Measuring Piston-Ring End Clearance
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- Insert piston ring into the cylinder from the top to about 15 mm from the lower edge of the cylinder at a right angle to the cylinder wall. > Piston-ring end clearance
Use a piston with no piston rings to slide it in.
- Measure piston-ring end clearance.
Piston-ring end clearance
- 2.1 Guide a feeler gauge into the gap on the piston ring and determine the value. > Piston-ring end clearance
Piston ring New in mm Wear limit 1st compression ring 0.15-0.25 0.35 2nd compression ring 0.30-0.45 0.55 Oil scraper ring Cannot be measured -