RE: [T3] Deathrich

[James MacNaughton <JMac@uglyduckling.com>]

It didn't really give any of these symptoms, except for a bit of oil loss;
maybe a quart every other tank, or so (which is admittedly a pretty fair
amount).  I swear on a stack of shop manuals, it didn't give any symptoms
other than the black smoke, and the oil loss.  I was changing the oil every
2K or so, and it was a little dark, but didn't smell like gas at all.

I'm actually fairly surprised about this whole thing, it's not like it gave
any lingering death-rattle, she was nipping along just fine, then she
backfired once, and it was all over.  No clanking, no knocking, no nothing.

> ----------
> From: 	Erkson, Toby[SMTP:toby.erkson@intel.com]
> Sent: 	Wednesday, November 18, 1998 6:20 PM
> To: 	type3@vwtype3.org
> Subject: 	RE: [T3] Deathrich
> 
> 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.
> 
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