a lot of work !, seriously you have to take all the parts off front of engine to get to timing belt,the timing marks are there once you get to them.the harmonic ballancer hides the lower marks,so guess what you have to remove it to aline them ALL up.
The base timing is autoamtic once you defeat the computer to go to base timing.But if you get the timing marks ALL right from the belt there is almost no adjustment needed. And you will need a computer to adjust base timing.Not mechanical.
P!S! when checking the timing on a Kia Sportage you should know that the sheer pin on the crankshaft pulley tends to go allowing the pulley to move so it 'looks' like its in time meaning the marks all line up and you can't tell without pulling off the lower(crankshaft) pulley, it is always a good idea to locate #1 spark plug take it out and drop a longgg screwdriver as you manually turn the timing belt whilst looking for the marks as that cylinder should be up as far as it can go with all the marks lined up for it to be in time if it starts going back down or doesn't quite get as far up as it should go with the marks lined up.. then its not in time and should definatley take off the crankshaft pulley to take a look at that sheer pin and the damamge it did...
No , the 2.0 litre four cylinder engine in a 2009 Kia Sportage has a timing BELT
what is the timing mark for 2002 kia sportage?
1450 parts and labort for the waterpump kit with timing belt and thermostat for a v6 2006 kia sportage!!!! AZ.
Yes, the 1999 Kia Sportage with 2.0L DOHC is an "interference" engine, meaning the valves can hit the pistons if the timing belt broke.
this question has been answered under 2000 kia sportage timing belt replacement.
This being a non-interference engine there's no such risk.
The 2009 Kia Sportage has an inline 4 engine.
The 2012 Kia Sportage has an inline 4 engine.
The 2014 Kia Sportage has an inline 4 engine.
The 2005 Kia Sportage has an inline 4 engine.
The 2007 Kia Sportage has an inline 4 engine.
The 2011 Kia Sportage has an inline 4 engine.