Are These JUNK TOO? 1.6L Hyundai / KIa GAMMA II GDI Engine Teardown
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Published 2024-03-27
Here's weekly dose of your catastrophic engine forensics! Every week you can find a new teardown of some abused, misused and/or poorly designed engine. Here are some of my favorites:
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Today we tear down a 1.6L Gamma II 1.6L 4cyl from a 2019 Kia Rio S with just 83k miles! The Gamma engine is in a ton of different Hyundai and Kia models and is still produced today. There are many different variants of this engine, this one being the G4FG, a non turbo direct injected engine that makes about 130hp found in the Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio.
This engine clearly suffered a catastrophic event, but why? Was it poor maintenance? Run low on oil? Manufacturing defect? The failure this engine suffered definitely raises some eyebrows.
Why am I doing this? My name is Eric and I own and run a full service auto salvage business called Importapart. Part of our model includes buying blown up engines and dismantling to salvage the good parts to resell. We do not rebuild or repair engines, we simply supply parts to people who do! I've left links at the top to reach us about parts.
I really hope you enjoyed this teardown, as always I love all of the comments, feedback and even the criticism. Catch you on the next one!
-Eric
All Comments (21)
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Oil in engine: Good Engine in oil: Bad
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Worked in a KIA Service Department for 2 years. At one poing we had 60ish long blocks awaiting install into Cars. KIA engines are so sensitive to oil change intervals, if you don't follow the 5K rule you're dooming them to fail. Their GDI engines can use up to 1qt per 1000 miles and KIA says it normal consumption.. If you own one check that dipstick everytime you get gas...
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That was the most incredible display of Channellock mastery I have ever seen. Using the wrong end of the wrong tool to accomplish the goal was amazing! Keep the tool tips coming!
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Your sense of humor cracks this old man up. Your doin fine young man. We need more like you these days.
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The new Kia ad “Kia, drive it like you stole it, because someone will.” 😂
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Shoutout to the unsung hero that comes in the next day picking up head gaskets and chain guides off the floor...
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I was at a KIA dealership getting a valve cover (2.0 Turbo GDI) (tiny crack) and gasket replaced under warranty and was discussing things about it with the tech and he related how clean mine was inside and shared that they have two techs in the shop and all they do is replace engines, about 30 a month. He said a lot were due to what they consider owner neglect.
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My grandmother has a 2014 Hyundai Accent with a Gamma engine. She learned very quickly that lots of city driving will make the low oil pressure come on before you reach the recommended oil change interval. Since then, she has topped the oil off every month, and the engine has made it to 285,000 miles with no major issues.
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You, and the other online wrenchers make me want to change the oil in my engines every 100 miles.
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Throwing the cam caps into a " raffle bucket " sounds like fun
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Am I the only one that thinks he's doing something special with all those timing chains? Always treats them nice
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"The most religious engine we've had in a long time." More holes in that engine than Scientology theology. 😆😆
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Traded in my Hyundai Kona with this engine. 92000 miles no issues. I change oil every 3-4000 miles. Makes a difference
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The 1.6 Gamma turbo in my 2017 Elantra Sport was amazing. I put that car through hell and back with canyon runs and yearly autocross. Was modified for more boost too. Even had a bigger turbo on it for a bit. Sold it at 90k miles to my brother who put another 12k on it with zero issues. Good car. Maybe the key was 3k mile oil changes, routing valve cleaning and avoiding boost until it was fully up to temp. Never burned any oil. I completely regret selling it, and will likely purchase another.
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That poor engine had 2 oil changes, 3 max, in its whole life I bet
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Engine ran, engine made noise, engine gunned to 10k RPM, trans shift to 1st gear, engine released all amounts of tension...now it's taking a breather to cool down for a bit. As you say, "it'll be fine."
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The piston has mechanically regapped the spark plug to its liking I’m losing my shit laughing 🤣🤣🤣
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Bravo Eric on graduating to ‘proper’ channel locks usage 👏
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Still shocked you haven't given a water pump a Tannerite funeral
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We have the 1.8 with 110k still smooth; but I know a lot of people with knock on these. Used to work at a Hyundai/Mazda lot; the difference was crazy; most of the Mazda guys would pickup Hyundai services to help out. It was like 4 Hyundai techs for every Mazda tech.
