Pretty sure ill dble check l8r. Be warned i went through three ring sets with two other companies before i got these. I would have avoided all this hassle had i mic the piston head (yes the head not the rings they shring over time up to .2 is not uncommon) hastings was great to work with. I also rea...

I take back my last post found the rings. Only one cpmpany i found that could get the rings at a resonable cost. They are Hastings Ring Manufactuer and the were the right ones. Mic specs for my 96 volvo glt (non-turbo 2.4) Oil landing= 3.0 Middle landing= 1.75 Top landing= 1.2 Still going to post pi...

So after exhausting all attempts at finding these stupid f****** piston rings i am moving forward and buying new piston heads w/ rings. Now all models in the 850 family use the 83mm bore so is there any reason why one would work better or worse than the other. Probably a dumb question but dont want ...

Got the rings in, wrong size : (. I don't get why they used the same 83mm bore 93-97 on the 850 but had three or four different pistons they used during this year. So I decided to get them miked turns out they are extremely rare and almost all of the places I call don't even have mike specs on the r...

That worked thanks alot. Got the right part overnighted and got my head back from the shop. Im ready to put this bad girl back together. Here comes the fun part.

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I recently purchased my volvo 850. When I got this the guy had told me that the radiator was bad and the head gasket too. After digging into it I also found the piston rings to be bad. So im rebuilding got a whole top end gasket set, rings, pcv valve kit, and bearings. Minus transmission and rear ma...

so I know this is old but I just did the compression test myself and I am currently in the process of replacing piton rings. Compression test: 1. get a compression tester. (I rented one at a local auto zone) 2. diconnect fuel pump. (pull fuse refer to list on fuse box) 3. pull wires (leave connected...