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Pollution-controlled automobiles such as the 2000 KIA Sephia make use of Positive Crankcase Ventilation to vent positive pressure within the crankcase back to the engine’s intake. This prevents the release of unburned hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. You need to maintain the PCV valve in good working order to prevent the damage of your vehicle’s engine.
When it is time to replace the valve, take the following steps.
- Determine the position of the PCV valve, which is usually located at the back of the engine’s left side. A black tube is connected to the valve, which is installed in a parallel position to the ground.
- Use slip joint pliers to hold the Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve firmly. Pull the valve straight out. You can pry it away from the engine using a regular screwdriver if it does not want to come out easily.
- Locate the hose clamp found on the black tube attached to the PCV valve you would like to replace. Compress the clamp before removing the tube from the valve. You may find it difficult to separate the vacuum hose from the valve. In such as case, twist the hose on the barbed fitting of the PCV valve. You will find it easy to remove once it turns easily on the fitting.
- Repeat the step of compressing the hose clamp in order to attach the new Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve to the black tubing.
- Press the new Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve into the position where you removed the old one inside the engine.
Important Tips
- Use the new PCV valve to help you know what you are looking for from its appearance.
- Once you have removed the PCV valve, you can shake it to determine if you should replace it. If you hear a rattle, then you do not need to replace it. Lack of a rattling sound means it is stuck.
- Check the black vacuum tube to determine whether you should replace it too. If it has a hole or some crack, then replace it.
Replacing the Alternator Belt on 2000 KIA Sephia
Written by Staff on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 | Comments Off
Categories: Kia Tags: alternator, sephia
A serpentine belt is used to control the alternator belt on 2000 KIA Sephia. This belt controls different engine accessories at the same time, among of which are the air conditioner compressor and power steering pump. The crankshaft rotates the belt around these accessories when the engine runs. The accessories have pulleys with grooves into which the ribs on the inward part of the serpentine belt fit as it rotates, making it simple to control all the accessories simultaneously. You need to replace the belt as soon as it develops some frays or it is damaged in some way.
Here are the steps you need to take in order to replace the serpentine alternator belt on KIA Sephia.
- The serpentine belt has a routing diagram that you will see when you open the hood. You will find it on the top, left side of the fan cover made of plastic. The diagram is a sticker of medium size. If you want to route a new belt properly, then you should follow the instructions on the routing diagram.
- Focus at the engine’s front and find the self-adjusting belt tensioner, whose tensioner arm attaches to a roller pulley at the end. On top of the tensioner arm is a square opening through which you can rotate the tensioner.
- Take the breaker bar and position its end into this square opening. Turn the tensioner by moving the breaker bar in the counterclockwise direction in order to release the tension from the belt so that it becomes loose.
- Remove the tensioner belt from the roller pulley attached to the tensioner’s bottom.
- Release the breaker bar slowly until the tensioner no longer retracts.
- Remove the breaker bar.
- Remove the serpentine belt from all the pulleys it goes around. Place it next to the new belt to ensure that they match.
- In order to start the process of routing, slide the new serpentine belt around the crankshaft’s pulley. Check the routing diagram to ensure that you route the belt around all of the necessary pulleys well. The roller pulley is the last one around which you need to route the serpentine belt.
- Take the breaker bar and position its end in the square opening on the tensioner. Turn the tensioner in a counterclockwise direction to get sufficient space to slide the belt on the roller pulley.
- Release the breaker bar slowly after positioning the belt in place.
- Ensure that the belt is secured properly in all the pulleys.
- Crank the car for about 15 seconds so that the belt can get into the grooves in the pulleys well.
- Turn off the engine then close the hood.
A clutch is necessary to avoid runaway cars. The clutch is like a stop gap from the engine to the wheels. With out the clutch the car simply will not move. The clutch is always engaged in all manual transmission cars as it connects the engine to the transmission. The same friction that makes it work to stop a vehicle is what destroys it. It is a part designed to produce friction and with that friction comes heat. And therein lies the rub. The heat wears down the materials and makes the clutch less effective eventually it slips Read the rest of this entry
