# Kia sportage **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [February 3, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798 "2010-02-03T20:02:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chris2867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@chris2867](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris2867)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/1 "2010-02-03T20:02:58Z")
Can anyone tell me how hard a oil cooler on my car is to change (its leaking oil)\_ Thanks Chris ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/2 "2010-02-03T20:05:27Z")
Are you SURE it’s the cooler?? How about one of the flexible hoses that connects the cooler to the engine? ---
**Author:** ![chris2867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@chris2867](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris2867)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/3 "2010-02-03T20:05:48Z")
Im sorry it a 1999 kia sportage ---
**Author:** ![chris2867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@chris2867](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris2867)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/4 "2010-02-03T20:06:49Z")
wELL GOOD QUESTION, I’M JUST GOING BY WHAT A MECHANIC TOLD ME ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/5 "2010-02-03T20:25:03Z")
Are you contemplating this repair yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/6 "2010-02-03T21:56:20Z")
I just looked. There is no oil cooler on your vehicle. Not for the engine oil or for the power steering. Tester ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/7 "2010-02-03T23:26:23Z")
These vehicles leak oil at the oil filter to block adapter. A real pain to fix, which is common with early Sportages.The use of wobbly sockets and 1/4 drive stuff makes it go easier, as does doing it a couple of dozen times. ---
**Author:** ![chris2867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@chris2867](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris2867)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/8 "2010-02-04T11:34:35Z")
yes i am ---
**Author:** ![chris2867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@chris2867](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chris2867)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 11:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/9 "2010-02-04T11:35:49Z")
well if you look it up on site for Kia parts it shows oil cooler and transmission fluid also runs through it. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/kia-sportage/43798/10 "2010-02-04T13:56:20Z")
I think what you are talking about is the transmission oil cooler which is inside your radiator. The only way to change it is to change the radiator. You can change or repair the lines and fittings that go to it.