Kia Rio

Hi, I've got an '01 Rio The oil filter is between the engine and the firewall, on the lower side. It is best accessed from underneath the car. Jim

It is on the driver's side back by the rear wheel. It is a black cilinder like with 3 hoses going into to it. Unless your steering wheel is on the right side then its on the rear of the passenger side just inside the front edge of the rear tire.

No special break-in period is needed. By following a few simple precautions for the first 1,000 km (600 miles) you may add to the performance, economy and life of tour vehicle:

- Do not race the engine

- while driving, keep our engine speed (rpm) between 2,000 rpm and 4,000 rpm.

- Do not maintain a single speed for long periods of time, either fast or slow. varying engine speed is needed to properly break-in the engine.

- Avoid hard stops, except in emergencies, to allow the breaks to seat properly.

- Do not let the engine idle longer than 3 minutes at one time.

- Do not tow a trailer during the first 2,000 km (1,200 miles) of operation.

Seatbelts have been proven to save lives when they are used, even though they do cause injuries occasionally. The question here is how can a piece of fabric become the difference between life and death? Everyone knows that a seatbelt keeps a person from flying through the windshield or being thrown into the dashboard when a vehicle comes to a sudden stop. Inertia is the cause of the person flying through the car after the car has come to an abrupt halt. Inertia keeps a car moving in the same direction at a constant speed while the road friction and air resistance work together to slow the car down making the car's engine compensate to keep the car traveling at the determined speed. All objects located in the car, including the people have their own inertia that is separate from the moving car. Inertia causes the objects in the car to be moving the same speed as the car, making them feel like they are one single moving unit. The difference in the two is obvious when the car come to an abrupt halt and the objects inside it continue with the speed that the car was traveling before the halt, and would not stop until it were exposed to an object such as a windshield, dashboard or such. A seatbelt applies the stopping force to more durable parts of the body over a longer period, helping protect the body from more serious injuries. Typically, seatbelts consist of a lap belt and a shoulder belt, which are securely attached to the frame of the car in order to keep passengers in their seats. The seatbelt applies most of the stopping force to the rib cage and the pelvis, widening the area of stopping force so the damage is less. The seatbelt itself, made out of webbing, has more give than a windshield or dashboard making the stop not quite so abrupt. Seatbelts also extend and retract, except when the car comes to an abrupt halt, and then they tighten up and hold the passenger in place. The belt webbing connected to a retractor mechanism creates the seatbelts extending and retracting movement. This retractor mechanism contains a spool attached to one end of the webbing and a spring, located inside the retractor. The spring applies a rotation force to the spool rotating the spool and causing the webbing to wind up. When pulling the seatbelt out, the spool rotates counter-clockwise, turning the attached spring in the same direction. When releasing the seatbelt, the spring tightens up and rotates the spool clockwise until all the slack is taken out of the belt. The retractor also has a locking mechanism that halts the rotating of the spool when the car is in an accident. There are two locking mechanisms used in cars, the car's movement triggers one while the belt's movement triggers the other. Locking mechanisms triggered by the car's movement locks the spool when the car stops abruptly. In this system, the main operating element is a weighted pendulum that swings forward when the car is stopped suddenly. A pawl located on the other end of the pendulum catches a toothed ratchet gear attached to the spool. When the pawl grips the teeth, the gear is unable to rotate counter-clockwise and consequently the spool cannot rotate either. When the seatbelt is loosened after the incident, the gear rotates clockwise and the pawl disengages, releasing the ratchet gear teeth. The second system that locks the spool when the jerking the seatbelt contains a centrifugal clutch, which is a weighted pivoting lever mounted to the rotating spool. As the spool spins slowly, the lever does not pivot and a spring keeps it in position. When jerking the seatbelt the spool is spun quickly, the centrifugal force drives the weighted end of the lever outward, and the lever pushes a cam piece mounted to the retractor housing. When this cam, connected to a pivoting pawl with a sliding pin, shifts left, the pin moves along a groove in the pawl. This movement pulls the pawl into the spinning ratchet gear attached to the spool and locks into the gear's teeth, preventing counter-clockwise rotation. Newer vehicles have a pretensioner that tightens the seatbelt. The pretensioner tightens any slack in the seatbelt when the car is stopped quickly. The pretensioner actually pulls in on the belt, moving the passenger into the optimum crash position. Pretensioners are used with conventional locking mechanisms to create a safer seatbelt system. There are several different pretensioners available from ones that pull the entire retractor mechanism backward to ones that rotate the spool itself. Usually pretensioners are wired to the central control processor that activates air bags. This processor monitors sensors that respond to the abrupt halt and activates the pretensioner first, then the air bag. Seatbelts have saved many lives and will continue to save lives as long as people will use them. Ummm i dont know they smell good though

The 2003 Kia clutch cable has adjustment nuts on each end of the cable. Turning the adjustment nuts will lengthen or shorten the clutch cable.

You should find the dipstick is a yellow plastic handle coming from a thin silver pipe which is located near the fire wall on the left side of engine (standing in front of the car looking towards the engine). Hope this helps.

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load sensing as used in powersteering pump. engine rpm increased at idle on tight turns to prevent stalling. pressure switch found on steering rack. load sensing as used in powersteering pump. engine rpm increased at idle on tight turns to prevent stalling. pressure switch found on steering rack.

I had this happen on my 2002 Cinco at 40,000 miles. They replaced the motor mounts under warranty, and it fixed the shaking.

Not sure exactly what you're asking but the plugs are very simple to remove/install. I think you may be confused by the engine cover or whatever it's called. The plastic cover can easily be removed by removing the 4 10mm bolts/nuts that secure it to the engine. After that, the plugs are right on top of the engine. Be careful removing the plug wires/boots. A couple of mine ripped when I removed them and I had to replace. you should find the plug gap info on the emissions sticker located on the underside of the hood, top left corner.

Why do you want to open the oil filter?? The filter is a spin-on. Why do you want to open the oil filter?? The filter is a spin-on. Why do you want to open the oil filter?? The filter is a spin-on.

I have a 2005 Kia rio and have an estimate for around 1700. That's in central FL.

knock sensor location

No, unfortunately they are different. 01 and 02 models have the same exact suspension including the wheel hubs, but the face-lifted 03 model along with later models have a slight difference in the design where the screws fit. But it has nothing to do with whether it is the sedan or the rx-v, it the model's year that matters.

The 2011 Kia Rio runs on regular unleaded.

The 2013 Kia Rio has a 8 ft. 5.2 in. (101.2 in.) wheel base.

My first thought is that the wheel bearing is failing....replace it soon! The other idea is the front half shaft CV Joint is failing. ( the front wheel drive..drive shaft on the side the noise comes from)

For a Kia Rio these are the Recommended Tyre Pressure
Standard PSI Front 30
Standard PSI Rear 30

The 2012 Kia Rio runs on regular unleaded.

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Depending on what year the Rio is, I have the manual available on CD-rom. E-mail me: seal11@aol.com

i got mine done for $160

In order to fix a tail light in a Kia Rio Cinco you must first locate the tail light. Then, undo the tail light and replace it with the new materials and put the cover back on.

on the left side on the head in the back of the engine