I don't currently have a web pix host but send it to me anyway so I can take a look at it. Mjats@juno.com

Your Sportage is indeed OBD-I. They must not have gone to OBD-II in the Philippines until 1998. So yours is like CBP's in Brazil.

This is the "old" style IAC that mounted close to the throttle body.

This mod will probably work on 1995 U.S. DOHC engines with OBD-I. 1996 were an odd duck in that they had the old style IAC but were OBD-II. Dunno if the mod would work there.

If 1997 - 2002 U.S./Canadian models, forget it. The IAC was completely redesigned. It's now located on the intake pipe basically above the exhaust cam cover. And the IAC itself is completely sealed. There's no way to take it apart, although it does come off the intake pipe real easy to clean.

It sounds like this valve is a cold start assist. And I'll bethca that's why some guys have encountered problems when ordering fuel injectors. I think there's "orange" and "green" fuel injectors. One of these probably has a higher flow rate plus the ability for longer duration which would make a cold start assist valve unnecessary. I recall having a similar cold start assist on a 1986 Chevy even though it was port fuel injected. (In fact, the valve went bad and flooded the engine).

And I suspect that this mod could be performed only if you live in a mild to tropical climate. If you have freezing temps the engine will probably stall and run poorly until it warms up.

I may be all wet on this. Educated guess right now. But I'd really like to see that pix. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />