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Spare 2.1 engine - how big can I make it?
Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
Mon, 7 Feb 2011 12:53:32 -0500
Just a passing thought but - - - I am in the process of flipping my 2.1 with a shattered lifter with another 2.1 (without...
Re: 87 van 2.1 a/t w/no motor x 1 yr with intermittent rap - and winter storage
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:36:46 -0800
...On sticky hydraulic lifters............. Well, first thing !!!...........occasional short periods of operation MAKE the lifters get noisy. I've had subaru conversions ( and waterboxers...
Re: Friday Story
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Fri, 25 May 2007 19:21:25 -0700
...It never lost compression from any lifters. I do not overfill it since I brought it back to service. I try to fill it...
Re: Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
Historical mailing list - mdstockr
Sat, 8 Feb 97 20:25:27
...I would not say any >wrong, but there should be hydraulic lifters. COMMENT: I believe that later VW diesels had hydraulic lifters. Too late...
Re: Won't start - lifter adjustment problem?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 16 Aug 1998 20:39:41 -0700
...Has anyone else had this problem adjusting the lifters after replacing the heads? Gary 88GL
Re: lifter noise
Historical mailing list
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:41:49 EST
...I always had lifter noise on startup in my '91 Vanagon with 166k miles. I added 1 quart of ATF to oil (after draining...
Re: '86 Valve job question - details
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:23:30 -0400
I am no mechanic either but the first thing that comes to mind is a leaky hydraulic lifter. If you leave a Vanagon parked...
Noisy Lifter Solution, nothing great, just FYI
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 16:31:31 -0700
...Nothing spectacular or controversial, even is if it is friday :-) My aircooled 81 has been suffering the noisy lifter syndrome for a number of...
Re: jump!
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:47:22 -0800 (PST)
...hydraulic lifters and > setting the valve timing. I got a friend to turn the engine giving me the > opportunity to view the valve train...
Re: hydraulic lifter article
Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:21:11 -0600
Hi Bob Is it enough to soak the lifters in oil overnite and hope they fill up when assembling a rebuilt motor? Jeff ----- Original...
Re: Replacing broken valve lifter?
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:24:46 -0700
...I pulled out the Bentley and pointed to page 15.23 > - "Valve lifters can be removed and replaced without engine removal and > without major...
Re: Knocking noise from lifters
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 07:35:07 -0800
...Many have reported no lifter noise (or much less) > with synthetics like Mobil 1. Why? Because it flows much better cold. My . . . > filters. If...
Re: heads off--now some questions
Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 13:31:33 -0700
...very similar to the wasser boxer valve train--meaning hyd lifters. easily bent by over tightening the valves. I rebuilt one corvair engine that...
Pushrods for hydraulic lifter motors
Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 16:55:32 -0400
...they almost all have the same pushrods in them regardless of lifter set-up (solid or hydraulic)... can this be correct??? Luckily, I kept...
Mechanics in LA?
Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:17:44 -0500
Visiting LA - any good shops down here? My lifters might need replacing.... Thanks, Andree
Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:37:12 -0700
...The valve springs are far stronger than the little springs inside the lifters. The lifters are the ones get pushed down. Oil in the...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:38:44 -0700
...If it does not resolve, I'll take a shot at replacing one or more lifters. Glad to hear that can be done without...
Lifter Tick at cold temperatures...
Historical mailing list - Mike Williams
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:33:08 -0800
Oh boy oh boy...here we go! Yup...I also have a lifter tick that is most evident at cold temperatures...but can also...
Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:51:33 -0700
Quick lifter question, just to make sure i understand them correctly - if you take off all the pre-load, the will return to their...
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...
Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:41:21 -0700
...Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter? | |John and others FYI-- | |My local VW gurus recommend against synthetics in a Vanagon. |Castrol 20W50 is recommended. In...
Re: noisy lifters
Historical mailing list - Joe L.
Sun, 29 Aug 1999 11:31:28 -0400
...noisy lifters another chapter in my new rebuilt engine story...two of the lifters were stuck, this after about 5k miles. have also experienced...
Re: valve clatter
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 6 Jul 2002 09:51:00 -0500
...When you next start the engine, the lifters clatter because the lifter-to-rocker clearance is no longer within specs until the lifter is...
Re: Aircooled Lifter Replacement
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:09:51 -0600
Try this it will most likley get the lifters cleaned out. Stan Wilder ------------------------------------------------- Recently one of my neighbors approached me with pictures of a...
Re: tired 1.9l question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:53:30 -0400
...Assuming the lifters are correctly adjusted, it is possible that one or two are bad. Noisy lifters can also be a sign of oil...
Re: Hydraulic lifters
Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
Sun, 8 Sep 2024 08:31:49 -0700
...How difficult is it to remove and replace a lifter? Can it be done without removing the head? I can't seem to find...
Re: lifter's sticking
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 08:45:25 -0600
...The Mystery oil will clean your oil passages, crankcase internally, lifters, pistons, piston tops and groves and just in general remove all of the...
Joel change the stats!
Historical mailing list - Paul Retherford
Thu, 2 Nov 1995 07:49:59 -0500 (EST)
...Getting it home was pretty uneventful, although with a stuck lifter it was bucking and fading on the slightest grades. Seems it was sitting...
Re: Van update and spring perches
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 8 Aug 2021 12:29:58 -0700
I do have lifter noise if I don't use the van for a week or so... I add half a quart of Marvel...
Re: Noisy lifter
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:25:42 -0500
...Too thick and the lifters won't get sufficient oil, too thin and they will bleed down. Most of us tend to use oil...
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...
Re: short-lived rebuilds
Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
07 Apr 1995 00:09:00 GMT
...One hydraulic lifter refused to pump up. GEX FEDEXed me a lifter, and offered to pay for a shop or a VW dealer to...
Re: valve clatter
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:30:54 -0400
...When I acquired my AC model camper, it had a terrible lifter clatter. I used some Seafoam brand cleaner (available @ NAPA) in the crankcase...
Re: Brown wire?
Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 20:37:06 -0500
To the other oil sender on the left side of the engine, between the lifter tubes.
Ratteling lifter
Historical mailing list - Brian T.
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:27:21 -0700
I forgot to add, I use Mahle filters and for oil Valvoline VR-1 straight 30 weight...
Re: Zero valve settings
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:49:11 -0400
...When a lifter goes soft the plunger can bang on the retaining ring. Once it fails the lifter can separate and drop parts. If...
Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:34:03 -0800
old used lifters can take a long time to get permanently quiet again. The adjustment at the rocker arm screw has to be right...
Re: Lifter observation.
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:16:14 -0700
...Those spots are when a valve spring is more compressed and then the spring tension gradually forces oil out of the lifter for that...
Re: valve job--transmission fluid
Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 20:05:05 EST
I too just got a case of the noisy lifters. Got an '83 with about 110,000 on the engine (the engine was supposedly...
Re: valve adjustment question
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:14:48 -0500
...Are my lifters > shot > or am I missing something? > > Thanks in Advance, > Matt > > > --- gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > > For solid lifter there is...
hyd. lifter adjustment
Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:57:34 -0700
another question for the people Getting the 2.1 back together and have a question about the lifters. doing my pretension on the valves...
Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:43:42 -0400
...On top, you tolf me that you don't use the van everyday, so, that sound a bit like a lazy lifter... nothing else...
More questions on lifters etc
Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:29:30 -0500
...I'm hoping that the current owner marked the pushrods, lifters, cylinders etc during disassembly since it was obvious from the dozen dual ports...
Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:25:13 -0700
"Actually nothing is fixed by adjusting the hydraulic lifter. Just a cover up for another problem unless they were not adjusted correctly to begin...
Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:53:57 -0600
...Owsianowski wrote: > www.ratwell.com has recorded sounds of VW motors (air-cooled) which > can give you a good idea of lifter clatter. > ------Original...
Re: Pushrods - 1.9 vs 2.1 (now lifters)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 7 Dec 2002 12:09:49 -0600
Can anyone tell me if the hydraulic lifters are the same for the 1.9 and 2.1? Thanks, Larry A. Robert Donalds wrote...
Re: More questions on lifters etc
Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
Sat, 5 Feb 2011 13:24:23 EST
...hey ken I have found it pays to keep the lifters matched to their lobe, they tend to wear in a certain pattern seeing...
Re: Hydraulic Lifter noise ?
Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:53:48 -0400
...say it's unlikely a spring inside a lifter is broken. > > get a good 'hydraulic lifter cleaner additive' and put some in the oil...
need help with engine assembly
Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
Sat, 27 Mar 2004 12:55:36 -0800
...can someone help? also, i forgot to keep track of the lifters when i pulled them out. i've read that if you dont...
Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:39:17 -0500
...The pushrods weren't quite sitting centered in the lifters and once I started up the engine it was pretty loud and clattered like...
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: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 1 Dec 2011 09:58:19 -0600
...Jim On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 9:04 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > Collapsed lifter syndrome. Not to worry. Drive it...
Re: Back from my road trip, nothing to report
Historical mailing list - Bill M
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:29:11 -0400
...I would not worry about that noisy lifter unless it becomes a common occurrence. Bill M On Jun 17, 2012, at 10:45 AM...
Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Dec 2011 02:24:56 -0500
...Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter? John and others FYI-- My local VW gurus recommend against synthetics in a Vanagon. Castrol 20W50 is recommended. In...
Re: 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Feb 1997 12:56:44 -0800
>| I'm confused by this - the sythetic (Amsoil?) caused increased lifter >| noise AND seal leakage? I've heard of the leakage problem, but never...
Re: clickin lifters
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:00:21 -0700
...If you still have one that won't pump up then you must pull the lifter and fix it or replace it. If I...
Re: replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:48:23 -0600
...These two items have a definite effect on the classic "Vanagon Clattering Lifter Syndrome". If you have not done so, change the oil to...
Re: Clicking valves, my observations
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:24:49 -0800
...Clicking valves, my observations > > > > Over the last nine years my transporter averaged about two >lifter > > leak down events per year. The first time it...
Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 2 Jul 2015 21:01:53 -0400
...Now I’m noticing that even when the van sits just for 4 or 5 days it will have the lifter chatter for about...
Why don't I have noisy lifters?
Historical mailing list - tom ring
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 21:06:27 -0600
Ok, I keep reading about how many people have noisy lifters, and that the wrong oil filter will cause noisy lifters, and so on...