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RE: ENGINE PROBLEMS ON A KIA AMANTI
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SIRJINN77
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Oct 25, 2011, 12:38 PM
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RE: ENGINE PROBLEMS ON A KIA AMANTI
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IT'S A 2004 KIA AMANTI ENGINE SIZE 3.5L WITH 84,400 MILES AND IT OVER HEATED 3 TO 4 TIMES NOW IT WON'T START UP!!!!
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 25, 2011, 1:58 PM
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Re: RE: ENGINE PROBLEMS ON A KIA AMANTI
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For now see if it has spark and fuel AND compression. Does it crank funny sounding?
Once found fix immediately as overheats are killers,
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Hammer Time
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Oct 25, 2011, 2:05 PM
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You have probably overheated too much already a fried it. Start with the compression test and you may save some time.
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SIRJINN77
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Oct 25, 2011, 2:55 PM
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Re: RE: ENGINE PROBLEMS ON A KIA AMANTI
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No compression!!!!!
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Hammer Time
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Oct 25, 2011, 3:01 PM
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Re: RE: ENGINE PROBLEMS ON A KIA AMANTI
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Yep, you fried it. Start looking for a new car or new engine.
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Discretesignals
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Oct 25, 2011, 6:11 PM
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Why? Why do people do this?? Overheat the crap out of it and keep driving it. Then drive it some more overheating it again till it won't run anymore? Then they complain about the cost of repair, how the mechanic ripped them off, how crappy their car is, and they will never buy another one again. 
Welp, I guess that is job security for us 
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Hammer Time
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Oct 25, 2011, 6:16 PM
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Yep, this one hasn't blamed anyone else yet but he definitely learned a hard lesson.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 25, 2011, 8:25 PM
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Re: RE: ENGINE PROBLEMS ON A KIA AMANTI
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? This may be fixable and still big bucks.
NAPA shows it used a timing belt and is an interference engine but with the overheating probably wrecked the heads and more along with showing no compression. Belt if true could have burned up and not turning valves to get out of the way of the pistons?
Pic may not show but no matter.............
Click as pic didn't work but will show it.......
http://www.napaonline.com/...102004+50079+2079001
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Hammer Time
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Oct 26, 2011, 3:05 AM
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I doubt a timing belt has too much to do with overheating but when it overheated, the first thing to go was the head gasket but if he continued to drive it, the pistons, rings and cylinder walls suffered at that point and since it won't even run, it has likely gotten to that point.
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 26, 2011, 5:17 AM
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Agreed - it's a chicken and egg thing. Which was first and who knows now? Dunno if this is accurate but timing belt may also run water pump and could have been so failed it broke the belt or something.
All we can do is guess without being there but no compression wouldn't be good for sure and driving it overheating is just insult to injury as we know,
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