Used what oil they recommended.  Drove as they recommended for the break in
period.  

AVP is very nice and sound like they know what they�re doing [even according
to a pro mechanic friend of mine that went with me to pick up the engine].

They said that they had heard of rings not seating lately from other
rebuilders but in their experience it�s only happened one time in many, 20
or so?, years of doing this.

Still Jeff wanted experiences with AVP and that�s mine.

Mike

On 7/9/03 12:40 PM, "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@charter.net> wrote:

> Sounds like improper break-in and/or breakin oil!
> 
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
> 
> Mike Miller wrote:
>> 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>
>> <mailto: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
>>> 
>>> 
>>>     
>> 
>>   
> 
>