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• Lifter Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:29:28 -0400
  ...Because I have new lifters, can I run 2 turns? I really don't feel like re-adjusting all the valves, checking compression and...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:25:06 -0400
  ...The lifters are rock hard and every time I pre-load them the valves are forced open and the van barey runs (AC Westy...
• valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:50:17 -0800
  For solid lifter there is a gap at tdc but with the hydralic lifter the valve is set slightly open at tdc???? Is the...
• Re: replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
  Historical mailing list - Kun Chang
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:10:54 EST
  ...One of the lifter was a little spongy. I adjusted all valve one turn back. I put the valve cover back on, and started...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Mar 2003 (#2003-281)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:09:01 -0800
  ...valve adjustment question > > For solid lifter there is a gap at tdc but with the > hydralic lifter the valve is set slightly open at...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:04:53 -0800
  ...Took the ‘oil pressure relief valve’ out and can’t find anything wrong. Had to use the lifters without any turn on it. Now...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:13:42 -0600
  ...Other than the different push rods and lifters I see the same cam wear, dropped valve seats. I've seen both chrome molly and...
• Re: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:50:58 -0500
  ...travel > > > internally in lifter so that it will keep "self > > > adjusting"? i.e. it won't start keeping the > valve > > > partially open if it...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 16:35:09 -0700
  ...Took the > ‘oil pressure relief valve’ out and can’t find anything wrong. > > Had to use the lifters without any turn on it. > > Now...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:54:53 -0700
  ...Either it is a valve that hangs (broken valvespring?) I guess, or a lifter. Any ideas on diagnose? /JJ At 18:22 12-07...
• Hydraulic Valve Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 20:32:52 +0000 (GMT)
  ...So I jacked the Vanagon up and removed the valve covers. I found one mushy valve lifter - so presumed a leaking lifter. I have...
• Valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:55:46 -0400
  On a '91 Wolfie - over 60 mph at operating temp hydraulic lifter clacks. Sometime pretty good. Back off or in congested traffic no valve...
• Re: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 3 Apr 2026 12:16:46 +0200
  My experience is that a long pause in usage makes the valves/lifters noisy. And it can take a good half hour or more...
• Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 11:54:37 -0700
  ...working on the engine, because the lifters got pumped up so hard, I had to adjust the valves to zero turn. If I just...
• Re: sigh..... lifter adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:58:37 -0400
  ...Lots and lots of miles on the existing valve train components. I am reading all the info on adjusting the lifters, but so far...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:53:35 -0600
  ...I adjusted the valves at .006 (Boston Bob's hydraulic lifter technique) and just by chance the same for solid lifters. Tom Wilson's...
• Re: Lifter noise - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:44:49 -0700
  ...lifter clacking and it was actually a broken intake and exhaust valve adjusters. Might see a little bit of metal in the valve cover...
• Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Lance LeBaron
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 06:08:45 PST
  ...lifter by running it at full extension. > >If you can't use the hydraulic action of the lifters because they hold the >valves open...
• Re: [Replacing broken valve lifter?]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:48:53 MDT
  ...Can the hydraulic valve lifter be broken if the valve quiets down after 15 minutes of operation? Isn't this just normal for a...
• 78 Bus Hydraulic Lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:11:01 -0500
  ...So I took the engine apart for a valve job and found some interesting things about the lifters. (The valve seat was gone after...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 14:24:46 -0500
  ...lifters with air in > them > > can hold the valves open when the engine warms up, lower the manifold > vacuum > > at idle and shorten valve...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:16:28 -0800
  ...lifter there is a gap at tdc but with the > hydralic lifter the valve is set slightly open at > tdc???? Is the valve riding...
• Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:33:43 -0400
  ...What is the gap supposed to be for my valves ijtake and exhaust and do I have hydraulic lifters? I don't even know...
• Re: Mushroomed out valve adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:38:39 -0600
  ...AAG - Larry Word >Does this apply to hydralic lifters in Vanagons as well? >What year did VW go from manual lifters to hydralic lifters...
• Valves/lifter adjustment; do not close fully?
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:52:54 EST
  With this talk of valve adjustments; is it possible with what ever method you use to adjust your valves, that they end up being...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - dan nims
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 05:41:48 -0800
  ...I had a noisy lifter on my 86GL that ultimately lead to a burnt valve. $$$$ for repairs. Runs good now...wish I had a...
• Flat lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 23:32:10 -0800
  ...High performance engines used solid lifters to lessen the valvetrain moving mass and avoid the pump-up. Does this still happen? Almost all of...
• Re: loud valve ticking
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:18:12 -0500
  ...When the cam is left pressing against a lifter that has a valve pushed open, the valve spring tension eventually pushes the oil out...
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:30:25 -0700
  ...Lifters at 50 > degrees. > > For your situation here, it's not hard to check the compression, > Or observe the valves being opened and closed...
• Re: pumping up lifters after head job...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:32:27 -0500
  ...If a lifter is tight and the valve starts to lift, let engine sit for a while after adjusting. Replace valve covers. Then start...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - dbeierl
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:39:37 -0400
  > > that the lifters may be bleeding down after 4 or 5 days. Any lifter under an open valve at stop is guaranteed to bleed...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  ...If you have original lifters that are quiet, I wouldn't fool with them. I never had a valve cover off of my '86...
• Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 20:22:11 -0800
  ...lifter noise. I'm especially concerned about one valve, it was "spongy" and I could never tell when the adjuster contacted the valve and...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:33:02 -0700
  ...I would pop the cover, wiggle the rocker arms...pushing in on >>the valve...if it pushes in....it's the lifter. There should...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 08:47:25 -0500
  ...I adjusted the valves at .006 (Boston Bob's hydraulic lifter technique) and just by chance the same for solid lifters. Tom Wilson's...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:00:47 -0600
  ...A lifter is a billet piece of steel. It is also not the weakest link in the valve train. Lifters can go flat and...
• Re: Valve lifter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:07:46 -0700
  ...Valve lifter How would one positively identitfy a lifter that refuses to pump up? I have a bad one and need to replace it...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - geofflaw
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:36:47 -0800
  ...Quiets valves and lifters dissolves harmful deposits. DIRECTIONS To tune and free lifters while you drive, add entire contents of bottle to crankcase. To...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:11:56 -0700
  ...The > lifters are rock hard and every time I pre-load them the valves are forced > open and the van barey runs (AC Westy...
• Valve adjust??
  Historical mailing list - Dead Head
  Tue, 28 May 1996 22:24:43 -0700
  ...after pulling valve cover and checking for loose parts/nuts/bolts.... discovered that the #4 ex valve lifter does not pump up.....Oooops!!!! will...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:02:46 -0400
  ...piston can drop further into the lifter > body is if some of the oil located in the valve body, but below the > piston, is...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:55:16 -0800
  ...lifter there is a gap at tdc but with > the > > hydralic lifter the valve is set slightly open at > > tdc???? Is the valve riding...
• Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:46:21 -0400
  ...Where can I purchase eight Febi Valve Lifters - the ones with the sturdy c-clip holding the parts together? I understand they are the...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:00:05 -0500
  ...I haven't adjusted the valves (preloaded) yet. Since it's likely air is present in lifter(s), I will do as Bentley says...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 20 May 2012 13:50:55 -0400
  ...valve clatter got louder, > and it sounded like the lifters weren't ever pumped up, even after > highway driving. When I opened the valve...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:55:25 -0700
  ...Put that >lifter under tension from the adjuster screw and the oil won't compress >but the valve spring will and the valve will...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Sat, 19 May 2012 23:44:48 -0400
  ...I adjusted them because over the years the valve clatter got louder, and it sounded like the lifters weren't ever pumped up, even...
• Post Headgasket-Job "Chuuuuk"
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:26:43 -0500
  ...This would have the effect of making that hydraulic lifter a solid lifter incapable of adjusting itself. If this occurred then the valve is...
• adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 11:44:33 -0400
  ...Need to adjust my lifters, 2.1 water cooled. Bentley, 15.29 doesn't say hot or cold just 2 turns clockwise after the...
• Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:59:21 -0500
  ...travel > internally in lifter so that it will keep "self > adjusting"? i.e. it won't start keeping the valve > partially open if it...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:21:29 -0500
  ...Hydraulic Valve Lifters! > Hi all, > In addition to being very noisy when cold, can bad hydraulic valve > lifters suddenly cause a serious loss of...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 02:15:43 -0500
  At 12:03 AM 2/1/2000 -0600, John Rodgers wrote: >David, from what I know about hydraulic valve lifters, you are pretty much...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:02:14 -0700
  ...So you credit the performance improvement on the solid lifters? What did it do to valve noise? -- Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:36:06 -0700
  ...lifters with air in > them > > can hold the valves open when the engine warms up, lower the manifold > vacuum > > at idle and shorten valve...
• Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Sullivan, Kevin
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:07:35 -0800
  ...Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!! Mike- Collapsed lifters are a very common Vanagon problem. Don't go ripping your motor apart just...
• Valve lifter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 19:02:28 -0600
  How would one positively identitfy a lifter that refuses to pump up? I have a bad one and need to replace it. John
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:34:09 -0500
  ...valve lash adjustment > > As I adjusted the valves for each cylinder a second time I could feel a > > difference in the lifter action as...
• Re: Noisy lifter update
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 23:01:06 -0400
  ...Excessive oil pressure and/or high rpms can cause the lifter to actually overcome the valve spring and cause it too float. You see...
• Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 22 May 2000 10:17:57 -0400
  ...air valve. This is an '85 1.9l digijet. I adjusted the valves after I put in the lifters. I don't recall how...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:28:49 -0500
  ...You will see the lifter push the valve open slightly. Turn engine to next cylinder and repeat. After all are adjusted wait an hour...