Well, the guy who built it up the last time thinks they got the wrong rings.
"I know they didn't put the right rings in because I remember boring this thing out when I restored it."
Now that it's back under his supervision, I'll bet it comes out right this time! One of my mechanics did something very similar on a re-ring job on a Fiat 124 sports car, but only the oil rings were involved. The ring set he put in had the correct size comprsssion rings, .75 MM oversize, and standard oil rings! He didn't check the end gap on all the rings, which would have shown up the error. The engine used oil from day one, and by the time I got it back into the shop and tore it down, the guy had quit. No way to dock his pay for doing a half-arsed job!
Jerry
