I just recieved a 01 sportage from my neighbors for watching there house/dogs while on vacation. I don't really like kia's but the sportage was free! My sportage has 170,000km (canada), owned buy a woman and has absolutly no maintenance on it . the trans fluid was pitch black. No probs shifting . I changed fluid/filter right away. Upon startup first thing in the morning kia makes a piston slap sound for 3 seconds then goes away and periodically when I buck out of driveway feels like no power for 5-7 seconds. Are these signs the timing belt needs repacment? 2nd question : the A/C compressor sounds like the bearings are failing . Is it easy to delete the A/C?