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• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:13:09 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Week I think lifters are a timely subject because they haven't been covered super well, at least in the past five...
• Losing valve lash just after adjustment-why?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:38:37 -0500
  ...I researched everything I could find on the age old valve lifter issue including a call to Bob at Boston Engine were I purchased...
• online references for general engine knowledge?
  Historical mailing list - sg
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:09:40 -0800
  ...to help me understand why i need to adjust my valves, and what lifters are, and maybe a brushup on engine anatomy, etc? steve...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 20:06:01 -0500
  ...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: vanagon Digest - 27 Apr 2007 - Special issue (#2007-438)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:28:11 -0700
  ...Now, I assume that since you're >>talking valve lash, you have solid lifters in you motor. If you have >>hydraulics, you're way...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sun, 16 Aug 2015 10:24:18 -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...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:05:50 -0500
  ...Hydraulic valve adjustment question > > And what if a lifter is not firm? What's the procedure for a squishy > one, which was fine a...
• Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:27:12 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifters article (http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm). I decided to use the 0.006 method of adjusting the valves as In...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:11:33 -0500
  ...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: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 09:40:53 -0700
  ...In fact, it is the flat lifter "hammering" on the valve train as it is flung off the cam. If these guys have not...
• Re: Valve adjustment; Preliminary results.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:22:58 -0700
  ...There is a good possibility that your lifters will silence as well. Lifter leak down is normal on Boxer type engines. There is a...
• Gonna do it! (Was Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment?)
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:45:57 -0400
  Hey Volks, Thanks for all of your input on my lifter adjustment question. I've decided to go ahead and adjust them before the...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:49 -0700
  ...see how beat up the rocker arm screws are where they contact the valve stems. the valves stems should be hard enough material that...
• Re: lifter noise after PRT replace
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:41:46 -0400
  ...Could > this be a lifter bleed problem, or the valve adjustment. > > Thanks, > > Jon Schaer > Columbus, OH > 1985 GL 141,000+ >
• Re: lifter's sticking
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:45:25 -0600
  ...lifters, pistons, piston tops and groves and just in general remove all of the varnish buildup that's in there. Adjust the valves after...
• Re: valve lifter noise solution
  Historical mailing list - jack
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 10:46:58 -0500
  ...I now can leave the van parked for weeks and, on start up, have no valve lifter noise. Perhaps your engine is a little...
• Re: chronic valve tapping
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:47:34 -0400
  ...chronic valve tapping > I have a tap that comes and goes weekly. It's beginning to be very annoying. > I only drive to and...
• Camshaft/crnkshaft difference?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:01:56 MST
  ...I know that the camshaft pushes the valves via lifters but where is the crankshaft in all this? Does it extend itself above the...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 23:53:28 EST
  ...are you drawing more air/fuel) assuming you had the same valves and duration? Jeff E. Lilburn, Ga. 87'WESTY Weekender (BOXOBLOX) 87'GL
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:41:22 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifters article (http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm). I decided to use the 0.006 method of adjusting the valves as In...
• Re: Guess That Sound!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:38:34 -0500
  ...Dennis Haynes wrote: > Sounds like a lifter that bleed down and is resisting pumping up. > Probably a sticky ball valve. Allow engine to idle...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:51:46 -0500
  ...Vanagon owners who are "green" to the the hydraulic lifter valve train should stay away from trying to adjust an automatic system. If hydraulic...
• Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 19:47:41 -0500
  Eric Unrau wrote: > William, > > I have experienced the same problem (noisy lifters); My search off the > archives > turned up two solutions: > > 1) use a...
• Engine noise?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:54:10 -0700
  ...my '90 Westy, 124k miles, which included a valve grind, new push rods, new lifters, etc., when the engine is started cold, there is...
• Re: Archives?
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:06:50 -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...
• Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:43:07 -0400
  ...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: engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:30:19 -0500
  Most likely a case of classic "Vanagon Clattering Lifter Syndrome". It is the result of the lifter losing it's prime. Scarey, but generally...
• Re: Adjusting valves on '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:07:30 -0400
  ...play between it and the valve stem. What gives? Tom to get the push rod into the lifter socket you need to lift the...
• Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:00:04 -0600
  ...1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. Question: Valve setting .006 do these things ever get real quiet or should...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:58:33 -0400
  But what about the valve in the filter that keeps the lifters from leaking down? Mike Kenneth Lewis wrote: > Anyone tried this? Sounds good...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:29:49 -0700
  ...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: Newbie - Getting Ready for Cross Country Trip
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:54:54 -0600
  ...That is what hydraulic lifters are all about. Frequnet oil > ................... I was waiting for someone to say the valves don't need adjusting on...
• Re: Lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:06:16 -0500
  ...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: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:34:38 -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...
• Re: Seldom used 2.1 has low compression
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:00:48 -0700
  ...head gasket work, and at least some valve freshening up. I seriously doubt the noisy lifters are contributing to low compression. Scott www.turbovans...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:14:44 -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: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:27:02 -0500
  ...One is a clack or rattle sound associated with the valve train - and most times being related to a lifter being pumped up. There...
• 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: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:04:24 -0700
  ...Properly adjusted hydraulic lifters will have no clearance between the rocker and the valve. Run the engine. Jim Dan Erlandson wrote: >>That "rock hard...
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:17:40 -0500
  ...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: valve hanging up
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 07:19:25 -0400
  Adjust the lifters per www.bostonengine.com Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:01:23 -0800
  ...I am going to adjust the valves today (now that my lifters are "all pumped up"!)when I get home. Will my idle be...
• '78 Correct oil pressures?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 6 Sep 95 0:46:08 EDT
  ...hydraulic lifters, now I never had a hydraulic lifter AC engine, and our '86 Wasserboxer used to make a lot O valve noise particularly...
• 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:51:13 -0700
  The lifter was fine. The valve adjuster tip (intake, cyl 1) sheared off so I replaced it and adjusted the valves. The exhaust valves...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:02:44 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters > > Yes, I was not necessarily doubting anyone's explanation BUT rather since I paid good money for a rebuilt engine thought...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:39:04 -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: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:54:08 -0700
  ...Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise. Eric Unrau wrote: > William, > > I have experienced the same problem (noisy lifters); My search off the > archives > turned up...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:27:56 EST
  In a message dated 12/10/01 1:18:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, Jay.L.Snyder@usa.dupont.com writes: << I will add...
• Re: oil problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:35:47 -0400
  Oil flows through the hole in the lifter, through the bore in the pushrod tube, through a hole in the rocker arm cup to...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:32:07 -0700
  ...On 7/21/07, retro van <r3tr0v4n@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all > > Used to have a periodically noisy lifter, would quiet down after a...
• tapping, removing valve covers
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 20:10:15 -0500
  ...you remove the valve covers? 2. About 1 week ago my engine started a tapping. It sounds like a collapsed lifter, so I read...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:59:56 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters Check oil level ? Do people do that really ? Speaking of, do you believe in the 'between the marks' as the better...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 21:08:18 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hydraulic lifter bleed down. Usually only one lifter if a cam lobe has that valve fully open...
• Re: Manifold vacuum specs?-Leak down testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:26:36 +0000
  ...Poor valve seating is usually the result of worn guides. Loosening the lifters may provide temporary relief but this is not the fix. If...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:42:43 -0600
  ...valve noise I found bad seats. Not necessarily dropped but loose or getting ready to drop. In rare situations I've gotten the lifters...
• Hydr. lifters revisited '81
  Historical mailing list - Charles F. Webb
  Sat, 18 May 1996 16:29:37 +0000
  ...AAA towed me to an exit and I poped the valve covers, The #3 rocker arm had come loose and looks like the lifter...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valve train noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 May 2012 11:45:51 -0700
  ...was a gap between the valve and the rocker arm. This could be excessive cam lobe or lifter wear. You will know because you...
• Re: strange clicking noise on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 04:50:42 EDT
  ...Sometimes this could take 15 or more minutes before the lifter finally pumped up. We would also add a upper valve train lubricant called...
• Re: Lifter/Valve question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 4 May 2000 13:42:46 -0400
  ...Lifter/Valve question Bulley wrote: > > Bob- > > As always, I value your guidance. > > My 1982 Westfalia 2.0 liter with 96mm jugs/CW crank is...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:19:43 -0700
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL