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• noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - retro van
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:17:10 -0700
  Hey all Used to have a periodically noisy lifter, would quiet down after a bit of driving. Now the rattle is more pronounced and...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:09:08 -0400
  ...On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:00:20 -0700, Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> wrote: >Sometimes it will make a loudish valve/lifter sound...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 18:33:29 -0400
  ...My guess is sticky Valves and lifters. We will get some Fix all Sea Foam and Marvel Mystery Oil to beat it up with...
• Re: '91 Carat - maintenance report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 18:47:38 -0500
  A valve sticking in the guide will cause the same symptoms as a lifter not pumping up. You need to check that. If you...
• Re: suddenly knocking engine (help)
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:09:15 -0800
  ...Dana > clacking lifter syndrome. Typically it is the result of a lifter losing > its prime and the oil running out of it. ... Ways to...
• Lifter question - in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:04:08 -0700
  ...Lifter question >I have a set of almost-new lifters that came out of a running 2.1. I am > about to put them...
• Re: Manifold vacuum specs?-Leak down testing
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:10:26 -0500
  ...If the lifters are not noisy, it is unlikely they are a problem unless you excessively high oil pressure or weak valve springs. > >Dennis...
• Re: hyd valve adj. & gas
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:20:20 -0400
  ...valve adjuster clearance is a good way to maintain your engine. I have been suggesting for some time that the preloading of hydraulic lifters...
• Tink,Tink,Tink goes the valve!
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 21 Sep 1996 23:03:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I wonder if it is a) a sticky set of valves, b)bad lifter, c)bad spring d)bad tappet )ebad cam lobe. Any...
• Re: Just interesting observation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 19:54:31 -0500
  ...The valve lifter clatter is usually an intermittent problem due to a combination of lifter design, worn or sticking ball checks, and where the...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:57:26 -0600
  ...Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled > > Subject: 1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid > lifters. > Question: Valve setting .006 do these things...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 23 May 2017 23:22:19 -0700
  ...The engineering for hydraulic lifters is to reduce noise, maintenance, consistent valve operation. They should never be touched until a true repair is needed...
• Re: Valve adjustments
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 9 Jun 1995 11:19:52 -0400 (EDT)
  ...is there a minimum oil pressure necessary to operate > hydraulic lifters? In other words why do lifters work at idle when > pressure is only...
• Tool(s) for adjusting valve clearances on 82 diesel engine - vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 22:46:05 -0500
  ...not snap-on!, for adjusting valve clearance - I think there's one tool to depress the lifter and another to remove & replace shims...Also...
• Re: Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 20:32:13 -0500
  ...If the lifters are not pumped and full of oil, the force of the lifters on the push rod at this point can be...
• Re: Knocking noise from lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:13:28 -0600
  Stephen Overmyer wrote: > At 21:52 6/03/02 -0500, you wrote: > Steve, sounds exactly like the old classic WBX lifter syndrome. The WBX...
• Re: Anti-Drain Back Valve in Oil Filters??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 May 2005 06:25:43 -0400
  ...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: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:14:54 -0700
  ...I think the term "valve preload" should help direct your archive search if no one chimes in. If a lifter is "lazy" it can...
• Re: 85 1.9 L Won't Start (Rebuilt Motor)
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 20:27:45 -1000
  ...Run it >like this for a little while (couple hours at least) until the lifters pump >up. Then readjust the lifters to One full...
• Re: compression
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:24:33 -0500
  ...I don't think a valve could be hanging open, due to hyd. lifters, but it wouldn't hurt to back off the adjusting...
• Re: chronic valve tapping
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:45:45 -0500
  ...If your lifter is gummed up and having a hard time pumping up, the Marvel will clear it up. When I purchased my van...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:02:00 -0400
  ...The valves remained open even when "closed" and this collapsed 2 of the lifters for good.The lifters were gunked up before hand, but...
• Re: ticking engine / valve adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 21:18:13 -0600
  ...Nothing else seems to work when you start haveing these noisy valve problems. The leak down of the hydraulic lifter is the result of...
• Re: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 11:01:31 -0800
  ...the valve > guides were not > reamed properly cuasing the valves to stick, when > the engine is cold. > This will obviously cause lifter moise and...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:29:01 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder 278K with lifters running at one turn down. ..If people want to obsess over this stuff they are welcome to.................. > steve > > "Hey...
• Re: lifter leakdown (was oil change)
  Historical mailing list - Pilgrim
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 10:53:38 -0700
  At about 100,000 miles my '87 started to have noisy lifters. A mechanic told me to use GUNK Valve Medic. Now when I...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:07:58 EST
  In a message dated 12/10/01 3:03:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, wilden1@juno.com writes: << This is from Stan Wilder: >> Stan...
• Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 11:03:15 -0700
  ...Of note, I regret not having the > head re-valved on my ABA rebuild ..... Meaning: new lifters, possibly valves or at least lap them...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:45:11 -0700
  ...How would a valve that kept the lifters from bleeding > down work? It would apply oil pressure. Where does oil pressure > come from? The...
• Re: "90 carat fuel dump problem.
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:46:47 -0500
  ...My guess is either the lifters were collapsing and causing marginal valve lift and dumping unburned gas into the cat, or the additive itself...
• 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:50:37 -0700
  ...My old motor had hydraulic lifters ( well, at least that's what the sticker on the valve cover said and I have no reason...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 21 Apr 2014 08:50:30 -0400
  ...Did the lifters > overcharge and the valves are just floating?? > > Very weird. > > Did not look deep. Just spun like no pistons were connected to...
• Re: lifter's sticking
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:13:27 -0800
  >Adjust the valves after this, Bob says .060 with a feeler gauge and I say >one turn after the rocker arm touches your valve...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:44:47 -0500
  While my web site is down I will email my info on lifers to all that ask preloading the lifters can be tricky the...
• RE: Urgent Bus SOS!!: Reply
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 07 May 1996 09:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >I don't understand why you adjusting the valves on the 78 which has hyd. >lifters? >Bill L. On an 18-year old bus...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:41:23 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters That sounds like a lot of Marvel Mystery Oil to me..a whole qt. I don't think I ever use...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:01:03 -0700
  ...From flickering oil light to valves clacking Meh. Changed the oil today and it's had minimal effect. I'll take it to Bend...
• engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:40:16 -0400
  ...The exhaust valve on cylinder #1 (the valve most forward on the engine on the passenger side) seems messed up. I can't get...
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:25:12 -0700
  ...Make sure that the rods don't fall off the >inner seat (help me with the part name; valve-something) Hydraulic valve lifter? >while...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 May 2004 12:46:43 -0500
  ...A lifter that is flat results in a valve that opens late and closes early. Thuswith an intake valve, you have a reduced charge...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:01:23 -0400
  ...Also, I adjusted the exhaust valve on cylinder 3 considerably. I had a problem with air in the lifter and the valve was about...
• Webcam #107i for sale with lifters
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:01:31 -0400
  First $60 and shipping gets it and matched lifters. Iused it about 5k miles........I pulled the lifters and have marked them for each...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:48:56 -0700
  ...Rockers seem tight on the valve springs on the exhaust valve adjustment screw > >I only need to do #1 and #2 because I only...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:11:24 -0800
  ...Check lifter preload and the lifters aren't holding valves open. I am saving $$ for new heads, and decided to slap in these "good...
• Re: [T2] why it won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:15:53 -0700
  ...Re: [T2] why it won't start Bob, I know you say you have compression, but do you have valve action? If the lifters...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 22:55:09 -0600
  ...Oddly enough he found out the VW hydraulic lifters don't always work like they should, they sometimes hold a valve open. His solution...
• how to identify bad lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:19:52 -0700
  ...1) do people think the problem I have is with the lifters? 2) if so, how can I find out which lifter is bad...
• Adjusting lifters preload
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:34:45 -0700
  hi all, after installing new rocker arms and adjusting the preload by a mechanic, the valves on my 2.1 WBX are noisy when...
• Re: TDC ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:30:31 PST
  ...You do not adjust the valves on a motor with hydraulic lifters; if that is what you are trying to do. Ken On Tue...
• Re: Engine Flush
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:58:32 -0800
  ...Especially on a engine with hydraulic lifters. There is just too much chance for crud to get broken loose and wind up giving you...
• Re: CA smog situation 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:42:48 -0400
  ...Ignition miss, valves or rings. A lifter loosing oil will not cause it to collapse unless the spring inside it broke. The sudden excess...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:44:18 -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: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:12:53 -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...
• Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:10:31 -0700
  ...Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise. Every so often after my 1989 Vanagon GL has sit for about a day or two without driving I...
• 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 19 May 2017 17:33:15 -0700
  So before removing the driver side rocker arm assembly, I noticed that a valve spring at cylinder #2 appeared overly compressed. After reseating the...
• Re: lifter cam Q, 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:34:01 -0500
  ...Intake is just over .305 at the push rod and .335 at the valve the 2.1 cam has an exhaust lift of .348ths...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 13:44:44 -0500
  ...The CD-2 product works, I believe, on the idea that noisy lifters may be caused by either gunked up oil passages or the...
• Slow pump up lifters any harm?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 4 Aug 2015 10:20:41 -0400
  The lifters on my 85 1.9 Westy seem to take longer to pump up lately. The chatter/banging used to go away after...
• getting started, TDC, hyd. lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 07:32:29 -0500 (EST)
  ...and observe the valve train at the same time - How can I find TDC firing position for #1? Must hydraulic lifters be "primed"? To...
• Re: Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:06:26 -0500
  I had one '85 Jetta that did this valve lifter sound every time I started it for the 142,000 miles I owned it...