Most of the Creality K1 printers are facing the dreaded UNDER EXTRUSION problem. I too faced the same.
After lots of tinkering I found out that the extruder motor is getting too hot while printing. Which in turn heats up the pressure plate of the moving extruder gear and deforms due to the filament pressure between the gears.
Solution to the problem is first you need to reduce the current (to 0.4 amps) of the motor by getting the root access. Then you need to print this thin barrier out of some high temp. material like ASA/ABS etc. I printed it with PETG as I didn't have any ASA/ABS in stock. So far It's working fine (after reducing current).
But if you don't have root access then you must print using high temp. material.
You can print it thicker if you want, but you'll have to replace the screws.