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• Re: Just interesting observation
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:15:15 -0800
  ...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: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:25:28 -0500
  ...Sometimes crud fouls the hydraulic lifters. I wrote a LENGTHY description of how to do this back in 1998 or thereabouts, and I am...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:14:31 +0000
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• interesting finding.............
  Historical mailing list - Vic Ahmed
  Mon, 29 May 2000 02:40:58 EDT
  ...and I've seen pretty much everything! One of the hydraulic lifters had somehow come apart, with the bottom part of it, along with...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 11:14:17 -0800
  ...minor mods. > > It looks like i am going to stick with hydraulic > lifters, though. I am not going to be running higher > RPM (my...
• Re: Why adjust valves?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'm feeling a bit better because I realize that I can spot problems with the heads with the solid lifters, and with hydraulics...
• oil pressure problem on my 1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:29:12 -0700
  ...Do you also think that the low oil pressure could be the reason why I have noisy hydraulic lifter when the engine is cold...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:37:21 -0500
  ...Bentley's, Haynes, Muir's, Stan's ShapingUp page (http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/shapingup.htm), and Boston' Bob's Hydraulic lifters article (http...
• Cold idle speed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:57:20 -0500
  ...tells me the problem with the idle speed was a bad hydraulic lifter and he was trying to readjust the valves. Does this make...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:41:22 -0500
  ...Bentley's, Haynes, Muir's, Stan's ShapingUp page (http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/shapingup.htm), and Boston' Bob's Hydraulic lifters article (http...
• Re: ISO Diesel Engine for early Vanagon (Montreal, Quebec)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:18:41 -0500
  I have a good running complete 1.6 hydraulic lifter diesel engine that came out of a wrecked jetta it has been sitting in...
• Fw: 62 bus question- NVC My $.02
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 03:11:14 -0800
  ...If you get a real made in Mexico for hydraulic lifter case then don't fret valves. I don't know anyone who's...
• Re: that so called quick and dirty head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 31 May 2013 21:06:16 -0700
  ...done correctly?" It can keep bending! Not a big deal with hydraulic lifters though, at least to a point. The real question is how...
• Re: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:15:49 -0400
  ...However, low manifold vacuum can also result from air bound or poorly adjusted lifters. This topic is covered in Boston Bobs article on hydraulic...
• Good head-s?
  Historical mailing list - J. Weller
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 06:45:37 -0700
  ...feeling? Any suggestions? Also, can anyone give me advise on installing hydraulic lifters while I have the "mouse wheel" out. - Is it worth it...
• project vans
  Historical mailing list - cmc
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 18:43:47 -0500
  ...3000 miles on new engine w/ hydraulic lifters & electronic ignition when front axle beam broke. Runs really nice but don't try to steer...
• Vanagon Love
  Historical mailing list - Richard OHalloran
  Sat, 22 Apr 2000 13:18:20 -0700
  ...Other problems were starter motor (rebuilt Bosch unit), water pump, replace left bank exhaust pipe muffler and tail pipe, replace hydraulic lifter to #4...
• Re: Bug tune up - No vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 08:24:28 -0800
  ...middle of > the cover. > > > > > I don't know if it has hydraulic lifters that year, but if > > > it doesn't you will need to...
• Re: Points Glazed hard starting 81
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:37:03 -0600
  ...Low manifold vacuum can also contribute to hard starting hot this can be due to hydraulic lifters holding the valves open. Bob Donalds http...
• Rebuild sluething Qs, part 1 of ???
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:46:34 -0800
  ...same thing? 1c) Mechanical lifters are supposed to be convex - are hydraulic lifter, also? It seems pretty apparent this engine was rebuilt not too...
• Hydraulic Lifter Removal/FuelVapor Routing
  Historical mailing list - CAP'N HOOK, THE SOFTWARE PIRATE
  Sun, 18 Sep 1994 11:12:26 PST
  ...I have two problems, the first of course is collapsed lifters. I'm going to try and pull them out with a magnet like...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:09:49 -0400
  ...The whole idea of hydraulic lifters is to take out critical adjustment. If lifters keep clacking, you have a valve sticking in the guide...
• Re: strange clicking noise on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - quoton
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 08:45:58 -0800
  ...Thanks > > Trevor Mullen > Stamford, Ct > 87 Westy It is probably just the noise of the hydraulic lifters. If the vanagon has been in storage...
• New and used parts Blowout sale!!!
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:48:36 -0400
  ...1.7 or 2.0l motor new in package $50 used push rod set.........2.0l hydraulic lifter $40 set of 8 used push...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 15 May 2012 17:22:16 -0400
  ...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: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:54:47 -0600
  ...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: 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 20:42:59 -0400
  ...Expensive though, but seems to keep the hydraulic lifter noise at a minimum. The VR6 filter is entirely odd evil beast. And on the...
• John Wallace Day clearance sale
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 19:07:44 -0400
  ...next two days on the following new and used parts Febi hydraulic lifters $12 each $96 per set 2.1 Push Rod Tube Collapsible...
• Re: Engine braking with a turbo...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:44:29 -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...
• '81 update
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:14:03 -0400
  ...Today I re-adjusted the valves (hydraulic lifters) on number 1 and did a compression test (cold engine) and got 105 psi. Obviously this...
• Re: what year?
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sun, 12 May 2002 20:24:27 -0700
  ...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: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:01:23 -0800
  Hey - Although I'm sure you're aware that hydraulic lifters can take up to a half hour of normal running to pump up...
• 74 Westie Oil Temps and Oil Info
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Fri, 21 Jun 96 08:33:00 DST
  ...Engine Temperature Chart (F) Upper Cylinder Wall 300 - 500 Exhaust Valve 1200 - 1500 Piston Crown 700 - 800 Hydraulic Valve Lifter 250 - 300 Crankcase 200...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 13:43:16 MST
  ...I think this applies to all aircoooled bus/bug engines. > Oh, hydraulic lifters can (need to) be adjusted if they are repacked, > as described...
• FOR SALE: Engine parts from 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:00:20 -0400
  ...Hydraulic lifters One set of telescoping pushrod tubes (look like new) One additional cylinder head {not from above van) with est 100,000 mi...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed-Valve lifters and adjusters.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:40:16 -0400
  ...As for valve adjustment with the hydraulic lifters there are some things to be considered. For one they should never be operated or adjusted...
• Re: valve lash adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:31:59 -0700
  ...valve lash adjustment question > Time! > Wait an hour or so to let the high lifters bleed down. The hard ones are > the > good ones...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:49:58 -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...
• Re: 83.5 1.9L WB Timing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:11:33 -0400
  ...the lifter article on my web site and set the valve adjusters up as it says http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm Good...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:44:12 EST
  Phil; Throughout the whole "too-ing & fro-ing" I have never heard of leaving any amount of clearance with hydraulic lifters. Ther should always...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:03:12 -0500
  ...Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw to preload the lifter. >> Seems I've read (and used) one turn as espoused by some...
• Re: -80 vanagon with aut. transmission...buy?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 5 May 2000 14:40:54 -0400
  Dunno about the tranny, but the 2.0 motor from 1976-1983.5 is essentially the same, except they went to hydraulic cam/lifters...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:02:58 -1000
  ...it was because the > pushrods were not possitioned correctly in the hydraulic lifters. This > was keeping the valves open. > > I made it back to...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:57:52 -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: 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:09:54 -0700
  ...or could it have been a sticky hydraulic >> lifter >> holding open the intake valve and sucking oil in? or something >> else? Should >> I check...
• Re: Incantation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 12:18:47 -0700
  ...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: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:52:03 -0700
  ...I'll go over my method on adjusting hydraulic valve lifters if you want. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Vanagon engine rebuild cost
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:29:29 -0800
  ...Main, Cam & Rod bearings, and New Hydraulic Lifters. I think there rebuild kit includes gasket set, lifters, pistons, cylinders,(i assume ring set), main...
• Re: Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2011 19:26:16 -0400
  ...Couldn't hold a idle, rattled like drained down hydraulic lifters. Shut it off, check oil level. Still below the dipstick, added more, restarted...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - Clutch throw-out level moverment ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 21:28:06 -0500
  Hydraulic clutches are used like hydraulic lifters. The main purpose is to eliminate the need for adjustments. A return sprig would require some type...
• Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 13:28:12 +0100
  ...based on the T1/T3 case, AS41 casting, it has factory HYDRAULIC LIFTERS and an OILFILTERMOUNT cast into the left casehalf, next to the...
• New 1.9 Turbo-diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - IndianVic
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:16:56 EDT
  ...Pretty quiet and smooth, due to hydraulic lifters, powerful and very torquey. They work great on the Vanagons, and the powerband is ideally suited...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:35:11 -0500
  ...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: Diesel questions/engine swaps etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 07:00:42 +0000
  ...All Golf/Jetta models are engine code MF, with hydraulic lifters added in late '86. Same code used for hydr, look for sticker on...
• Re: Bug tune up - No vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Russ Ottey
  Thu, 24 Feb 2000 22:47:02 -0700
  ...middle of the cover. > > > I don't know if it has hydraulic lifters that year, but if > > it doesn't you will need to...
• Re: ...no subject...
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 18:43:20 EDT
  ...I searched all my FLAPS to no avail for cheap lifters. Finally found some at an independent VW mechanic. I believe the washer fluid...
• Bad has milleage
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 05:16:44 -0700
  ...to break-in after the head replacement? I used two new AMC heads from BusDepot, and replaced all 8 hydraulic lifters. Leo, 1991 multivan
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:03:36 -0400
  ...I guess I just feel like I have to explain why I just don't buy all new head studs, cap nuts, lifters, pistons...
• Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:49:34 -0600
  ...Hydraulic lifters Damn, it is really hot here in Northern Utah... Sweating like a madman in the garage, and under the van. I am...
• Urgent Bus SOS follow up..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 15:32:01 -0600 (MDT)
  ...You were right, who ever asked about the hydraulic lifters - it's a '77, not a '78.... nerves...