fitting piston rings

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says in the manual there is a top and bottom to the compression rings marked 'top' or stamped with 2 dots, well mine have bugger all on them, what do i do?

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anyone? im a bit stuck

[2.8i Cossie]

flip a coin see how it lands?

[escort new boy]

are they pattern parts?

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flip a coin see how it lands?

 

f**k off

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are they pattern parts?

 

no mate they are the stock ford ones, when i took em out/off i didnt take note of top or bottom, i just marked em for which bore they belong to, didnt realise they had to be fitted a certain way up, they look same both ways to be honest, no chamfers etc.

[2.8i Cossie]

flip a coin see how it lands?

 

f**k off

 

sorry just had to abandon polishing the car for a show tomorrow cos it raining and im in a sarcastic mood

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good, heres hoping you get stuck in a muddy field and the mud splatters right up your bodywork, then when the tractor comes to pull you out (for a charge of 50quid) his throttle sticks wide open and drags you into the beck

 

now thats sarcasm .

[2.8i Cossie]

 

nasty man

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[evil knievel]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[2.8i Cossie]

Just looked in manual and it says the second compression ring is stepped...if that is any help

 

im sorry i was nasty....

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thats just it, nothing about them correspond with any of the 3 manuals ive got , got me stumped!

[evil knievel]

it looks like you've got 2 choices mate!

 

 

guess, or suck it up and go ask ford/get a new pair!!

 

hope you get it sorted

[2.8i Cossie]

good excuse to buy new ones?

[w p e]

if theres any writing on them that goes to the top. it dont matter on the oil ring. look close there should be a T near the gap on one side

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all bottom rings have markings but not the top comp rings,

thing is buying new rings isnt as straight forward as youd think is it, i bought a new set and they didnt fit, different profile to mine, ive learnt since that the rings have to match the same make of piston.

 

my original rings are well in tolerance so i wanna resuse em but need to figure which way round the top rings go, one side has a very slight chamfer on, but does the chamfer face up or down.... ive been thro it in my head trying to decide, what do you think?

[Jimbob-Squarepants ©]

Hope this helps you

 

[2.8i Cossie]

Jimbob to the rescue!

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Jimbobs my hero.

cheers jimbob

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WHAT THE F*CK?

[caprinerd]

didnt play on mine, what is it? whats it show? all i see is a blck cat in a coal mine