spark plugs

i need to know where on the motor of a 2000 KIA Sportage 4 cylinder 2.0

Open the hood when your car *hasn't* just been running (cold engine stops you burning your fingers). Open the hood. Coming from the the motor there are four fat (biro thick) wires going to a round plastic thingy with a fifth similar wire on it. At the engine end of these wires there is a fatter part. Grip each one there, *not* the wire itself and pull it straight off. Don't wiggle or bend them. The spark plug is underneath. Easy job but good idea to do it with someone else who's done it before the first time (so you can blame them if they stuff it up!) After that, you'll know how forever. Cheers

Oops! That works for most but not this one! Sorry. In an earlier post on 99 Spotage plugs someone offered to post on tech details for removing air plenum chamber and getting at the plugs which are underneath. Check it out and chase them up. Need more sleep ... Cheers

you need a special plug socket also, it's about 8" long. if you try to use a standard socket and extension, you run the risk of loosing the socket down the hole the plugs are in. A bitch to get out again. JC Whitney sells one for abouy $7.00. Snap-on has a better one with a latch on top that grabs the plug, and only releases it when you are safely out. but you can only get them from Snap-on if you ask your mechanic to get it for you, as they don't sell to civilians, only mechanics. The whitney on just has a rubber "o" ring that grips the plug. Oh yes one other thing. I have been told to never use platium plugs in a Kia. the faster firing capability plays havoc with the computer.