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• Re: Aircooled lifter noise (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:36:05 -0600
  ...So > really, > there are no symptoms of any problems save for the persistent tick > of the > lifters. I read the discourse on hydraulic lifters...
• Re: Loud Ticking In engine after sitting for 3 months
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 20:34:12 -0600
  ...To REALLY fix the problem you need to replace the lifters. You can do this through thee levels of convenience: Buy new lifters, pull...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:58:34 -0700
  ...lifter and the lifter pushes back after you release it. #1 > exhaust is rock hard at TDC with no give from the hydraulic lifter...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:40:47 -0600
  >Set your lifters by setting the rocker arm adjusting screw at one turn >down after they just touch the valve stem. One COMPLETE turn...
• Free 1.9L motor parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 07:57:34 -0700
  ...The car of my dreams! Turns out the camshaft was broken in three places, and two of the lifter housings in the case were...
• Re: Adjusting lifters preload
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 20:04:38 +0000
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• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:13:11 -0500
  ...next I would look to see which valves are fully open and make a note Its common for the lifters that have been holding...
• Re: loud valve ticking
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 07:39:47 EST
  ...If not it may be due to sludge in the lifters or a bad lifters. You can always try the Marvel Mystery Oil trick...
• Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:09:36 -0800
  ...once in a while I'll be getting some wbxr engine going and it'll have one bad lifter and I grab one from...
• Re: Third cylinder lifter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 22 May 2010 23:56:30 -0700
  ...Do we need a call similar to Hitler's " > Deutscland erwache !" ( Germany awake! ) for USA? Lets analyse where > the lifter of my Westy's...
• Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:59:04 -0400
  ...jim John Rodgers wrote: > Eric Unrau wrote: > > > William, > > > > I have experienced the same problem (noisy lifters); My search off the > > archives > > turned up two...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:57:51 -0600
  ...your push rod isn't seated in the center of the lifter it will snap in with a resounding click, this might take five...
• Re: 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Tue, 18 Feb 1997 20:20:02 -0800
  > >| One mechanic suggested that a mixture of transmission oil and > >| regular oil run in the motor for a short period would refill the > >| lifters...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter noise ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:37:45 -0500
  ...The lifters drain when the engine sets without running. The longer it sets, the more completely they drain. Run it a little while, and...
• Re: '71 bus camshaft question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 15:50:31 CST6CDT
  ...When disassembling my crankcase, I compleatly scrambled > the cam lifters (followers?). Didn't read not to in the Idiot's guide. > The mechanic that...
• She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:44:08 -0400
  ...Anyway, I set the valves to be just touching, as I don't know or expect the lifters to work properly. Anyway, the lifters...
• Re: Loud lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:58:19 -0700
  ...I changed to 20W50 and the lifter noise is currently gone. Joel 89 Syncro Westy Rochester NY Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote: The hydraulic...
• Hydraulic lifters in type I, II or III's
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 11:05:26 -0700
  Does anyone have any experience or direct contact with someone who has retro- fitted their type 1, 2 or 3 engine with hydraulic lifters...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:48:02 CST6CDT
  ...You must wait > 1/2 hour or so before starting engine to let lifters bleed down. so does "properly" mean lift all the valve...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:22:25 -0700
  Both mine and a friends Westy had a 'knock'...if it sounds like a lifter, change the oil filter to a VW one and...
• Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:31:40 -0500
  Is there any sense in saving these? Cleaning out the garage this weekend I found a large coffee can full of them. Ken
• aircooled vanagon engine for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 15:36:50 EST
  aircooled vanagon engine for sale 2.0L FI w/ hyd lifters. runs good. complete w/ all FI and ECU chris allentown, pa
• Re: 1.9L white smoke
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 23:15:39 -0600
  ...Simply > noisey lifter, nothing else seemingly out of the ordinary. Days passed, and > eventually I replaced the lifter.. Now, I drive the vehicle and...
• Re: Knock, knock (who, or what's there?)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 07:17:22 +0000
  ...Is something terrible about to happen?!?!?! > Sounds like lifter noise. Have you taken a few short trips lately, or not run the engine at...
• Performance after Rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - J Wagner
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 20:54:41 -0500
  I just recently had my 1.9 Wasserbox rebuilt after low oil pressure caused lifter and cam damage. The engine now has new: bearings...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Apr 2007 - Special issue (#2007-438)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:28:11 -0700
  ...Again, I defer to Boston Bob's advice for setting >the lifters. Note that the Bentley manual now says that preloading the >lifters is...
• Re: Mystic Oil
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:31:41 -0400
  ...I can run my truck the whole day with the lifter banging away. The next day, quiet as a thing that�s really quiet...
• Moderator Comment Re: Third cylinder lifter
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 22 May 2010 23:55:05 -0700
  ...Do we need a call similar to Hitler's " > Deutscland erwache !" ( Germany awake! ) for USA? Lets analyse where > the lifter of my Westy's...
• Re: Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Feb 1997 18:57:42 +0000
  ...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: Clickity Clack
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 13:49:45 -0700
  Well, it could be a lifter, or it could be "rod knock", a very bad thing. To tell which it is, disconnect each spark...
• Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:14:44 -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: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:26:02 -0500
  ...A fair amount of lifter > noise but not really alarming. It was my understanding that the lifters > would expel any trapped air and "pump...
• Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:10:31 -0700
  William, I have experienced the same problem (noisy lifters); sometimes for a second or two, other times for 5-10 minutes. My search off...
• Re: Friday Story
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 25 May 2007 19:45:40 -0700
  ...I found proof of the wise gentleman's words and it kept my 84 lifter noise freew for 4 years. In the past two...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 20:09:18 -0600
  ...Be > patient, and wait until the lifter expands fully. Then adjust to > contact plus a turn or two. I do believe the key to...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 May 2004 23:22:48 -0500
  ...Strange as it may seem the MMO often fees up the lifters, loosens stuck rings, cleans carbon and sludge from your engine case and...
• Re: Sticking Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 19:41:16 -0400
  ...Sticking Lifters > Date: Monday, July 08, 1996 4:28 PM > > On 6 Jul 96 at 21:28, JMAXRIDE@aol.com wrote: > > > Need Help, > > > > I...
• getting started, TDC, hyd. lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Baden
  Wed, 13 Dec 1995 07:32:29 -0500 (EST)
  ...Here's the problem - with the new hydraulic lifters (when I installed them I had soaked them in very warm oil and given them...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 07:36:59 -0600
  There seems to be no definitive answer to the valve lifter adjustment. It is often discussed and it is generally accepted that two full...
• Re: Valve adjust after head job
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 2 Oct 2013 13:41:15 -0700
  ...The lifters seem firm, pushrods are straight. > > Now what? > > Set to tdc #1 and adjust valves in just until contacting? Then turn main > pulley...
• Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:58:50 -0700
  ...COM> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 5:59 PM Subject: Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken > RE: Oil > IIRC...
• 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:10:37 +0000
  ...or could it have been a sticky hydraulic lifter holding open the intake valve and sucking oil in? or something else? Should I check...
• Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 07:32:18 -0500
  Hi- It truly is a mystery to me, but my long standing tick-tick- tick of a valve lifter is gone. The engine is...
• Re: Update: hard start, for 2 years!
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:18:55 -0600
  > > I checked the lifters and the valves had zero clearance at TDC and > stone > cold. However, I was still able to spin the pushrods...
• [LVC] North American International Auto Show / roller bearing lifters..
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:19:43 -0500
  ...to see that the engine had no roller bearings on the lifters. i thought that was a no brainer in engine design these days...
• 1.9L Engin Question
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:36:49 -0400
  Does the 1.9L waterboxer engine have a Knock Sensor in it? ie. a sensor that detects whether a lifter is "knocking" [text/html]
• Re: what year?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 12 May 2002 09:25:49 -0700
  Best Split? '68 (12v electrics) Best Bay? '79 (Hydraulic lifters, FI) Best Vanagon? '91 (Really cushy!) Always the last year of production. "Continuous Improvement...
• Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:38:33 -0700
  ...Valve Adjustment #6) adjusting your lifters: (this section applies only to hydraulic lifters and stock VW camshafts) Lifter adjustment should be done on a...
• Re: More questions on lifters etc
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 07:59:40 -0500
  ...More questions on lifters etc I addressed most of that in my response to your 1st post. Scott turbovans ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Luther...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 14:43:13 -0800
  Your noisy valve lifter woke me from my nap. BenT sent from my electronic leash On Feb 6, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Jeff...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:12:13 -0500
  Shouldn't a '78 have hydraulic lifters? Adjust accordingly. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:49:39 -0600
  ...I just had to do a double take because I expected Hydraulic lifters like 80-83. While walking in my sleep recently at a...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 2 May 2005 16:01:20 -0400
  ...Vanagon > > My 1990 Carat, with 85,000 miles, has a noisy lifter after > sitting for a few days without being started. The oil and...
• Boston Bob & Bentley, WOW.
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 15 May 2000 19:55:23 -0700
  ...My question for Bob is, are all the problems associated with pressure only, or are some of these lifters failing to seal and collapsing...
• Maiden voyage of Westy, what to pack?
  Historical mailing list - Glommen, Jon
  Wed, 5 May 1999 08:00:21 -0700
  ...The ATF in the crankcase quieted an otherwise noisy lifter; so noisy in fact the SMOG check place would not test it, thus holding...
• Re: Good news...my engine is knocking!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:45:30 -0500
  >I replaced the oil with SAE 40 When the lifters bleed down on my Westy, it takes 20 to 30 minutes for them to...
• Re: 1.9L Tick, Tick, Tick - A question for those who know more than me
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:30:19 -0700
  ...Mike - My past experience with lifter noise on my old 2.1 is that it took a good 15-20 minutes for the sound...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:40:22 -0500
  ...Hydro lifters (# of turn) > What happened to fact (notion?) that different metals expand/contract at > different rates? > > Mike > > > > It is very easy to see...
• Re: Lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - x
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 15:23:51 -0400
  Check valves clearance, or the absence of it... they must be at least 1 turn in/tight, check at 80/90F. http://www.benplace...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:12:00 -0600
  ...know now that i have solid lifters >>(i know Vanagon lifter, i hope that Bus's hydro lifter are the >>same?????).... so like always...