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Thanks David. I was thinking too exactly. I can understand the cylinder walls getting scratched up because of the rings but could the pistons themselves really get marred? And if the mixture was really this rich wouldn't it show by diluting the oil or at least giving it a gas smell? Just curious. Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '75 Porsche 914 1.8L, ORPCA member Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/ >-----Original Message----- >Too much raw gas can wash the oil off of the cylinder walls leading to >accelerated wear, but it would have to be a lot of gas over an >extended period >of time to do that much damage. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? mailto:type3-request@vwtype3.org, Subject: unsubscribe