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Piston Ring Gap, Checking

Fig 1: Identifying Check Of Piston Ring Gap
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Special Tools And Workshop Equipment Required 

-- Push piston ring squarely from above down to approximately 15 mm from bottom end of cylinder.

Piston ring dimensions in mm New Wear limit
1. Compression ring 0.20 to 0.40 1.0
2. Compression ring 0.20 to 0.40 1.0
Oil scraping ring 0.25 to 0.50 1.0