Kia rio misfire

Asked by Shelbylynn969 May 18, 2018 at 07:45 PM about the 2008 Kia Rio

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

A 2008 Kia  Rio misfired after a
fuel up. Replaced the spark plugs,
the timing belt, pulley & tensioner.
It stalls when under 2000rpm
what could be the problem?

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charles answered 5 years ago

Recheck your timing belt job, sounds like you’re off a few teeth.

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RuS2006rio answered 5 years ago

Did you smell ypur oil mines doing abput same thing but my check engine light is flashing

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Carpentar answered about a year ago

Flashing check engine is a coil pack/misfire. NOTE DRIVING CAR W FLASHING CHECK ENGINE CAN SET THE CATALYST ON FIRE INTERNALLY CAUSING OVERHEAT TO PLASTIC COMPONENTS.

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