TM-9-2815-210-34-2-2

ENGINE ASSEMBLY, DIESEL (MULTIFUEL): NATURALLY ASPIRATED OR TURBOCHARGED, FUEL-INJECTED, WATER-COOLED, 6-CYLINDER

TECHNICAL MANUAL; TROUBLESHOOTING; DIRECT SUPPORT AND GENERAL SUPPORT LEVEL; VOLUME 2 OF 2; PART 2 OF 2

APRIL 1981

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TM 9-2815-210-34-2-2

4-7. PISTONS, CONNECTING RODS, AND RELATED PARTS.

a. Cleaning .

WARNING

Use goggles, rubber gloves, and rubber apron

when cleaning parts in carbon removing com-

pound. Make sure there is enough ventilation.

Be careful not to breathe in fumes or let com-

pound touch skin.

If compound is splashed

on skin, flush with water and wash with

alcohol, preferably 2 to 3 percent.

FRAME 1

1.

Clean pistons (1), rings (2), piston pins (3), and retaining rings (4) by

soaking in carbon removing compound.

2.

Clean piston ring grooves (5) with stiff bristle brush or fiber scraper. Do not

scratch or gouge ring grooves.

3.

Clean oil holes in lower ring groove of piston (1) with No. 23 (0.154-inch) drill

GO TO FRAME 2

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