Cylinder Components

A two-piece piston design that uses a separate aluminum skirt connected to an alloy steel crown through a piston pin.

• Trunk Piston

• Articulating Piston

• Monotherm Piston

• Slipper Skirt Piston

The _______ _______ ring is usually a low-tension type of ring and has no significant gas pressure acting upon it.

• top compression

• intermediate

• oil control

• snap ring

Piston connecting rod caps installation orientation is not important as they are always multi directional.

• True

• False

A compression test is used to measure the percentage of gas leakage past the piston rings while engine is running.

• True

• False

What type of piston is this ?

• Monotherm

• Articulating

• Trunk

• Slipper Skirt

What type of piston is this ?

• Monotherm

• Articulating

• Trunk

• Slipper Skirt

What are the main parts that compose the piston, select all that apply?

• Skirt

• Bearing

• Crown

• Ring Belt

This rings main job is to seal in combustion gases.

• Intermediate ring

• Compression ring

• Oil control Ring

• Snap ring

This ring has two jobs, it seals combustion gases and removes oil from the cylinder wall.

• Compression ring

• Intermediate ring

• Oil control ring

• Snap ring

What type of piston is this ?

• Monotherm

• Articulating

• Trunk

• Slipper skirt