Disassembly And Assembly Of Subassemblies: Piston: Assembly
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Mariner and 2006 Ford Escape. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- 1.
Align the piston-to-connecting rod orientation marks and position the connecting rod in the piston.
- 6.
Install the piston rings onto the piston as shown below.- 1.
Center line of the piston parallel to the wrist pin bore
- 2.
Upper compression ring gap location
- 3.
Upper oil control segment ring gap location
- 4.
Lower oil control segment ring gap location
- 5.
Expander ring and lower compression ring gap location
- 1.
NOTE:
When installing the piston oil control spacer, orient the gap such that the cut ends are pointed toward the top of the piston.
NOTE:
The piston compression lower ring should be installed with the "O" mark on the ring face pointing up toward the top of the piston.