2000 Kia Spectra Camshaft Sprocket to Camshaft Orientation

Tiny
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Can someone tell me the correct installation of the two camshaft sprockets, when I picked up the cylinder head from the machine shop they had been removed. It seems they can be installed 180 degrees out of synch with the camshaft. Thanks in advance!
Monday, December 8th, 2014 AT 8:06 PM

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Tiny
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Sprockets are marked I for inlet and E for exhaust, timing marks are at 12.00 O'Clock for both see pic
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Tuesday, December 9th, 2014 AT 12:15 AM
Tiny
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Thank you for your help!
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Wednesday, December 10th, 2014 AT 9:04 PM
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My pleasure, thank you for using 2carpros.
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Thursday, December 11th, 2014 AT 12:42 AM
Tiny
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I'm new to working on Kia's so I wonder if I may tap into your knowledge once again. After replacing the broken cam belt and installing the repaired cylinder head, the car fired up but ran a little rough and would stall if I came back to idle. I also noticed a squeel noise if I revved the engine just before it was going to stall. I hooked up a battery charger as the battery had a hard time cranking the engine initially. The "Check Engine Light" came on and I scanned a code P1505 Idle Speed Control Actuator-low voltage. I'm going to first check the P/S and Alternator belts to eliminate them as the source of the squeel noise. Any ideas?
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Thursday, December 11th, 2014 AT 8:53 PM
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I would make sure that the battery is ok, check the charge rate, belts are tight and the iac plug is clean and a tight fit in the socket.
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Friday, December 12th, 2014 AT 12:51 AM
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Thank you so much for your quick response, I will check all the items you mentioned today. Thanks again!
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Friday, December 12th, 2014 AT 8:47 AM
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Ok, good luck
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Friday, December 12th, 2014 AT 2:20 PM
Tiny
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Test drove the vehicle today and it runs great and pulls hard but still stalls at idle. Pulled codes P1505 "IdleAir Control Valve-Low voltage" and a P1507 "Idle Air Control Valve Closing Voltage Low". So I probed the voltage feed at the connector to the IAC and am getting 5 volts. Without a Kia manual or specs I don't know if that's low or normal for the Kia. I also removed the IAC and cleaned it, also fed battery voltage to the center terminal of the IAC and grounded each outside terminal in turn and it seemed to react and function. I find all this very interesting but I would sure like to fix the idle speed on this car, any ideas?
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Saturday, December 13th, 2014 AT 9:04 PM
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Pin 29 Green/White at the ECU is the supply for the IAC there is no mention of voltages that I can see so I would be expecting 12V
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Sunday, December 14th, 2014 AT 1:06 AM
Tiny
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Great, thank you so much for your help, have a great week!
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Sunday, December 14th, 2014 AT 9:17 PM
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Ok, good luck, thank you for using 2carpros
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Monday, December 15th, 2014 AT 1:35 AM

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