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How to Remove and Install the Piston Ring Opel Frontera A

Piston Rings, Remove and Install

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Piston with con - rod - see corresponding operation

Piston rings - commercially available piston ring clamp pliers

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Piston ring grooves - ground piece of old piston ring
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Piston ring gap

For piston ring sizes, permissible piston ring gaps - see 'Technical Data'
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Oil scraper ring

Offset ring gaps of steel band rings each 25 to 50 mm / 1 to 2 in. to the left or right of the intermediate ring gap

Piston rings

Offset ring gaps by approx. 180°

Second piston ring with identification mark 'TOP' facing upwards

Piston with con - rod - see corresponding operation
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