Got a complete AVP rebuild on their core, 2.1.  This was done last year,
April or so.  I have 27K miles on it.

The rings never seated, uses a quart of oil every 2 K miles.  Blows oil
smoke on start up if it sits on a hill for a couple of days.

YMMV

Mike

On 7/8/03 11:56 PM, "Jeffrey Schwaia" <jeff@TSSGI.COM> wrote:

> Has anyone had any experiences with AVP engines?  I just picked up a
> pristine '86 Basic Camper that had an AVP longblock installed 30K miles ago.
> Apparently, the engine has dropped a valve seat, I haven't pulled the head
> yet, but that's what the PO's mechanic told her.  Anyways, I was going
> through the meticulous records and noticed that the engine was replaced 30K
> miles ago and the heads were replaced under warranty approximately 5K miles
> later.
>
> I have two reasons for asking: 1) if their engines are shoddy, I'll do a
> complete rebuild rather then just the top-end, and 2) I'm often asked about
> rebuilt longblocks (I won't sell longblocks, only in-house rebuilds) and
> although AVP is local, I don't want to steer anybody wrong.
>
> Please... I'm not looking for recommendations for longblocks, just any
> experiences with AVP.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
>