I've never heard of such.

Any chance he bored the cylinders one oversize and put in standard
rings? I've never had a new or old VW flat that drank oil that fast
(unless it was leaking out); not even when brand new.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of mike
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 12:15 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Engine rebuild break-in

Vanites,

My engine uses a qt of oil every 800 miles, acts like the rings never
seated.

I got a rebuilt 2.1 from a reputable rebuilder.  Ran it around town, no
full
throttle for 1000 miles then had the valves readjusted.  Ran it around
town
for another 100 miles then took it cross country, 8000 miles in 23 days.
Changed oil every 3000 miles, Castrol 20-50 and Mann filters.

Per the rebuilder's suggestion I ran straight 30 wt for the last 3000
miles,
still uses a quart every 800 miles.  Now he suggests using non detergent
40
wt. Which I'm doing.

Any other ideas out there on how to get the rings to seat?

Mike