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On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 22:21, Ben Doughney wrote: > on 18/11/2003 2:37 PM, Russ wolfe at russella@prairieinet.net wrote: > > > What about smoking on a closed throttle coasting down a hill etc. Is this > generally worn valve guides or rings? > Look at the design of the air cooled heads. They valves are in the upper portion of the valve assembly. For the oil to be sucked in during deceleration, the valve covers would have to be clear full. Smoking on deceleration, is usually worn rings. This is why I only use chrome oil rings in used cylinders. > -- 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