Chery A series. Manual — part 15

Installation

Piston weights and spare piston skirts are not
grouped, but the piston pin holes shall be
grouped. Before assembly, check the piston
crown marks. The marks of the four cylinders
must be same.

Heat the small end of the connecting rod to
230~400℃, apply SAE50 lube or glue type of
graphite oil, then press the piston pin into the
small end bore of the connecting rod and the
piston pin bore. One end of the piston pin can
be 0.7mm（max）higher than the pin boss or
lower than the pin seat, and the other end shall
be in the pin boss.

The forward pointing arrow on the piston
crown and the forward pointing bump on the
external surface of the piston pin seat shall be
in the same direction with the “F” near the big
end on the connecting rod body (For some
blanks forged with the number “480”, the side
with the number shall be upward.

After connecting the piston, piston pin and the
connecting rod together, print or chisel the
cylinder number (size: 3mm) on the top of the
piston, connecting rod body and left of the
connecting rod cap. The printing shall not lead
to the distortion of the junction plane.

When installing the piston ring, the side with
characters shall be upward and the external
slit of the second compression ring shall be
downward. Detailed order is as follows: (1)
install the oil control piston ring; (2) install
the second compression ring and (3) install
the first compression ring. When installing the
ring, the max. expanding must be less than
(size of cylinder bore + 1.65mm) , otherwise
the ring is subject to distortion or broken off.
The opening of the two sealing strips of Steel
belt combination oil control ring shall be
staggered from each other by 120°while the
one of cast iron oil ring shall be stagger from
that of spiral bushing ring by 180°. The
piston shall be able to rotate freely in the ring
groove and no jamming shall exist.

Forward
pointing bump

Only one side

Cast spiral oil control ring

Steel belt combination
oil control ring

2

nd

compression ring

First compression ring

B-37

Size of piston ring

480# piston ring

Paint mark (type)

Paint mark (type)

No paint (Standard)

No paint (Standard)

Purple paint (oversized by 0.29)

Purple paint (oversized by 0.29)

Blue paint (oversized by 0.5)

Blue paint (oversized by 0.5)

INSTALLATION OF THE PISTON AND
CONNECTING ROD ASSEMBLY

Apply some motor oil in the piston, piston ring
and cylinder, with the first and second
compression ring staggered from the opening
of the oil control piston ring by 120°, then
install the piston and connecting rod assembly
into the cylinder. The piston and connecting
rod assembly may be pushed into the cylinder
by a hammer.

Apply some motor oil on the connecting-rod
bearing shell and install the connecting rod cap
and body. The connecting rod cap is fixed by
two elastic dowels.

Tighten the connecting rod bolts to the moment
of 30-36N.m. Before installation, apply some
motor oil on the bolt heads and threads.

The side clearance of the big end of the
connecting rod is 0.0092-0.268mm.

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LUBRICATION SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION OF LUBRICATION SYSTEM . … . . … … . . …D-2

OIL PAN . … . . … … . . … … . . … … . . … … …D-3

DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY . . … … . . . … … . . …D-3

OIL FILLING . . … … . . . . . … … . . . … … …D-5

OIL STRAINER ASSEMBLY . . … … . . . … … . . . … D-5

DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY . . … … . . . … … . . …D-5

OIL PUMP AND FRONT OIL SEAL . . . … … . . . … …D-6

DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY . . … … . . . … … . . …D-6

OIL FILTER AND OIL PRESSURE SENSOR . . … … . . . … …D-10

DISASSEMBLY/ASSEMBLY . . … … . . . … … . . …D-10

OIL PRESSURE TESTING PARAMETER LIST . . … … . . . …D-11

D-1

ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM

DESCRIPTION OF LUBRICATION SYSTEM

——The rotor oil pump (1) at the front end of the

crankshaft sucks oil out of the oil pan (3) by
oil strainer (2) and pressurizes oil, and then
the pressurized oil will enter the full-flow oil
filter through the auxiliary oil passage (4) at
the left side of the cylinder(view from the
front). A relief valve (6) is set up inside the oil
pump to control the pressure at the main oil
passage. The relief valve opens at
440kpa+20kpa, and the filtered oil flow from
the center hole in oil filter through the center
hole of the filter terminal to the engine main
oil passage.

——The main oil passage lubricate the main

bearing through holes on the cylinder block
and lubricate the connecting-rod bearing
through the oil passage inside the crank shaft.

——On the side of the vent pipe of the

connecting-rod bearing is a small oil hole
from where oil will eject to lubricate piston
pin and cylinder.

——Oil pressure sensor (8) is close to oil filter,

connected to the main passage through an
internal oil passage. And engine oil will be
provided upward to the third camshaft journal
from the upper oil passage.

——Other camshaft journals get oil from the

middle passage of the camshaft, whose ends
are sealed with steel balls.

6. Oil Pump Relief Valve

7. Oil Filter

8. Oil Pressure Sensor

9. Camshaft

10. Hydraulic Jib

1. Oil Pump Rotor Assembly

2. Oil Strainer

3. Oil Pan

4. Cylinder Auxiliary Oil Passage

5. Cylinder Main Oil Passage

D-2