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VW Passat B6 Service Manual ➜ Checking pistons and cylinder bores

CC 2010 ➤ , Eos 2006 ➤ , Golf 2004 ➤ , Golf 2009 ➤ , Passat 2006 ➤ , ...  
4-cyl. injection engine (1.8 and 2.0 l engine, chain drive) - Edition 08.2018  
– Remove retaining ring from piston pin eye.  
– Remove retaining ring -2- from piston pin eye.  
– Drive out piston pin -3- using drift - VW 222A- .  
Note  
If the piston pin is difficult to move, heat the piston to approx. 60°  
C.  
– Remove piston -1- from conrod -4-.  
Installing  
Installation is carried out in the reverse order. When installing,  
note the following:  
Renew bolts that are tightened with turning further angle after  
each removal.  
Arrow on piston crown points to belt pulley end.  
– Install oil scraper ring: procedure for 3-part oil scraper ring  
⇒ page 82 .  
– Install compression rings ⇒ page 82 .  
– Oil contact surfaces of bearing shells and cylinder wall with  
engine oil.  
– Carefully push piston -1- into cylinder -arrow- by hand using  
piston installation sleeve -T40347- .  
– Install conrod bearing cap, noting installation position  
⇒ Item 2 (page 80) .  
– Install cylinder head ⇒ page 142 .  
– Install upper part of sump ⇒ page 218 .  
Specified torques  
⇒ page 80  
4.3  
Checking pistons and cylinder bores  
Checking piston  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Micrometre 75 - 100 mm - VAS 6071-  
– Using a micrometer, measure approx. 15 mm from the lower  
edge, perpendicular to the piston pin axis.  
♦ Difference between actual and nominal diameter max.  
0.04 mm.  
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4-cyl. injection engine (1.8 and 2.0 l engine, chain drive) - Edition 08.2018  
Piston ∅  
1)  
Basic dimension  
mm  
82.42  
1)  
Dimensions without graphite coating (thickness 0.02  
mm). The graphite coating will wear down.  
Checking piston ring gap  
– Push ring at right angles to cylinder wall from above down to  
approx. 15 mm from bottom end of cylinder. Push in using a  
piston without rings.  
Piston ring gap in connection  
with two-part oil scraper ring  
New  
Wear limit  
compression ring  
0.20 to  
0.8 mm  
0.40 mm  
Oil scraper ring  
0.25 to  
0.8 mm  
0.50 mm  
Piston ring gap in connection  
with three-part oil scraper ring  
New  
Wear limit  
0.60 mm  
0.70 mm  
1st compression ring  
2nd compression ring  
Oil scraper ring  
0.30 to  
0.40 mm  
0.40 to  
0.50 mm  
Cannot be  
Cannot be  
measured  
measured  
Checking ring-to-groove clearance  
– Clean annular groove of piston before check.  
Ring-to-groove clearance  
in connection with two-  
part oil scraper ring  
New  
Wear limit  
1st compression ring  
2nd compression ring  
Oil scraper rings  
0.06 to 0.09 mm  
0.03 to 0.06 mm  
0.20 mm  
0.15 mm  
Cannot be measured  
Ring-to-groove clearance  
in connection with three-  
part oil scraper ring  
New  
Wear limit  
1st compression ring  
2nd compression ring  
Oil scraper rings  
Cannot be measured  
Cannot be measured  
Cannot be measured  
Checking cylinder bores  
Note  
Do not measure cylinder bores when cylinder block is mounted  
on engine and gearbox support - VAS 6095- , as measurements  
may be incorrect.  
Special tools and workshop equipment required  
♦ Cylinder gauge - VAS 6078-  
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4. Pistons and conrods  
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4-cyl. injection engine (1.8 and 2.0 l engine, chain drive) - Edition 08.2018  
Caution  
The cylinder bore may not be worked on (reboring, honing,  
grinding) may not be carried out using workshop tools! This will  
damage the surface of the cylinder bore.  
– Take measurements at 3 positions in both lateral direction  
-A- and longitudinal direction -B-.  
♦ Deviation from nominal dimension: max. 0.08 mm  
Piston ∅  
Cylinder bore ∅  
82.51  
1)  
Basic dimension  
mm  
82.42  
1)  
Dimensions without graphite coating (thickness  
0.02 mm). The graphite coating wears away.  
4.4  
Separating new conrod  
On a new conrod, it is possible that the breaking point has not  
fully separated. Proceed as follows if the conrod bearing cap can‐  
not be removed by hand:  
– Mark allocation of conrod to cylinder.  
– Clamp conrod -1- in a vice below the dashed line using alu‐  
minium vice clamps.  
– Unscrew both bolts -2- about 5 turns.  
– Using a plastic hammer, carefully knock against conrod bear‐  
ing cap in -direction of arrow- until it is loose.  
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