Fitting Pistons & Rings
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 1988 Nissan 300ZX. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Measure cylinder bore for excessive wear, out-of-round or taper. Out-of-round and taper limit is .0006" (.150 mm).
- Measure piston-to-cylinder wall clearance using pull scale and feeler gauge. Extracting force of pull scale should be .4-3.3 lbs. (.2-1.5 kg) using a .0016" (.40 mm) feeler gauge.