# '95 Kia Sportage overheating

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-kia-sportage-overheating/68692>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** sportage, kia\
**Created:** [October 16, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-kia-sportage-overheating/68692 "2011-10-16T18:05:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![firescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@firescu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/firescu)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-kia-sportage-overheating/68692/1 "2011-10-16T18:05:33Z")

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My neighbor has a 1995 Kia Sportage that is overheating…he said the last time it got hot a stream of water shot up onto his windshield. He has been unable to find a leaky hose, etc. Could this be the head gasket?

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**Author:** ![waterboy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/waterboy/32/764_2.png) [@waterboy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/waterboy)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/95-kia-sportage-overheating/68692/2 "2011-10-16T22:21:38Z")

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A simple pressure shold be able to find the source of the leak. Good news probably not a head gasket.