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2003 Kia Optima Smells Hot

2003 KIA OPTIMA
My 2003 Kia Optima Smells Like It Is Getting Hot And Has Light Smoke That Emits From The Hood. All Fliuds Are Ok And Temp Guage Reads Ok....
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Asked by bhargis446

2003 Kia Optima Over Heating

2003 KIA OPTIMA
2003 Kia Optima 6 Cyl 72000 Miles When The Car Is At A Stop The Car Starts To Over Heat Temp Guage Starts To Go Towards The Red Line....
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Asked by adamtosi

2003 Kia Optima Car Will Not Start

2003 KIA OPTIMA
My Car Just Up And Died On Me While I Was Driving It And Now It Will Not Start It Will Turn Over But Not Start... I Ask Some About It And...
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Asked by kentwoodlady

Turn It On And It Would Not Turn Over At All?

2002 KIA OPTIMA
The Vehicle Was Running I Was In It One Night Because I Was Leaving In My Car, And It Was Raining And The Car Was On And Running Fine. In...
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Asked by Casey54

Cylinder Misfire?

2002 KIA OPTIMA
I Replaced The Plugs And The Coil Packs, And I Still Get A Misfire Code On Cylinder 1 And 4. It Only Have Two Coil Packs. I Noticed A Crack...
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Asked by willingtolearn

Wire Attached To Intake Manifold?

2002 KIA OPTIMA
There Is A Small Wire To The Right Of The Intake Manifold. It Has A Small Tear In It And Would Like To Know What Exactly Is This Wire? I...
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Asked by benshamanas11

Cranks Will Not Start

2002 KIA OPTIMA
The Car Was Working Fine, I Shut It Off Then It Wouldn't Start Again. It Gave Me A Code For Crankshaft Sensor, So I Replaced That. Then...
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Asked by tashastasha

Excessive Blow By/crank Case Pressure

2002 KIA OPTIMA
I Am Using This Site For The First Time And I Was Wondering What Amount Of Blow By Coming Out Of The Oil Filler Cap At Idle Is Considered...
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Asked by kj smith

2002 Kia Optima Car Won't Turn Over

2002 KIA OPTIMA
There Are A Few Things That Happened With The Car, And So I Think It Is Best That I Explain Those First. First, I Was Replacing The Factory...
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Asked by bubblegumluv

2002 Kia Optima Wont Start

2002 KIA OPTIMA
My Car Was Running Fine, But Needed A Coolant Temp Sensor. So I Replaced It And Now It Wont Start. I Noticed Some Wires Broke Some How And...
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Asked by wnspeedster89

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