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On 15 Aug 2001, at 14:23, sml214@casbah.it.northwestern.edu wrote: > In the next paragraph or so, it was listed what Berg said that cold engines do, > and of those I said that this exact problem - ring and cylinder wear - is the > only one that both exists and is helped by the thermostat. The other one that > exists is bearing wear due to cold/non-existant oil, but my point was that the > thermostat didn't help this - the pressure relief valve did. It seems to me that the thermostat plays a significant part in the oil/bearing problem, too, by getting the engine, including the oil, warm and free flowing as quickly as possible. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org