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• Oil Level Lifters With Mann W 719/30 Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 13:26:55 -0800
  ...I noticed two things: - occasional lifter clatter engine cold. Stops in a few seconds - engine cold, oil level up to top notch engine up...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:30:04 -0600
  ...wilden1@JUNO.COM writes: > > << I'm getting good > performance and the lifters quieten almost immediately after > starting. >> > Exactly... IF you adjust them two turns...
• Re: WBX throwing rods?
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:26:54 -0400
  If this is REALLY a noisy lifter, first of all, they are hydraulic, and not adjustable. Secondly, chances are good that if you take...
• Fw: Vanagon Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Sat, 16 Sep 2000 21:06:30 -0700
  ...Fits 75-91 Bus/Vanagon - Paid $150, sell for $120 OBO plus shipping. > 2) A spare lifter and spring loaded pushrod tube (I thought...
• Fwd: [VANAGON] Valve lifter noise solution.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 00:08:38 EST
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• Re: Identified the lifter, now what? :-)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:36:30 -0500
  Use a collapsible pushrod tube and just replace the 1 lifter. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...To the best of my recolection hydraulic lifters run with NO clearance and never should be adjusted. Clearance IS the problem! You are absolutely...
• Re: More questions on lifters etc
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 17:44:33 -0500
  ...More questions on lifters etc In a message dated 2/5/2011 1:11:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET writes...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 25 May 2007 11:25:48 -0400
  ...First, make sure the temps stays ok, when you sure it's bleeded and IF you still have lifter noise (because YOU have a...
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:20:40 -0400
  The lifters pumped up well and I made the final valve adjustment. It's shocking how much that quiets down and smooths things out...
• noisy lifter update (1.5k later)
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Fri, 11 Apr 1997 23:15:59 -0700 (PDT)
  Thanks to the many responses I recieved I was able to approach my noisy lifter from many angles. Quick background: 1 lifter had always...
• Re: Clicking valves, my observations
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:47:07 EST
  ...After checking, I found the no.2 exhaust lifter was collapsed. I went to the local VW dealer and received another initiation: ONE new...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:04:46 -0500
  Terry and fellow learkers the reason I suggested before the oil change is to limit the amount of junk suspended in the oil as...
• Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:27:25 -0800
  ...Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) > Terry and fellow learkers > the reason I suggested before the oil change is to limit the amount...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 May 2003 06:58:23 -0600
  ...The reason for industry going to hydraulics inf the first place was to eliminate some problems inherent with solid lifters in production engines, i...
• Re: Valve/tappot clatter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:21:47 -0400
  ...The proper set up of the lifters has no problem compensating for any normal life of the engine. While VW lifters sometimes like to...
• Re: ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 16:08:23 -0400
  ...The lifters were collapsing after about 20 to 30 minutes of interstate driving. The lifters would start clacking and I literally had just enough...
• Re: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 05:38:36 EST
  ...writes: > How the heck do you get the lifters out? Use a magnet or a lifter removing tool available at your FLAPS. Pretty hard...
• Worn cam and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 17 Jul 95 11:21:10 PDT
  ...Fortunatly, reground cams and lifters are not expensive, it's too bad that the cases have to be split to change the cam. Dave
• Re: Knocking engine? or hyd lifters? how to tell?
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:20:04 -0400
  Bulley wrote: Lifters, however don't usually make a knocking sound...more like a TACK, > TACK, TACK, TACK, TACK TACK, TACK, TACK, TACK. A...
• Re: Help! Engine rattle from '84 Vanagon 1.9l gas - TERMINAL?
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:51:31 -0500
  Sounds like a typical stuck lifter--how long have you run it with it Clicking? Have you tried to adjust the rocker's? If...
• Re: collapsable push rod tube source?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:15:27 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, the problem with with my van's misfire wasn't the sticking lifter. However, as far as the pushrod tubes go, no leaks...
• noisy lifter: Marvel mystery oil??
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:12:37 -0600
  I've been plagued with a noisy lifter for the last week or so. (though I drive the westy infrequently) So today I tracked...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 11:54:48 PST
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation >Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 13:28:47 -0500 > >Richard Bias wrote: > > > > All, > > The whole thing about adjusting to...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:43:00 -0500
  The lifters will still work even 3 or 4 turns in. Just as long as you don't bottom them out. It is still...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:45:59 -0800
  ...I don't understand hydraulic lifters after years of thinking that I did. I hoping to learn something from these exchanges. Mike '85 Westy...
• Re; Loud Clacking
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:33:29 -0500
  Dan, You've got a lifter bleeding down, which causes the "clacking" until it pumps itself back up. My 85 GL does it all...
• Aircooled Lifter Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Brian Atkins
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:20:16 -0500
  I have a friend with an '81 Westy that wants to replace his lifters (leaking or will not pump up). He says the Haynes...
• Lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:00:07 -0500
  I have a set of almost-new lifters that came out of a running 2.1. I am about to put them into the...
• Re: Pushrods - 1.9 vs 2.1 (now lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 16:19:01 -0800
  ...The lifters are the same for 1.9 and 2.1 Z --- Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM> wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question-update
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:47:08 -0300
  Well, I got the lifters all cleaned out. I took them all apart and cleaned with carburetor cleaner and various "tools". By the time...
• Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:43:07 -0400
  ...Up to now I thought I would miss out on starting my own "Hydraulic Lifter" thread. But apparently that is not the case.... I...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:32:07 -0700
  ...It's not the tick from > lifters. It is considerably louder. There definitely seems like > metal is rattling around. It appeared to sound like...
• Re: Need engine work in Little Rock/Memphis
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 23 May 2003 09:38:52 -0700
  Sounds to me (pun intended) like it might be more-or-less "normal" leakdown of hydraulic lifters. If it's a clattering that quickly...
• Re: What if we combined the Lifter Week with Vanagon Names threads?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 12:37:07 -0600
  ...Elliott" <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Don't be ridiculous. Lifters are insensate mechanical devices. > > Sheesh. > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 Type...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:33:28 -0500
  ...Go through the valve adjustment procedure just like it had solid lifters (finding TDC for each cylinder) except then give the lifter 1 turn...
• Re: The New Vanagon Bentley Manual is Awesome!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 6 Mar 2012 11:57:12 -0500
  ...Which is another way of saying that they should have used solid lifters, or some kind of hydraulic that's meant to work on...
• Re: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Thu, 2 Apr 2026 18:38:49 -0700
  Hi Mark, FWIW, I had a problem with what I thought were noisy lifters about a year ago. I set and reset the gaps...
• lifter/valve noise a problem?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 09:20:09 -0700
  Not even sure this fuel injected beast has valves and lifters, but the noise sounds like that... And it seems to have gotten worse...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:25:11 -0400
  I looked at getting marvel for a similar lifter problem. I went to Canadian Tire and found it but it said "Fuel Additive." Is...
• Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:43:03 -0700
  ...It's not the tick from lifters. It is considerably louder. There definitely seems like metal is rattling around. It appeared to sound like...
• Re: vw solar battery charger
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:38:30 -0500
  ...You didn't mention how long could the van be parked before you started hearing lifter noise With that Amsoil 15w40 Marine & Diesel oil...
• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:10:36 -0500
  The oil filter does not fix clattering lifters either. Once the engine is warm there is "0" residual pressure once shut off. As for...
• Re: '78 Hydraulic Lifter Reassembly
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 23:16:05 -0400
  ...my live would get easier finally having a VW with hydr. lifters but >I'm not so sure after reading all this stuff lately...
• Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 9 May 2003 10:07:15 -0400
  Replace hydraulic lifters with solid? This sounds crazy enough to work, or does it just crazy? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...
• New lifter Valve clearance
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Tue, 31 May 2005 05:11:37 -0700
  ...Can someone comment on what is the best clearance for a new head with new lifters? Thanks Leo, 91 multivan 112,000 miles
• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:15:06 -0400
  ...The ATF has a LOT of detergent qualities, and will dissolve almost any crud on the lifters. Finally, if THAT doesn't fix it...
• Re: Clackety Clack
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 May 2010 20:35:26 -0700
  Could just be 'normal' hydraulic lifter clacking, from letting it sit. Also ... running for very short periods of time, like a minute or so...
• ATF treatment for stuck lifters/85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:52:26 -0400
  ...prove useful, and diagnosed (perhaps properly??) that it was a stuck lifter. Anyway I tried a previously recommended ATF infusion and the noise magically...
• Re: do you have noisy lifters? Maybe I do???
  Historical mailing list - Brian Asbury
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 23:28:26 -0500
  ...What exactly are "noisy lifters" and what does it sound like? My van makes all kinds of strange noises on startup that I'm...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:37:11 -0600
  ...Flat Lifter Syndrome - right on. This is good because it is difficult to describe in words just what this really sounds like, and the...
• Mystic Oil
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:34:06 -0400
  ...Now I fear what I'll discover, When I remove the old valve cover, Will the lifters turn to glue, From Mystic Oil's...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:07:31 -0700
  ...Hydraulic valve lifters? >I believe between 0 and 2 turns it will work just fine. > Hydraulic lifters will self adjust after the engine is...
• Running now, but idles high after head gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:19:38 -0600
  ...Maybe it's just one lifter now. I guess I just want to hear from someone else who's done it that the lifter...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:39:30 -0600
  ...Is it a bad lifter? We also have a pretty good loss of power when the engine is warmed up-- Hubby was flooring it...
• '85 lifter noise, steering pump too.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Oct 1995 08:28:50 -0700
  ...First is what sounds like lifter noise. It's one lifter and I only heard it run for about three minutes at idle. The...
• lifter's sticking
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 09:27:32 -0500
  Steve, Boston Bobs web sight is, www.bostonengine.com
• Re: Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:05:01 -0700
  ...My air-cooled van required occasional readjustment of >> lifter/valves. >> My 86 Westy WBX has the hydraulic lifters... do these need to be >> readjusted...
• Re: Jeff Weigand, 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 02:14:18 EDT
  ...The lifters are a simple and quick job. You'll need a valve cover gasket, four lifters and four collapsible pushrod tubes with the...
• Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Capra
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:52:24 -0700
  ...I have tried different oil viscosity's, adding valve lifter treatments, including "Marvel Mystery Oil". Nothing really seems to help much. I've been...