Ah, thanks for getting things straight.  I'm forgetting things I shouldn't
be!  Am I getting old and senile? :)

-- Akira
21 years old...

> From: "Holland J. Phillips" <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 20:28:00 -0800
> To: Akira Sasaki <[email protected]>, [email protected],
> Volkswagen Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: piston rings, how do you know?
> 
>> Wasn't the tell-tell sign of worn piston rings a puff of blue smoke right
>> when you get off the gas, such as during an upshift?
> 
> No, that would be an indication of worn valve guides or valve stem seals.
> Bad ring scan blow blue (oil) smoke upon acceleration, especially when the
> engine is cold.
> 
> --Holland
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