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Piston Ring Groove Clearance, Checking

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Special Tools And Workshop Equipment Required 

Clean ring Groove before checking. 

Fig 1: Checking Piston Ring Gap
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Piston Ring   Ring to Groove Clearance
    New Wear limit
Flat Ring mm 0.04 to 0.09 0.15
Tapered ring mm 0.03 to 0.06 0.15
Oil scraping ring mm 0.02 to 0.06 0.15