Okay, granted, I don't know everything, (don't tell my wife), but I have
never heard of rings "not seating". This sounds fishy. If the cylinders
are glazed, that is PURELY the builder's fault for not honing them
properly, and you are due some $$ and some serious kissing up.

But glazed cylinders wouldn't (IMHO) explain burning a gallon of oil
between oil changes; perhaps the cylinders were so glazed that the rings
never seated?? I just think that's unlikely to cause this serious an oil
control issue on a brand new motor. I'm wayyyyy open to other opinions
though..

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Marketing & Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
AIM = IExplain4u
Phone: +1.919.658.1278

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of mike
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Engine rebuild break-in

Either the rings didn't seat or the cylinders are glazed are his best
guesses.  No way to tell without pulling the engine down.

Drat.

Mike

> From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
> Organization: Bulley-Hewlett
> Reply-To: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 18:14:08 -0400
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Engine rebuild break-in
>
> 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
> Marketing & Communications
> Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
> AIM = IExplain4u
> Phone: +1.919.658.1278
>
>
> -----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
>