Cylinder base gasket -PIAGGIO- Piaggio Leader, Quasar, IGET, HPE - 0,4mm

The cylinder base gaskets of the Piaggio / Gilera 4-stroke Leader and Quasar engines from 125cc upwards are available ex works in different thicknesses. According to the workshop manual, this is to adjust the squeeze size, i.e. the distance between piston and combustion chamber, which is very important for engine durability. If this dimension is too small, the engine may start to ring and detonations in the combustion chamber can quickly destroy the piston and cylinder as well as the crankshaft bearings due to a too high compression ratio.

If it is too big, the result is usually only a loss of power, which is of course not so dramatic.

We offer these gaskets in:

• 0.4mm
• 0.6mm
• 0.8mm

thickness.

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