The main contributors to the friction in modern internal combustion engines were identified at the top ring around the top dead center of the stroke. In this study, variations of the friction force between piston ring and cylinder liner were varied with piston speed, normal load and oil temperature as well as the properties of the ring materials were investigated experimentally. Their frictional behaviors when sliding against the steel cylinder bore materials lubricated with 10W-30 oil for a commercial medium speed diesel engine were investigated using a Pin-On-Disk tribotester. The results show that the hardness of ring has less effect on the friction force in comparison to the piston speed, normal load and oil temperature. And friction force is lower with harder metals.