PISTON RING |
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2.Put piston rings into the
cylinder bore, press them against the piston top face, and
push
them in. After achieving squareness, measure the end gap
with a free gauge. If the end gap is
excessive, replace piston rings. Standard value:
No. 2 ring: 0.20 - 0.35 mm Oil ring: 0.25 - 0.45 mm |
CRANKSHAFT PIN OIL CLEARANCE (PLASTIGAGE METHOD) |
1.Wipe oil off the
crankshaft pin and connecting rod bearing. |
2.Place a plastigage in
length equal to the bearing width on the pin shaft straight
in alignment with the shaft centre. |
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3.Carefully install the
connecting rod cap. 4.Apply the engine oil to the bolt thread portion and the seat surface before tightening the bolt. 5.After finger-tightening each bolt, alternately tighten the bolts to correctly install the cap. 6.Tighten the bolt to the torque of 5.0 N·m. 7.Tighten the bolt to the torque of 20 N·m. |
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8.Put the paint mark to the
bolt head, as shown in the illustration. 9.Put the paint mark on the connecting rod at 90° position in the tightening direction of the bolt, based on the paint mark position of the bolt.
11.Remove bolts and gently remove the connecting rod cap. |
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12.Measure the crushed
plastigage width (area most widely crushed) using a scale
printed
on the plastigage bag. Standard value: 0.026 - 0.053 mm Limit: 0.1 mm |