How To Clean Piston Ring Grooves and Attach Connecting Rods

Today I teach you how to reassemble pistons. Before we put the VR6 pistons back in the engine block, we have to assemble the pistons. Cleaning the piston ring groove is a must. Also the connecting rods need to be put back onto the pistons.

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[realerthantherealest]

I am only 11 years old, my dream job is being a mechanic, you are one of the people teaching me more.Thank you!

[HumbleMechanic]

With each part that gets put back together I get more excited about this car! I can't wait to share the rest of the build with you guys. I also have a little surprise coming.... Soon?

[jadebyrne]

@humblemechanic using the old piston rings break them in half and use a grinder to make it shaper if needed and clean the groves out that way works great

[labradormcgraw]

This is a great tutorial from a seasoned expert. Top quality and full of invaluable advice - and we get it for free! Gotta love YouTube!

[RedDragon-noic]

guess my first is question why send out a part to be coated that isn't fully clean --- an second question being who would coat a part without it fully clean an take a chance on the coating being damage -- an third question now is warranty at questioned or risk being that your scaping along the edges of the coating

[dexterlaci]

that style of ring groove cleaner is really hard to use correctly. Using the old rings does seem to be most effective when you have them. Gotta love those wrist pin clips. I hope you measured that stuff previously.

[valentinc]

The zip tie seems the best option, the metal tool generated metal filings visible in the video and did not remove that much carbon at all...

[edgarcastaneda]

i prefer soaked them in diesel, it works better than the carb cleaner
then after remove the carbon deposits i use the carb cleaner to clean and remove the diesel before any rings assembly
the diesel really is a time saving cleaner for carbon

[AP]

Hey Charles, have you thought putting the piston in low rpm drill or something to hold the piston while you clean the groove with that bit or the tool bit? makes your hand free to other things, like dousing it in liquid while you clean?

[jhuntosgarage]

Lord of the Ring Lands
The epic struggle between Carbon and Gandalf Jr. "Carbon! You shall not
Part II: Fellowship of the Parts. ;)

[costantineyoussif]

Is there’s any mechanic in a bottle can help cleaning these pistons rings, just without having to remove them ? Great video brother thumps up

[projectmildred]

just about to do this job on our A series engine for our Morris Minor, great video mate verry helpfull

[camaroman]

love watching your videos and the great info you offer

[s.ge]

Always was thinking about soda blasting that type of parts, because soda isn't hard to defect the metal, but gets all the contaminants pretty good, also there is a few soda blaster guns on the market witch works for their price.

[Travelingman-]

Hi Charles, I thought you might be interested to know Volkswagen is changing its corporate name starting 2018. The new name will be "A1 Group". Got the story from a local engineer/journo here in Australia.

[simonrawle]

Good video. Have you ever had one of the retaining clips spring out and hit you in the eye wen putting them in. Lol it stings a bit yamaha ones seam to be the worst for that

[Isuzupup]

the most important part is always the most time consuming work just like that 4hrs of you day vanish never to be seen a gen it defiantly help to clear your mind tho I wish i had pics of a motor that i built for a friend of mind it was a 4.0 v6 took two week to rebuild it was two 4.0 to make one 4.0 cleaning the block took forever and a week the lifters wore clean pace by pace and having to deglaz the bores and do the lapping on the valves. that was 2014 it still runnig strong to day. i paint it oils blue even the intake haha it look killer.

[LSmiata]

Lyle ring groove tool looks like a banana what a waste of time and possible damage.

With all due respect, your issue should have been solved by prepping pistons before sending for coating. Many options from chemical to mechanical. I am now soda blasting with great results. Vapor de-greasing another great alternative. Or chemical and many use diesel, carb cleaner or even oven cleaners.

Love your channel and also agree with using old rings....but before sending for coating.

Cheers,
Mr .P

[EngineMotor]

Hi, what did you use for coating the piston? And how does coating help thanks

[brandonharvey]

I presume the coating is resistant to gasoline orherwise it would be pretty dumb to coat the internal components of a gasoline engine.... and it its resistant to gasoline im sure its resistant to acetone but you could always check by puting a little the bell of the piston as there really is no benefit to coating the inside of the bell.