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• Re: oil pressure switch question 1.8 bar?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:45:00 -0500
  Actually, the 1.8 bar switch is for the Inline engines which non-hydraulic lifters and Diesels. It is a typo or other mistake...
• Replacing Hydraulic Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:45:10 -0600
  ...When I do start it up after a week of sitting, wow!, the lifters are really noisy. I posted a long story a while...
• 1,6-l. '79-'82 type 2 'pancake' engine in Bug
  Historical mailing list - Hanno Spoelstra
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:30:16 +0100
  ...Thus I can fit my Bug with a stock engine with hydraulic lifters, real oil filter and electronic ignition, ensuring smoother, quieter running and...
• Re: Is she dead? again.
  Historical mailing list - Ron Olsen
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:31:34 +1000
  ...When the motor is idling the valve lifters can make a knocking sound. Is yours hydraulic or not? Regards Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: james...
• Re: 2.0l engine tech Q?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 13:03:34 -0800
  ...bore' P+C set? Nope. > 3) ditto a better cam? for hydraulic lifters and > stock FI, not a carb conversion. Nope. > 4) finally, Mark...
• Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 00:09:39 +0000
  ...I was told that the hydraulic lifters have re-adjusted themselves. One solution was disable the fuel and spark and crank the engine until...
• Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:50:10 -0400
  ...Replacing Hydraulic Lifters > > Hi all, > > I have been away for a while, but am back to wanting to use my van a bit > more...
• Brand new 2.0 liter Vanagon engines 79-83
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 12:36:26 -0700
  ...These are 2.0 liter engines w/ hydraulic lifters new VW German case (carb or fuel injected models) new VW German heads (square port...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-617)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 20 May 2002 17:14:01 -0700
  ...The cars they tested all had hydraulic lifters. > With no oil in the lifters they would collapse and sound like the engine was > coming...
• Re: Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 08:40:23 -0500
  ...Replacing Hydraulic Lifters >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have been away for a while, but am back to wanting to use my van a >> bit >> more...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 2002 14:31:38 EDT
  ...then in '78 they added hydraulic lifters to the 2.0L FI. then in '79 they used the square port vanagon style heads on...
• Re: Priming the oil pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 20:45:10 -0800
  ...I find that and confuse the hydraulic lifters some, and perhaps create an oil pump priming issue. and it never hurts to pre-fill...
• Re: EV Piston Slap Questions
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  31 Jan 97 22:29:01 EST
  ...I've been trying to tell everybody that the lifter tap (piston slap) is a charachteristic of the inline 5 after initial cold startup...
• Re: HELP ME!!! I pulled my pistons but forgot to mark my sleeves!!!!!!!!!!! Does it matter which way the cylinder sleeves go back in?? What if I interchanged them. I noticed that they are stamped on the sided in increments. Some kind of ID on each on But then there are then there is one digit that goes in increments (22..24..26..28 ) for each cylinder. I did honed the glazed out of the cylinders because I'm re-ringing them...So What should I do.???? GOD help ME PLEASE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:16:28 -0500
  ...If you have hydraulic lifters set them to one turn from just touching. ***************[ Engine break in]****************** Install 20/50 Wt engine oil, new oil...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:56:51 -0400
  ...Without hydraulic lifters and the closer tolerances of these engines and the need for a lot of lubrication for the camshafts lack of bearings...
• 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: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:55:27 -0400
  ...Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw to preload the lifter. > Seems I've read (and used) one turn as espoused by some...
• Franz The '87 Westy Lives and Breathes!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 01:50:30 -0400
  ...Jay Snyder... > I suggest you also read Boston Bob's article on hydraulic lifters! The > valves are clearly out of adjustment and hanging open...
• Re: Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:14:47 -0400
  ...Replacing Hydraulic Lifters >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have been away for a while, but am back to wanting to use my van a >> bit >> more...
• Re: Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:58:48 -0700
  ...It can dissolve the gunk that clogs the small holes in hydraulic lifters, or elsewhere. Low oil pressure in worn WBX engines keeps the...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:55:42 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments > > 81, air cooled. Hydraulic lifters > > Damn, it is really hot here in Northern Utah... Sweating like a madman > in the garage...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 13:31:37 PST
  ...Burczyk >> >> >> I had adjusted my (hydraulic) lifters for my 84 vanagon several times. I remember that if I turn the pulley 180 deg clockwise...
• Parting out Air-Cooled Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Andy Gaston
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:34:30 EDT
  ...engine, hydraulic lifters, newish heater boxes and muffler, runs great and smooth and cool with no major oil leaks, would like to sell complete...
• Re: Any concerns about letting a van sit?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:30:20 -0800
  ...This is the hydraulic lifters, which may bleed down in a week's time. Just driving for a few minutes should pump them up...
• Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:34:03 -0800
  ...5 turns or whatever the book says, fwiw ) treat them with 'hydraulic lifter cleaner' ...an oil additive. And no kidding, I've had a...
• new diesel - - one cylinder, no compression
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:59:44 -0700
  ...Can a hydraulic lifter fail, and expand too much, thus keeping the valve open a tad at all times? ? Annoyed at having to take...
• Re: Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:47:55 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifters are not bleeding down as expected. I > >now > >tell my customers that they need to do a compression test before and > >after...
• Retorqing Vanagon Waterboxer Heads
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:08:11 +0000
  ...The tricky part is the end of the pushrod closest to the cam shaft needs to be FULLY seated in the hydraulic lifter once...
• 87 Audi 5000 Quattro for sale.A GREAT CAR!
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 9 May 1998 15:37:38 EDT
  ...timing belt and V-belts, just installed new hydraulic lifters, new brake accumilator and hydraulic pump (was the orginal), non turbo motor, runs absolutly...
• Re: Valve/tappot clatter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:50:42 -0700
  It's wise to check the hydraulic lifters adjustment with the rocker arm screws adjustment after something like a few thousand miles on a...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers Comments
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 15:14:17 -0400
  Robert I had seen your comments about a strengthened valve train before, I recently had my head gaskets replaced and new hydraulic lifters, I...
• Paranoid maintenance pays off again.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:49:41 -0600
  ...Just as a routine I readjusted my hydraulic lifters on my new Air Cooled 2000cc engine (5,000 miles). In the process I found...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:22:17 -0800
  > > Well as I continue to ask questions about the practically of this > replacement > I had another mechanic say they advise against replacing all the...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:33:24 -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: 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:56:44 -0800
  ...I am guessing that somewhere along this return trip a nice chunky bit of wax blocked up one of the hydraulic lifters acting like...
• Re: push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:27:16 -0700
  ...so you can feel it slide over the lip of the hydraulic lifter into the central depression. Take all the time and retries you...
• loud lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:57:12 -0700
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Felder wrote: > The hydraulic lifters on my 90 Carat 2.1 have started making very loud > noises if...
• Re: Porsche 914 heads on Vanagon motor...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:52:18 -0700
  ...If you are retaining your vanagon engine's hydraulic lifters, (which you have to with the hydraulic cam) you will need to use its...
• Re: Compression, Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:15:40 -0700
  I have seen hydraulic lifters take as much as 10 minutes to self adjust on the engine stand. This was on the assembly stand...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:59:08 -0800
  ...It looks like i am going to stick with hydraulic lifters, though. I am not going to be running higher RPM (my ultimate goal...
• Re: Incantation
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:54:05 -0400
  ...Now > suck it up and lets get on with discussion of fuel lines, tires, headlight > switches, hydraulic lifters, oil, and so on... > > Happy Trails...
• Re: Vanagon speeds
  Historical mailing list - david kao
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 20:57:59 -0800
  ...But vanagon engines use hydraulic valve lifters and are not supposed to have tapet noise at all. I think this was caused by my...
• <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: Archives?
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:06:50 -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...
• stalling when engine is cold
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 02 Sep 94 17:30:28 CDT
  ...With pressure that high, the hydraulic valve lifters will overextend themselves, causing the valves to hang open. After the engine warms up, the car...
• Re: overheating questions
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 21:01:27 -0500
  ...Over 3 months the hydraulic lifters bled dry, so when he tested it he thought the dry lifter he was hearing was a bad...
• Re: 82 Diesel Overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Nov 1994 11:16:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...did it anyway... (he also mentioned that later diesel models had hydraulic lifters which did not need adjustment. I can't vouch for their...
• Top speed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 07:55:26 -0800
  ...the way to San Jose in a rented 2.0 with hydraulic lifters and F.I. There was more left. Bus was probably less...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:41:45 -0500
  ...It is for restoring hydraulic lifters. Removes carbon build up that causes sticking.Why not put some in for the entire engine? I did...
• Re: Loud lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:25:47 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Felder wrote: > The hydraulic lifters on my 90 Carat 2.1 have started making very loud > noises if...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:39:08 -0800
  ...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: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  ...The spongy lifters may not be fully pumped up, but you are probably close enough. After all, they are hydraulic lifters and designed to...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Jul 94 11:13:13 -0600
  ...transmission fluid to clean out the gunk that was clogging my lifters. I agreed, naturally with a little bit of misgivings--it sounds so...
• Re: '72 engine
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Sep 1994 13:54:19 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Hydraulic valve lifters and fuel >injection are great bonuses, if you can get it all, AND make it work. Hmm. I posted a couple...
• Re: Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:56:45 -0700
  ...Replacing Hydraulic Lifters >> >> Hi all, >> >> I have been away for a while, but am back to wanting to use my van a >> bit >> more...
• VW Bus - still thinking about it.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 95 17:14:58 EDT
  ...I understand that the hydraulic lifters are a benefit as well the exhaust system (which is still fairly easy to find vs. the '79...
• FS: '80 Vanagon Westfalia Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Aug 1996 09:37:43
  ...Air-cooled 2-liter fuel injected motor, hydraulic lifters (no valve adjustments needed). 110,000 miles. 4-speed, factory air (fans all work, but...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:20:04 -0400
  Thanks for the advice. I did the Bentley method first with two turns before I read these posts. I accidentally went to start the...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week*
  Historical mailing list - stephen steele
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:09:49 -0700
  --- Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > (*Hydraulic Lifter Week is the world's premier > upper-valvetrain event, attracting participants and > spectators from far and...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:24:18 -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...