Does anyone have a good service manual they'd be willing to share?

 

Depending on how much work you want to do on your vehicle, consider investing in a good manual. You might look into Helm Inc. , they sell some good manuals and computerized info. Worth looking into.

 

Thanks for the response hanky. This is a project car I am trying to get on the road to help out a family member. Its a 2012 not a 2011 is there a wat for me to edit the title it will only allow me to edit the text body... Anyway cylinder 2 has poor compression and I wanted to see what the book calls for the ring replacement procedure (most likely engine removal). It appears that I might be able to leave the engine in pull the head and remove ladder frame to inspect / install rings. As my free time allows I've been looking for writeups / videos on the process but haven't found anything yet

 

How about you consider the following,
If you have access to a little compressed air,
Bring the #2 cyl up to the compression stroke , you will need to remove the spark plug to do this. You can come close then do the rest of rotating the engine manually in the normal direction of rotation, then blow some compressed air(Only a few pounds) and listen for where you hear air leaking out,
If you hear it in the intake =intake valve problem, if you hear it in the exhaust=an exhaust valve problem, If you hear a lot at the crankcase oil filler opening, ring problem.

Better to know what you are after than creating a lot of extra work when not necessary.
Just replacing rings with original size without measuring wear and clearances is OK if a ring was broken, but otherwise is a band aid fix. A broken ring can cause other problems with the cylinder wall. Lets hope you don't have to go that far.

If you wish , you can pull the head and see if there is a valve problem. If not , then you decide how far you want to go.

 

I'm glad you brought that up! I attempted a leak down on it in the past and the gauge was malfunctioning and I couldn't accurately pinpoint where the air was escaping. I had some time at the end of the day yesterday... with the oil pan & valve cover off I was able to test it again #4 intake valves are leaking #3 tested good #2 Exhaust vales leaking can also hear air coming out of #3 spark plug hole (head warped or past gasket?) and past rings at oil pan # 1 leaking past rings.

Since my cousin doesn't have very much info on the the vehicles history I'm thinking the safe play is an engine swap more so for time efficiency and peace of mind.

Do you happen to know what other vehicles we could source an engine from (Plug & Play) other than another Accent) I Pulled the following list from the net

• Hyundai Accent/Verna (RB/RC) (2011–2017)
• Hyundai Accent/Verna/Solaris (HC/YC) (2017–present)
• Hyundai Creta/ix25 (GS/GC) (2014–2020)
• Hyundai Creta (SU2r) (2021–present)
• Hyundai Elantra (MD/UD) (2010–2015)
• Hyundai Elantra (AD) (2015–2020)
• Hyundai Elantra (CN7) (2020–present)
• Hyundai HB20 (HB) (2012–2019)
• Hyundai HB20 (BR2) (2019–present)
• Hyundai i30 (GD) (2011–2017)
• Hyundai i30 (PD) (2016–present)
• Hyundai Venue (QX) (2019–present)
• Kia Cee'd (JD) (2012–2018)
• Kia Ceed (CD) (2018–present)[4]
• Kia Cerato (BD) (2018–present)
• Kia Forte/Cerato (YD) (2012–2018)
• Kia KX3 (KC) (2015–2019)
• Kia Rio (YB) (2017–present)
• Kia Rio/K2 (FB) (2017–present)[5]
• Kia Seltos (SP2/SP2i) (2019–present)
• Kia Soul (AM) (2011–2014)
• Kia Soul (PS) (2013–2019)
• Kia Soul (SK3) (2019–present)

 

If you want to get that involved OK, I would have considered a rebuilt head and hopefully saved some $$ Providing no excessive blow by coming from piston rings.

 

I feel that will be the best approach given the circumstances, if we can source a known good running engine to swap instead of checking head for warpage possible resurfacing - re-sleeve / boring cylinder(s), rebuilding top end while factoring in Murphy's law.

Do you personally know what engines are compatible to swap from other Hyundai / Kia models and what is the compatible year range for Accent to Accent swap. Again I just want a direct fit mounts tubes wiring sensors etc... If you don't know personally do you know of a good reliable source to acquire this information?

Thanks,
River

 

I would check with a dealership parts dept.
They should have all that info.