Live with the quart per 1500 miles.
You are lucky you didn't blow a rod out the top of your block free
running at 5000 rpms.
You got away with it once and I think you've used up your blessings
............... just drive it and have fun.

Stan Wilder

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:29:51 -0800 Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
writes:
> Volks,
>
> Some may remember I got an engine rebuild that refused to seat the
> rings.
> Burned about a qt/800 miles.  After many miles, 16000, I put in non
> detergent oil.  No change.  Someone recommended running it up to
> 5000 rpm
> for 10 minutes then letting it cool down slowing a couple of times.
>
> I did this once and the oil usage is 1 at/1500 miles.  I'm tempted
> to try it
> again but for my concern about rod and main bearings, and I guess
> rod bolts
> as it's a 2.1.
>
> Any opinions, or actual facts, about this?
>
> Mike
>
>

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