There is a plastic cover on the top of the engine. It's underneath the air intake pipe and and air intake duct on the top of the engine. To get it off you need to remove the intake pipe from the throttle body, (remove all connecting hoses and wires to pipe as well) and take with it the intake duct that runs to the MAF unit. Then you need to remove the throttle cable and return cable brackts from the top of the Cam Cover. Once these are off you should be able to unbolt the plastic cover over the plugs. Remove the plug wires, and remove the coil packs that are bolted over the 2nd and 3rd plugs. Now you have access to the spark plugs.
Jim Grant's Tech Tips `02 Kia Sportage, Where Are The Spark Plugs? Q: I own a
remove the intake pieces over the valve cover .the plugs are under the black cover
Four.
i like to know if there is a diagram or video to change spark plugs on a 2000 kia sportage if there is where can i find it?
They are located in the top of the head, thru the center of the valve cover. Not so easy to get to.
Spark plugs
if you have 4 cylinder , 4 plugs if you have 6 cylinder , 6 plugs
the 4th one in line.
Please refer to my contributions (Iain01) on this subject, posted on 5th May 2007.
If you have a 4 cylinder there are 4 plugs and if you have a 6 cylinder then there are 6.
What kind of Kia?
The 1999 Kia spark plug gap setting is .035. Most spark plugs will be pre-gapped by the spark plug manufacturer.