Use German top compression ring and oil scraper ring. For the second
compression ring use Total Seal. Also if you are in the US make sure that
you are using a synthetic sulfer additive in the fuel as Diesel #2 has
extremely low sulfur content which causes premature ring failure.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Rex Merriweather <hihorn@DSLEXTREME.COM>
>Reply-To: Rex Merriweather <hihorn@DSLEXTREME.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Diesel Rings!
>Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 11:02:03 -0800
>
>I have bad blow-by and am loosing power up hill on my new motor. I am going
>to pull it apart tomarrow and re-ring it myself, this time. Any thoughts on
>the different brands of rings for the 1.6D on a Vanagon? I don't want to do
>this again!

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