oil ring question

[silvia_ca18det]

so i am just replacing my rings on my ca18 Stock bore and stock rings etc, just had a hone....i will try to explain this the best i can....the middle oil ring that was allready on the piston looks like this at the joint

l_l _l

and the new OEM one i got looks like this

l_ll_l

now i tried putting it on the way it came out of the pack but it doesnt squish right.....my question is should i clip the little tab the goes up so that it overlaps like it was before?

hope that is enough explination....i couldnt take a pic as cuz the cam would focus on tha small of thing!

thanks in advance

[Nowhere]

Like this?

[boost_boy]

so i am just replacing my rings on my ca18 Stock bore and stock rings etc, just had a hone....i will try to explain this the best i can....the middle oil ring that was allready on the piston looks like this at the joint

l_l _l

and the new OEM one i got looks like this

l_ll_l

now i tried putting it on the way it came out of the pack but it doesnt squish right.....my question is should i clip the little tab the goes up so that it overlaps like it was before?

hope that is enough explination....i couldnt take a pic as cuz the cam would focus on tha small of thing!

thanks in advance

The oil control ring's end does not interlock, so when you put it on, that's basically good enough.

Dee