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Checking The Piston Ring Groove Clearance

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-- Clean the piston ring groove before checking.

Piston Ring New mm Wear Limit mm
1. Compression ring (piston ring manufacturer: Federal Mogul) 0.050 to 0.090 0.15
1. Compression ring (piston ring manufacturer: Mahle) 0.035 to 0.085 0.15
2. Compression ring 0.030 to 0.070 0.15
Oil scraping rings (three-part) cannot be measured
Oil scraping rings (two-part) 0.04 to 0.08