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On Sun, 2004-05-09 at 00:44, joshua brooks wrote: > I was an Audi mechanic for about a year and it was considered normal for > them to burn oil. I knew other mechanics who owned Audis and thought nothing > of adding oil once in awhile. I never heard any real explanation why. The > fact that we didn't find major problems caused by oil starvation led me to > believe that the reccomended oil capacity was a little high. We never > recommended adding a quart every thousand miles but did recommend checking > the oil and adding if neccesary. > We also worked on Porsches and the late model air cooled 911s had a plastic > pan under the engine filled with dessicant bags bonded to the inside > apparently to absorb oil leaks. I was told Mercedes has used something > similar. > So maybe losing oil is a German car trait. If your car does not use ANY oil, then the upper end of the engine may not be getting enough lubrication. compression rings, and valve stems. Air cooled VW's had a problems with valve guide wear, so VW tried to get a little oil in there. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org