vauxhall Workshop Repair Guides

Vauxhall Workshop Service and Repair Manuals

Replacing one piston / con-rod > < Piston with Con-rod, Remove and Install

Piston Rings, Replace

  Remove

1.   Remove piston with con-rod
2.   Remove 3x piston ring with piston ring pliers (1)
•   Remove spiral-type expander of the oil scraper ring out of piston ring groove
Object Number: 2393092  Size: DEFAULT


3.   Clean ring grooves
Note:   Remove carbonised oil residue in the piston ring groove with split and ground piston ring

  Measure

4.   Measure joint clearance
•   Insert new piston rings into cylinder
•   3 off
•   Measure joint clearance with feeler gauge

Piston Rings

Permissible ring joint

1st compression ring (T)

0.25 - 0.35 mm

2nd compression ring (2T)

0.20 - 0.30 mm

Oil scraper ring

0.20 - 0.40 mm


Size markings on compression ring

 

1st ring

2nd ring

Standard

None

None

Oversize 0.50 mm

50

50

Oversize 1.00 mm

100

100


Size marking on oil scraper rings

Standard

None

Oversize 0.50 mm

blue

Oversize 1.00 mm

Yellow


Object Number: 2393061  Size: DEFAULT


5.   Measure vertical play
•   Insert piston rings into piston ring groove
Note:   Note markings (arrow) on the compression rings ("T", "2T" point upwards)
1st compression ring (T)
2nd compression ring (2T)
Oil scraper ring
•   Measure vertical play with feeler gauge

Piston Rings

Permissible vertical play

1st compression ring (T)

0.090 - 0.150 mm

2nd compression ring (2T)

0.040 - 0.150 mm

Oil scraper ring

0.025 - 0.150 mm


Object Number: 2393062  Size: DEFAULT


  Install

6.   Install 3x piston ring with piston ring pliers
•   Insert spiral-type expander of oil scraper ring in piston ring groove
•   Install oil scraper ring
•   Install compression rings
Note:   Note markings on the compression rings
1st compression ring (T)
2nd compression ring (2T)
Object Number: 2393063  Size: DEFAULT


7.   Replace all piston rings
•   3x piston
8.   Install piston with con-rod LUREF_1.gif

Replacing one piston / con-rod > < Piston with Con-rod, Remove and Install