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Opinions on 82 AC Westy
Historical mailing list - Lucas Thompson
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:24:49 -0800
...The clutch slips like crazy and the engine sounds like all of the lifters are collapsed (do these have hydraulic lifters?). I have a...
Re: lifter problems
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 13 May 2004 23:22:48 -0500
...The hydraulic lifters seem to collapse every 10 or 11 months. This last time when I replaced them and set the timing the problem...
Re: ATF for hyd. valves
Historical mailing list
Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:27:47 -0400
...the carb? Never tried that, but for sticky valve guides (not hydraulic lifters, mind you) pouring a quart of diesel fuel down the carb...
Re-Adjusted Valves Again
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:00:26 -0400
...My only complaint was slight valve train noise, kind of like an OHC engine without hydraulic lifters. So I decided to go back over...
Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:12:24 -0800
...Curves (no Vanagon content) Second would be on whether you can run hydraulics on a solid lifter cam and visa versa. Third has to...
Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 15 May 2012 07:59:28 -0700
...off to relieve > pressure on the springs and hydraulic lifters. Check for collapsed or > spongy lifters. > > Ken > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 4:11...
Re: '86 Valve job question - details
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:23:30 -0400
I am no mechanic either but the first thing that comes to mind is a leaky hydraulic lifter. If you leave a Vanagon parked...
Re: New Engine Question
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 06:58:12 -0400
...Jason sounds like the installer backed off the preload of the hydraulic lifters after I last spoke the him. the ticking is the lash...
Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:33:03 -0600
...Dry hydraulic lifters make lots of noise >>until >>they pump back up with oil... >> >>Don in Reidsville, NC >>1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) >>1988...
Re: diesel engine replacement
Historical mailing list
Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:37:28 +0000
...Late '86s came with hydraulic lifters - there will be a sticker on the valve cover indicating this. Other than that engines should be identical...
Re: engine recommendations
Historical mailing list
Fri, 5 Jan 1996 14:12:02 -0800
...full flow oil filter, sand seal, (Why a sand seal?) cd >ignition and hydraulic lifters. Stock carb (?), 009 dist, stock displacement >(1600), stock exhaust...
Re: sticking lifter cure?
Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:26:09 -0400
...hydraulic lifter leakdown. > > 2) How it works: The lifter is fed oil through a series of oil galleries > in the case, crank, and pushrod...
Re: Gear lube, now thanks
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Mon, 28 May 2001 20:03:18 -0700
...galleries of the engine after shutdown, which in turn keeps the > hydraulic lifters on the WBX engines pumped up so you don't get...
Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
Historical mailing list
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 13:43:16 EST
...One or more of your push rods is not centered in the hydraulic lifters properly. This is holding your valves open to the point...
Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 21:49:04 -0500
...I didn't get far before I got misdirected into investigating the action of hydraulic lifters. Taking the eight lifters out of the spare...
Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:41:53 -0800
...Dry hydraulic lifters make lots of noise > until > they pump back up with oil... > > Don in Reidsville, NC > 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro (Suzie) > 1988...
Adjusting Valves on '77
Historical mailing list
Fri, 05 May 1995 11:04:39 -0500
Greetings Volks, My '77 does not have hydraulic lifters (I think they started in '78) so it's time to adjust the valves. I...
The Idiot's Guide?
Historical mailing list - Rob
Thu, 03 Jul 1997 23:10:40 -0400
...cool! Yes some of the technical data won't help, (with hydraulic lifters you aren't going to be adjusting the valves), but a...
Re: How do I get this EGR filter on??? Fixed! But.....
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:22:47 -0500
...Us air cooled guys only need to adjust the valves once when we install the engine, new fangled hydraulic lifters I hear. Stan ________________________________________________________________ The...
Re: 78 bus making strange sounds at star
Historical mailing list
Mon, 8 Jul 1996 12:45:11, -0500
...The clatter at startup are the hydraulic lifters, which will allow a lot of valve to Pushrod play until they are full of oil...
Re: Valve Clatter? Bardahl ???
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 Nov 1995 12:11:41 -0400
...It's a sticking hydraulic lifter, or more likely slightly collapsed. When you accelerate the loads on the valve train increase, due to inertia...
Re: Noisy Valve lifters
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:05:29 -0800
...Ever since VW introduced the hydraulic lifter in for the horizontally opposed engine (1978 2.0 air cooled--same lifter), this has occurred. It...
Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:22:13 -0500
...I wouldn't have know a person could run hydraulic lifters at .006 clearance if it weren't for Boston Bob, etc. Am I...
Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:01:03 -0700
...It clattered like mad until I > slowed down to below 60 and lifters pumped up. It could have been > related to oil temp shooting...
Vanagon 1600 cases?? WAS: Q: More on buying bus 82 1.6 vs 2
Historical mailing list
Wed, 5 Mar 1997 22:29:44 +0000
...It seems from the Haynes that they even use hydraulic lifters, FROM THE FACTORY, I ask in general why have these cases not made...
low compression
Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:25:49 EDT
...I bled the hydraulic lifters, put new seals on, and I reseated #3 exhaust valve because that was the only cylinder that had a...
Re: The Berg and springs
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
...Berg's pushing of dual springs and pooh poohing of hydraulic lifters is making me think they are only concerned with building race engines...
1986 Vanagon For Sale
Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
Mon, 14 Jul 1997 22:10:40 -0700
...It has also had a full set of new hydraulic lifters installed, and the oil & filter has always been fastidiously changed. I changed the...
new engine from VW
Historical mailing list
Tue, 16 Aug 1994 13:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
...Loss in oil pressure, clanking sound from the right side > (possibly a collapsed hydraulic lifter under the valve cover?) ... > > Or, possibly the engine sucked...
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: push rod tube seals
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:02:51 -0400
...so you can feel it slide over the lip of the hydraulic lifter into the central depression. Take all the time and retries you...
Re: what year?
Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
Sun, 12 May 2002 14:29:34 EDT
...Hydraulic valve lifters. '79 has some one-year only features -- heads for one. Lots of these still around. '91 last of the Vanagons. My...
Re: Wanted: 2.0 engine for 81 Westy
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:09:15 -0700
...On the negative side, the 914 engine uses solid adjustable lifters vs. the Vanagon's hydraulic ones. Budd Premack <bpremack@MN.RR.COM> wrote...
Re: Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 11:07:47 -0700
...You can have them do less than two turns, but a hydraulic lifter needs some pre load, otherwise you are losing all the benefits...
Re: GEX rebuild/tappets
Historical mailing list - Jared Roy
Wed, 7 Aug 1996 08:09:52 -0600 (MDT)
...ANy suggestions? And how much to replace the tappets? It is an 82 with hydraulic lifters...... THanks Jared ROy 82 Vannagon
Re: 87 rebuild update
Historical mailing list - Paul B.
Tue, 14 Jul 1998 19:43:28 -0400
...Why would a misadjust valve cause an oil light to flash? Your hydraulic lifters should compensate if the adjustment is not too far off...
Non-collapsible pushrod tube installation
Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
Sun, 4 Feb 2001 12:12:30 +0000
While in the process of shopping around town for a hydraulic lifter, pushrod tube, seals, and valve cover gaskets for my '87, I asked...
Re: what year? '78 is the best year..
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 May 2002 13:33:27 EDT
...first yr for the hydraulic lifters, with the 2.0L i have a mint condition 78 westy for sale, rare model, champagne edition, with...
Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:45:03 -0400
...s description -- the camshaft rotates and shoves the hydraulic lifters out toward the heads. The lifters push on hollow tubes called pushrods. They're...
Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list
Fri, 1 Jul 94 10:21:08 CDT
Having just taken all of my lifters appart, I must agree with most of the discussions so far. Except, I don't think they...
Re: lifter problems
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Fri, 14 May 2004 09:17:13 -0700
...The hydraulic lifters seem to collapse every 10 or 11 months. This last time when I replaced them and set the timing the problem...
Archives?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:02:12 -0400
...yes, you should adjust > your hydraulic lifters occasionally, and reset the preload to (some > disagreed here) to 1/2 turn, (180 degrees) instead of...
Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 09:29:54 -0600
On 6/7/05 9:10 AM, "Robert Cardo" <rrecardo@WEBTV.NET> wrote: > << I used to just change the oil and filter once per...
Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 12:03:17 -0500
...as far as I can tell) With the tube off the hydraulic lifter can be removed. No head removal required! I ordered collapsible tubes...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:39:34 -0700
...been getting.) > >>>> > >>>> Do I need to worry about that? Will the hydraulic lifters adjust for this? If so, why didn't the noise go...
Hydraulic Lifter Week*
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 14:19:45 -0700
(*Hydraulic Lifter Week is the world's premier upper-valvetrain event, attracting participants and spectators from far and wide. Held in the lovely Calamari...
Re: Just interesting observation
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:30:48 -0600
...Those are hydraulic lifters in the 81, so it is very likely subject to the same leakdown problems, which in the WBX engines is...
Re: hydraulic lifter article
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:42:10 -0500
...I think > I'll double-nut those studs to get them out. > > Warren Warren the lifters can sound like this. You can put your...
Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:49 -0700
...off to relieve > pressure on the springs and hydraulic lifters. Check for collapsed or > spongy lifters. > > Ken > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 4:11...
Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
Historical mailing list - Don Kane
Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:49:34 -0800
...to watch out for? > >TIA, > >Fred Mill Fred, I found a Hydraulic Lifter remover that worked. It fits through the inside of the pin...
1986 Vanagon for sale (amended)
Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 09:41:49 -0700
...It has also had a full set of new hydraulic lifters installed, and the oil & filter has always been fastidiously changed. I changed the...
RE: lead & valves
Historical mailing list - Will Wood
Sat, 23 Nov 1996 00:11:12 -0700
...Some = of the 2000cc motors I've rebuilt had hydraulic and some solid lifters, = but in the case of hydraulics and the age of...
Re: Boston Bob & Bentley, WOW.
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Tue, 16 May 2000 09:11:37 -0700
...Stephens >>> San Juan Island, WA >> >>Doktor Tim >>thanks the hydraulic lifter problem I have seen has not been limited to >>any one brand of...
Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:50:06 -0500
...They didn't go to the hydraulic lifters until the 1977 model year. They type 4 still had a removable inlet screen that could...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 21 Sep 2024 21:35:33 +0000
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Engine Rebuild pt III(?)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 15 Apr 96 22:17 PDT
...I never removed the hydraulic lifters, do I still need to remove them and bleed em? Or should they be ok? I decided to...
Re: Just interesting observation
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:54:31 -0500
...Those are hydraulic lifters in the 81, > so it is very likely subject to the same leakdown problems, which in the > WBX engines is...
Re: Oil & filters &
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:13:46 +0000
...same filter fits exactly), immediately solved bad valve noise (though no hydraulic lifters in this engine) at start-up, another low oil pressure issue...
Engine braking with a turbo...
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:56:28 -0700
...work and are really not recommend for Volkswagen because they have hydraulic lifters and the back pressure will cause the valves to rise and...
Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:34:38 -0700
...It clattered like mad until I > > slowed down to below 60 and lifters pumped up. It could have been > > related to oil temp shooting...