Workshop Manuals Factory service & repair Land Rover
01 300 TDi Diesel Engine Overhaul Manual02 INTRODUCTION03 DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION04 OVERHAUL05 DATA, TORQUE & TOOLS
Land Rover 300Tdi Engine04 · OVERHAUL
04 · General

Pistons and connecting rods - inspection

Make
Land Rover
Model
Engines 300Tdi Engine
Section
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Pistons and connecting rods - inspection – Land Rover 300Tdi Engine

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Pistons - remove

1. Suitably identify each piston to its connecting

rod, note position of bearing shell tag recess in
connecting rod relative to arrow on piston
crown.

2. Remove and discard circlips retaining gudgeon

pin.

3. Push gudgeon pin out of piston, remove

connecting rod. Retain gudgeon pins and
connecting rods with their respective pistons.

Pistons and connecting rods - inspection

1. Remove carbon from piston using fine emery

cloth soaked in oil.

2. Measure and record piston diameter at right

angles to gudgeon pin hole mid-way between
hole and bottom of skirt.
Piston diameter:
Standard = 90.395 mm
1st oversize = 90.649 mm
2nd oversize = 90.903 mm

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