Piston Ring; Piston Pin; Snap Ring - SSANGYONG Korando 2012 Manual

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Piston transfers the combustion energy from engine to connecting rod.

A. Piston ring

#1 ring (Top ring) : Prevents the high pressurized combustion gas from leaking into crank chamber,

and prevents the engine oil getting into combustion chamber.

#2 ring: Scrapes the engine oil on the cylinder bore, and prevents the leaked combustion gas from #1

ring from leaking into the crank chamber.

Oil ring: Scrapes the engine oil on the cylinder bore.

B. Piston pin

Connects the piston the connecting rod, and transfers the linear movement of piston to connecting rod

to convert it to rotating energy.

C. Snap ring

Locks the piston pin.

Piston ring

Piston ring end gap (mm)

#1 end gap: 0.170 ~ 0.320

#2 end gap: 0.300 ~ 0.450

Piston ring side clearance (mm)

#1 groove: 0.040 ~ 0.080

#2 groove: 0.040 ~ 0.080