01/04/2021
This article concerns the 1.4, 1.5 and 1.6-litre gasoline engines that can be found in the Hyundai Accent, Hyundai Elantra, Kia Cerato, Kia Rio and many other Hyundai and Kia models. After all, our technical centre specialists have been getting reports of premature failure of a guide pulley included in Gates kits K015479XS and KP15479XS, which are compatible with the passenger cars mentioned above. A closer investigation of these cases alerted us to the fact that the position of the tension spring (not included in the kits), which should rest with one end on the engine structural element, and with the other end on a special lug of the tensioner base plate, often gets overlooked during or after the installation procedure. Read on to find out how to avoid this common mistake.
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