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Subject: Re: [T3] Distributor Drive Shaft Problem Is Worse - It's Halfway Fixed Now > On 28 Apr 2001, at 8:05, Greg Merritt wrote: > > > Well, unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your > > perspective), yes, they do pick up a collection of very fine filings. I > > don't want to know where the come from...! ;) > > Yeah, that would be the piston rings and the cylinder walls, and > from the cam and lifters, but the vast majority of wear particles are > alum from under the valve springs and from the pistons, and dist > crank drive gear (Brass), main and cam bearings, and the cam > gear. > > I have a manual that mentions an assembly that fits under the oil > strainer. Is this what you have? I'd love to get one to try for myself; > does anyone know where to buy one? > That is why they call it "Breaking in an engine". With the air cooled VW's the factory always recommended changing the oil at 300-500 miles. To get that stuff out of there. We even did that oild change for free for 'OUR" customers. And I did for the engines I built at home. It was part of the price of an overhaul. Russ Wolfe russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org