kia rio

[draggindre]

i have a 2001 kia rio, with a bad trans and a 2004 with a bad eng. does anyone know if you can take the eng from the 01 and put it in the 04 and will it all match up? i dont want to spend any money on these p.o.s.es just want one back on the road and the other in the junk yard.

[dunefreak]

I doubt there are any kia rio owners on here that would know.

Check and see if the engine codes match. Maybe call the Kia dealer parts dept and have them look up each year car and see if the motors are different.

[draggindre]

thats what i thought, but there may be some good mechs that know i have just never messed with anything from kia and my friends boy just needs a ride i also told him to reserch it with the dealer but no word yet

[SandBurro]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Rio

Looks like you might be ok. The Kia Rio between 2001 to 2005 seem to be the same car until 2006 where the engine and body was upgraded.

[draggindre]

thanx for the info burro i looked and could not find it thanx again

[Jasonpwms129]

In Ca you can only swap in a eng from a newer model. Dont know if you have

same issue there. IE: 2004 end in 2001 OK, 2001 eng in 2004 no workie.

Wouldnt be able to register it.

<.02

[britincali]

The only way you couldnt register it is if you notified the CHP, and who the hell does that

[draggindre]

with all the that ca does to us i wouldnt tell the chp chit besides its not like im gonna drop a blown v8 into the thing