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On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 14:23, Aaron Clow wrote: > > oil could "rest" on the bottom of the cylinder wall or > drip down off the inside of the piston and onto the > cylinders as the car sits, and seep through the rings > (especially if the oil is hot) and get blown off when > you start the engine again? > > How's that for a run-on sentence? :) > Most of the problems come if you park the car on an angle. A little oil will sneak past the rings. Especially on newer cylinders before they are completely seated in. My '71 with over 100K miles smokes a little on startup, but only if I park it on an angle. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org