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• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:25:25 -0400
  ...The adjusters must have been improperly set, if > the lifters pumped up to the point where the valves were unable to > fully seat. Now...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:26:36 -0500
  Steven wrote Where is all the dissagreement with the 2 full turns coming from??? That would me http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm...
• Re: Problems after 1.9 head change
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 6 May 2002 14:28:20 -0400
  ...the edge of the lifters so check that out also Bob Ken wrote How did you adjust your valves? If you adjusted them per...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:47:18 -0700
  ...Hydraulic valve lifters? > Thanks for the advice. I did the Bentley method first with two turns > before I read these posts. I accidentally went...
• Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Wed, 29 May 2002 17:09:40 EDT
  ...my '71 "Campmobile", valve clearances were adjustable. My sense is that in my later 2.1 wasserbies, what with hydraulic lifters, there's not...
• Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:09:19 +0200
  ...Sound to me like a stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck valve.............. Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis and fix? It is not...
• Re: 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:47 -0400
  ...1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue) The lifter was fine. The valve adjuster tip (intake, cyl 1) sheared off so I...
• Re: Lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:25:23 -0500
  ...The lifters tend to leak down becasue of the design of the oil system. By using a filter with a strong internal relief valve...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 21:22:13 +0000
  ...Mike, I'm kind of at a loss as to how valve adjustment with hydraulic lifters could cause a hot start problem without a...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 18:18:44 -0700
  Hydraulic lifter bleed down. Usually only one lifter if a cam lobe has that valve fully open when the engine is shut down. They...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:55:00 -0400
  ...and quickly > leading to the infamous Wasserboxer valve lifter/clatter syndrome - > i.e., flat hydraulic lifter. > > Crappy filters you don't want, for sure...
• Re: '81 Lifter? HYD LIFTERS IN GENERAL
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:07:49 -0400
  ...I don't usually knock stuff but frankly I have seen H20 lifter noise dissapear with a change from Quaker State to Valveline (literaly...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:26:04 -0700
  ...If you set it at "first > > contact," the lifter can't expand to adjust for a valvetrain which is > > getting looser. > > > > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 19:38:34 -0400
  ...Where can I purchase eight Febi Valve Lifters - the ones > with the sturdy c-clip holding the parts together? I understand they are the...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:31:12 -0500
  Steven wrote Where is all the dissagreement with the 2 full turns coming from??? Correction That would BE me http://www.bostonengine.com/articles...
• Re: valve job--transmission fluid
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:05:05 EST
  ...to replace the hydralic lifters on an '83 1.9 water-cooled? Or should I try adjusting the valve lifters first? Thanks for all...
• Re: WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 04:34:44 -0500
  ...So if the cam lifted the lifter by 1 inch, the stock rockers multiplied that by 1.1, so the valve was moved 1...
• Heads replaced, starts and runs crappy. Two questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:30:35 -0500
  ...Maybe I did the valves wrong when I put the new lifters in. Maybe it will run better when the lifters pump up. Any...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:36:54 -0700
  ...I had > > a problem with air in the lifter and the valve was about 5 turns too > > tight. So, I loosened it up so...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:32:05 -0500
  ...Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"? > Quick lifter question, just to make sure i understand > them correctly - if you take off all the pre...
• Re: was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:27:36 PDT
  All Vanagon engines, both air-cooled and waterboxers, have hydraulic valve lifters. MM >From: "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM> >Reply-To: "Pollard, Matthew...
• Push Rod, Broken, Lifter can't assemble, hydraulic (long)
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 06:01:10 -0700
  ...Used a dental pick to pull lifter. First time to remove a lifter for me. A rather small object came out, hmmm. Tried again...
• Re: 1.9L white smoke
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 23:15:39 -0600
  ...Now, I drive the vehicle and the lifter > is still noisey now and then. I probably need to readjust the valves now > that it...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 May 2003 14:33:51 -0700
  ...the valves need adjusting? Not me. > > Mark > > Stan Wilder wrote: > > .......... > > Then there is the rules you're breaking ............... never run > new > > lifters on and...
• noisy lifter: Marvel mystery oil??
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:12:37 -0600
  I've been plagued with a noisy lifter for the last week or so. (though I drive the westy infrequently) So today I tracked...
• Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:21:14 -0500
  Bentley says set valves on number 1 cylinder, then rotate 180 and do the next cylinder. Somebody let me know if the rest of...
• Re: Tapping Noise from engine with unknown history
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:42:10 -0400
  ...and allow the lifters time to pump up on their own.Upon arriving at a flaps, buy a product called valve medic (Gunk?). This...
• Re: Metal shavings under valve covers 2
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:36:33 EST
  Also, before you pull the heads, check your lifters and pushrods. They could have went south and you can replace them without pulling the...
• Valve Noise
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:16:15 -0500
  ...The valves in my 83.5 waterboxer tend to be really loud on cold start-up. I realize that my hydrolic lifters need to...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:23:16 -0800
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Noisy Valve lifters Stuart, a large cadre of list members is convinced that the oil foams and overheats, thereby losing pressure and...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:56:54 -0600
  ...This engine did not have hydraulic lifters, but solid lifters, so I had the mechanic perform what was know as a "Hot Valve Timing...
• Re: Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Sun, 18 Oct 1998 00:17:57 -0500
  ...If your heads were loose enough to affect the valve adjustment, you've got bigger problems than the valves. The hydraulic lifters have plently...
• Re: loud clacking fm engine!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:34:56 EDT
  ...If the sound will not go away then the lifer is defective and should be replaced ASAP to prevent valve and valve seat damage...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:28:24 -0500
  ...Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced > without having to replace any other valvetrain components? > I seem to...
• Lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:00:07 -0500
  I have a set of almost-new lifters that came out of a running 2.1. I am about to put them into the...
• Re: Valve lifter noise solution.
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 22:19:52 -1000
  ...No more valve lifter noise. What can I say except, thanks gang. >And to anyone running after market oil filters to save a few...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:23:53 -0500
  ...clarify .006 on lifters > Walt, > It is getting cold around here (Northeast). My valves were making quite a > racket lately until I changed out...
• Re: Translating
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:20:07 -0500
  Off the top of my head the first means "cylinder" and the second means either "connecting rod" or "pushrod" (as in valve lifter.) Where...
• Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:01:06 -0700
  ...I clearanced the valves as per Bob's method. Once the lifters were pumped up I zerod them. but the odd thing is that...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:36:38 -0600
  ...to be the valve >lifters that are empty. Is there any solution to prevent that? how can I >fill the lifter again? just by...
• Archives?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:02:12 -0400
  ...Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment? Thanks Matthew, Glad to hear that the lifter adjustment may be called for and not just a couple...
• Puzzling valves...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:26:11 -0800
  ...I was wondering if the valve lifters got pumped up and could not release to spring pressure at all. Of am I assuming wrong...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:01:58 -0500
  ...on starting my own "Hydraulic > Lifter" thread. But apparently that is not the case.... > > I tried adjusting the valves on my WBX this weekend...
• Re: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:06:26 -0600
  ...FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods. > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown > duration...
• Re: loud valve ticking
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:08:35 -0700
  Totally normal, search the archives under "lifter noise" or just "lifter". It will go away after a while. If it persists for a long...
• Fwd: Slow pump up lifters any harm?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Thu, 6 Aug 2015 09:24:18 -0400
  ...Slow pump up lifters any harm? The lifters on my 85 1.9 Westy seem to take longer to pump up lately. The chatter...
• Re: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:32:07 -0000
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation > I always set the valves to zero lash when first starting up the motor after > rebuild, or head removal...
• Re: Clicking valves, my observations
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:09:39 -0500
  ...Clicking valves, my observations > Over the last nine years my transporter averaged about two lifter > leak down events per year. The first time it...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:32:28 -0400
  ...Hydraulic valve adjustment question And what if a lifter is not firm? What's the procedure for a squishy one, which was fine a...
• Re: Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 14:05:36 -0700
  ...The lifters seem firm, pushrods are straight. >>> >>> Now what? >>> >>> Set to tdc #1 and adjust valves in just until contacting? Then turn main pulley...
• Re: Anti-Drain Back Valve in Oil Filters??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 May 2005 05:28:29 -0500
  ...why >the anti drain back valves in the Mahle and Mann >filters work so much better at keeping lifters >from clacking? > > >tabe johnson/87...
• Re: replacing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 18:05:48 -0700
  ...The only problems you may encounter are worn adjusters (~$4.00 each) and lifters that are reluctant to slide out. The lifters can usually...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 10:18:23 -0700
  ...or more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have > clacked on several occasions while the engine is cold. After...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:47:45 -0800
  ...or more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have >>> clacked on several occasions while the engine is cold. After...
• Re: '78 Hydraulic Lifter Reassembly
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 09:48:41 -0400
  I'm removing the lifters on my '78 while the engine is out for head work and new rings, rod bearings etc. One was...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:23:12 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters Only 5? BenT used to go through that many in a month... Wish I could remember how many of these suckers...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:28:37 -0800
  ...The Vanagon bypass valve opens at 1 bar the inline 4 valve opens at 2.5 bar. -Dana- Jay L Snyder wrote: > > The "red...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 11 May 2003 09:54:34 -0600
  the reason they went to hydraulics was so they could sell more vans and vanagons, with "zero" valve adjustments. It's like cars now...
• Re: problems after head swap in '84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:36:35 -0400
  ...Engine would not idle, and some clatter.<< Is clatter a clapping / clicking noise!! Damn hydraulic lifters! I hate those.. Remember that a loose valve...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:03:11 -0500
  ...I assume it is caused by a leaking > > hydraulic valve lifter. > I thought about replacing all the lifters on spec, but wonder if > anyone...