L322 Range Rover Service Procedures
ENGINE - V8
12-2-74 OVERHAUL
7. Hold connecting rods in a soft jawed vice.
8. Carefully remove and discard 2 retaining rings
securing the gudgeon pin in the piston.
9. Push the gudgeon pin out of the piston and
connecting rod, remove the piston.
10. Repeat for the 7 remaining pistons.
Inspect
1. Clean cylinder bores, pistons, piston rings
connecting rods and gudgeon pins.
2.
Pistons and cylinder bores:
check and record
cylinder bore diameters at bottom, centre and
top of bore ensuring that measurements are
taken at the angle shown.
3. Repeat procedure at angle shown and from the
2 sets of measurements obtained, calculate
cylinder bore ovality and taper.
4. Starting with No 1 piston, measure and record
piston diameter at right angles to gudgeon pin
holes, and 12 mm from bottom of piston skirt:
5. Compare piston diameter with cylinder bore
size and determine piston to bore clearance.
6. Using an expander, remove piston rings from
piston.
7. Check new ring fitted gap 30 mm from top of
bore. Ensure rings are fitted square to bore
when checking gap.
