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Its easy to damage the crankshaft position sensor it is right at the crank pulley and is exposed when replacing the crankshaft oil seal (done as part of a timing belt change). Has the engine got spark and fuel? Kia as a car manufacturer put a lot of great technical information and work shop manuals on line for free for Kia owners. www.kiatechinfo.com .
Does your mechanic have axcess to Alldata. The information is year make and model specific repair procedures, service bulletins, component locations, wiring diagrams ect.... Alldata is very easy to navigate http://bit.ly/AllData_Repair_Manuals_Online
There is a professional service called Identafix. http://www.identifix.com/info/about_us.htm They only deal with professional repair shops. They are in the Minnesota 651-633-8007. Your auto repair shop do all their diagnosis tests, and discuss your problem with a team of professional technicians great service cheap and very bright people. If the repair shop that are repairing your car are stumped this is a great service. This company only deal with automotive repair shops and don't answer questions for the general public but are an amazing knowledge base.

found that the stator behind the harmonic balancer let loose the dowel pins that hold it togather sheared and was just spinning could never find itself