Steve:

I have been running the Pauter 1:4 rockers for a couple of thousand miles
and have not seen an increase in oil consumption.  I have always burned
about 1 qt of Castrol GTX 20w-50 every 1200-1500 or so miles, and that seems
to be holding steady.

Brent

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Schwenk" <steve@SYNCRO.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: Ratio Rockers & Oil Consumption

> As part of my recent WBX project, i installed 1.25
> ratio rockers from fast german auto.  It seems that the
> rockers are causing oil consumption i deem excessive. I
> know that a few others have experienced this.
>
> I shimmed the rockers per FGA instructions, and used
> custom cut push rods.  The geometry seemed to be what
> it should be.  It was not radically off or anything.
> Any ideas on what may be causing this?  It does not
> appear to be wear related.  The valve guides where
> checked when the heads were done at the machine shop
> and they were in great shape (only 35k miles on them).
> Are they now ruined by my sloppy installation?  i sure
> hope not!  Have others with rockers NOT experienced
> increased oil consumption?
> Thanks.
> Steve
>