Haynes repair manual for your SUV. It will lead you through the process step by step. I'm a rather short F, so I didn't have much difficulty reaching the spark plugs (you have to remove the center cover first). The spark plugs are rather deep in the valley between the cams/valve covers. Because of this it's easy to cross thread them, so take care to avoid this costly mistake. I don't think I would attempt it on the Sportage unless I had some kind of scaffold to stand on.
Is the coil close to your valve cover>(Leaking)? Sounds like you might want to replace your gasket underneath the valve cover. This will stop oil from seaping out onto your coil.
If you can't remove a dust cover to view the Timing Belt you can remove the valve cover and watch the valves while your cranking. If the lifters and valves aren't functioning then the Timing belt is broken. If they do work your problem is elsewhere.
if its a automatic and the engine is cold it wont shift into the last gear. the tranny and engine have to be at close to normal running temp to shift. its normal and nothing to freak over. if this isn't the case go to kia-forums.com/1g-1994-2002-sportage/ and post a thread there or look for one. great site
no its the valve cover gasket. i just did this yesterday. you have to take off the the big thing on top of the valve cover, i think it is the air something other. anyways names arn't important. you need to remove i believe 9 bolts from the out side of the cover, which you can see. remove cover to the spark plugs remove those 8 bolts and pull hard, just take off the old gasket and fit the new one. very simple. i know pretty much nothing about cars but did it just fine no problems. except, you should expect oil to leakk into the spark plug housing but its fine if you clean up the majority. hope this helps.
Remove the plastic cover in the middle of the valve cover. You will see the two coil packs and wires. You will need an extension on your spark plug socket to reach the plugs.
you posibly have a misfire due to fauly ignition coils and spark plugs - vehicles are notorious for this maybe a leaking valve cover that leaks oil to spark plugs clean holes before removing spak plugs and check ignition coils ( remove boots) intake has to come of to replaced spark plugs.
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