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• Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:25:22 -0500
  ...I've been doing some reading and I certainly haven't driven it or run it long enough to pump up those lifters. I...
• Seldom used 2.1 has low compression
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:37:23 -0500
  ...Motor doesn't run all that well, so it's hard to tell and it is dealing with the noisy lifters issue. I'm...
• first try = first run
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:18:02 -0500
  ...BUT first try and it started right up :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKW3nzJCDM Lifters came preset at 1 turn, but I can...
• Re: lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 09:50:35 -0800
  ...That being said, I don't know about Vanagons, but this sounds like classic "sticky lifter" syndrome caused by carbon/dirt/sludge that builds...
• Re: Compression, Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:08:25 -0400
  As important as it is for the lifters to pump up to lift the vlaves quietly, they also have to bleed down to be...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:03:52 -0500
  ...know now that i have solid lifters >>(i know Vanagon lifter, i hope that Bus's hydro lifter are the >>same?????).... so like always...
• 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: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 17:00:53 -0700
  ...I believe the noise is coming from the lifter itself. There's a spring inside the lifter that should keep it a "zero lash...
• Re: valve lash adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:52:11 +0000
  ...If not, you have an oil pressure problem or one or more bad lifters. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: roger sisler Date: Friday, October 20...
• Re: Vanagon Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - WFryer
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:24:09 -0700
  ...3) A spare lifter and spring loaded pushrod tube (thought I had to replace a noisy lifter). Paid $30, sell for $20 OBO plus...
• Re: Need engine work in Little Rock/Memphis
  Historical mailing list - mary graham
  Thu, 29 May 2003 18:23:17 -0400
  ...everybody said lifters and, guess what, it was the #4 lifter. collapsed. i took her in to westport automotive in louisville. very nice guy...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 11:20:23 -0700
  Try the updated lifter adjustments first, then redo the comp test. Make darn sure you use the correct German oil filter to prevent lifter...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:08:25 -0700
  ...A fair amount of lifter noise but not really alarming. It was my understanding that the lifters would expel any trapped air and "pump...
• LOUD Engine now quiet again
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:34:18 -0700
  Well, the muffler problem turned lifter problem has been solved. To briefly recap, when my normally quiet engine all of the sudden turned loud...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:41:23 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters That sounds like a lot of Marvel Mystery Oil to me..a whole qt. I don't think I ever use...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:12:38 -0400
  ...Even pushing lightly, I'm compressing > the > lifter a bit I think. > > Do I just have to guess at it, then wait till I...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:45:10 -0600
  ...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: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:19:43 -0700
  ...My friend said it was due to an accumulation of crud in the lifters that was blocking the orifice(s). The blocked orifices caused...
• Re: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Per...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 14 May 2003 11:23:37 EDT
  ...And the lifters just might be able to resolve the problematic stock lifters...if they are a direct replacement... Robert
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:35:43 -0500
  ...Why? Since I started using Delo 400, > there is been *no* lifter noise. Plus, Delo 400 still has Zinc in > it. Zinc isn't...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:27:28 -0400
  ...Your 2.0l has hydraulic lifters no?, if so, what you set is really an initial best position, the lifters will handle the 'adjustment...
• Re: Window Lifter, new engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:50:05 -0400
  ...Window Lifter, new engine > After fixing the window from falling into the door several times, the > rectangular part broke off the cable (and of...
• loud clicking
  Historical mailing list - Steve Pott
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:42:54 -0700
  ...I thought the problem was a stuck lifter, but was told that it was a faulty oil pump because a stuck lifter would make...
• Urgent Bus SOS!!: Reply
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Mon, 6 May 1996 23:40:36 -0700 (PDT)
  I don't understand why you adjusting the valves on the 78 which has hyd. lifters? Bill L.
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:47:45 -0800
  ...especially if the lifters are acting up. On 2/3/2013 9:39 AM, John Goubeaux wrote: > I have not asked them -yet. But...
• Re: Friday Story
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 May 2007 21:14:49 -0400
  I really doubt the combination of overfilling the crankcase and 10w- will solve the short term lifter noise. What you need to now is...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:41:45 -0600
  Gary, Had this darn lifter, collapsing all last summer, after I let the van sit for more than a day. Clack, clack, clack. After...
• Re: chronic flat lifter
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:12:51 EST
  ...Before you start removing rocker arms in search of a queefed out lifter, dump some MMO into the crankcase and go for a ride...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 14 May 2004 09:17:13 -0700
  ...Strange as it may seem the MMO often fees up the lifters, loosens stuck rings, cleans carbon and sludge from your engine case and...
• GEX (was Re: short-lived rebuilds)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Garramone
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 07:19:46 -0500 (CDT)
  ...One hydraulic lifter refused to pump > up. GEX FEDEXed me a lifter, and offered to pay for a shop or a VW dealer to...
• replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
  Historical mailing list - Kun Chang
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:59:23 EST
  ...I have therefore decide to fix the source by replacing the possible collapsed lifter. It doesn't seems to be too difficult to do...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:47:18 -0700
  ...I've had good luck with CD-2 hyd, lifter cleaner also. and........very short periods of operation will make the lifters get noisy...
• A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:50:48 -0500
  ...The second thing i wanted to ask is about lifter noise. I've heard a lot about it here over the years but have...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:28:45 -0700
  ...Hydraulic lifters will self adjust after the engine is started. I have always followed Bentley with 2 turns for my two 1.9 Vanagons...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter link
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:28:55 -0800
  ...Even includes mp3's of misadjusted lifter conditions. > > Wow! Now you really have something to be thankful for! > > http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters...
• Re: Noisy Lifter Solution, nothing great, just FYI
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 08:43:48 -0500
  ...Nothing spectacular or controversial, even is if it > is friday :-) > > My aircooled 81 has been suffering the noisy lifter syndrome for a number of...
• oil additive(s)
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 00:36:25 -0800 (PST)
  Like many listees, I have occasional noise from a sticky lifter. It used to only manifest itself occasionally when I started-up and always...
• Symptoms of Bad Lifters?
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:44:16 -0500
  ...and timing are adjusted properly, I've been told that the lifters on one cylinder are not holding the valves in adjustment(this cylinder...
• Re: suddenly knocking engine (help)
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 07:09:15 -0800
  ...Dana > clacking lifter syndrome. Typically it is the result of a lifter losing > its prime and the oil running out of it. ... Ways to...
• Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:08:23 -0800
  ...more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have clacked on several occasions while the engine is cold. After several...
• Re: engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:45:35 -0700
  John Rodgers wrote: [good description of lifter rattle and first part of how to fix, useful to Vanagon novices like me, snipped] > > To fix...
• Re: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 6 Apr 2015 19:14:11 -0700
  I am thinking on the line of oil pressure being too high, not letting the lifters behave as they should. As one turns the...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:35:19 -0500
  Right, after sitting a while, it's likely the lifter. It will take about 20 minutes of driving to "fix" it. If it wasn...
• Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:44:35 -0800
  ...Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters "Some rebuilders don't care if you get the longest life out of your rebuild. Some rebuilders try to maximize...
• Re: Mystic Oil
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:16:02 -0700
  ...Thinner oil will aid in pumping up that collapsed lifter more quickly - thicker oil is harder to get through the orifice into the lifter...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Lore Is True!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:34:07 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Lore Is True! > > > > > >In a message dated 8/22/01 11:54:36 AM, Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM writes: ><< Boston...
• 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
  Historical mailing list - Ned
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:04:41 -0400
  Last summer a lifter came apart in my van --went for a VW reman engine -which at the time seem to be the only...
• Push rods (not rubes) to change...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:39:03 -0700
  without removing the head. Is that possible? Can I also remove the hydraulic lifters the same way? Zoltan
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:14:54 -0700
  ...If a lifter is "lazy" it can take some time to pump up. There is a pre fill method for the lifters but I...
• oil additives (son of)
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 06:47:34 -0800 (PST)
  Thanks for the many good suggestions for my noisy lifter. As was pointed out, I didn't mention how often I change the oil...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:42:19 -0600
  ...YAHOO.COM> writes: > On my rebuild, i am pondering the potential lifter > situation - hydraulic or old school mechanical. I'm > getting ready to get...
• Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:06:13 -0800
  ...Owsianowski wrote: > > www.ratwell.com has recorded sounds of VW motors (air-cooled) which >> can give you a good idea of lifter clatter. >> >
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 21:43:02 -0400
  Anybody try a little ATF in their oil? That's the prescribed method to quite them down in other vehicles.
• Re: '84 GL NOT in the woods!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 22:19:38 -0600
  MICHAEL D LINCICOME wrote: Also, are the valve clearences set hot and still at .006" '84 ? hydraulic lifters
• Re: [possible spam] Re: Lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Keith Patterson
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:26:26 -0700
  Hey folks, Thanks for all of the input! Looks like I'll be doing an oil change soon. KP
• Re: Desperately Need Smog Help...Read all past posts....
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:58:37 +0000
  Have you checked the valves and adjusted them? Could you have a bad hydraulic lifter? Todd
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:34:29 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights. To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Wait a minute Dennis. My bus (87 Vanagon w/ VW...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Danny Fuller
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 21:28:53 -0800
  >I am a firm believer in replacing defective parts, not covering them up with >something. > >Pete >petez@gte.nety >'83 Vanagon A stuck lifter...
• Re: Would it be insane...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:34:21 -0400
  I like the rear hatch lifter idea, I wonder if this could be cheaply and easily accomplished.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leon Korkin" <korkwood@WSHOST...
• '78 Correct oil pressures?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 6 Sep 95 0:46:08 EDT
  ...Current problem/worry involves oil pressure and hydraulic lifters, now I never had a hydraulic lifter AC engine, and our '86 Wasserboxer used to...