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• Re: chronic valve tapping
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:30:10 -0400
  ...Since changing brands, I have not heard the buzzer, and an additional benefit turned out to be that the occasional lifter noise that I...
• Re: push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 23:27:16 -0700
  ...the line drawings are adequate to a point and no mention of the seating of the rod into the lifter. was hoping for a...
• loud lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:57:12 -0700
  ...I just had to do this after loud lifters started occuring after someone installed a belt wrong, and the oil tube for the dipstick...
• Oil filler tube leaking
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:48:24 -0700
  ...I think what may have started it is, after I got home there was a really noisy lifter on the right side, so I...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 14:04:34 -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: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 19:02:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...sounds like one or more of your lifters drained or "got sticky" while your van was sitting. If you want to be super anal...
• Re: Guess That Sound!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:38:34 -0500
  ...If it continues, > locate the bad lifter and replace the single lifter using a 2-piece push > rod tube. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
• FW: Valve lifter noise solution.
  Historical mailing list - jack
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 23:22:26 -0500
  ...Valve lifter noise solution. I'm new to this list and this will be my first post. I live in Ann Arbor MI. I...
• Re: only 3 pistions are firing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 21:29:08 UT
  ...While I don't know what this sounds like, it could be a stuck lifter. The engine sounds horrible until the lifter gets unstuck...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:02:00 -0500
  ...1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. > Question: Valve setting .006 do these things ever get real quiet or > should...
• Re: aircooled vanagon engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Steve Tew
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:13:25 -0600
  How much,eh? >aircooled vanagon engine for sale >2.0L FI w/ hyd lifters. runs good. complete w/ all FI and ECU > >chris >allentown...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 20:01:03 -0700
  ...It clattered like mad until I > slowed down to below 60 and lifters pumped up. It could have been > related to oil temp shooting...
• Re: GEX rebuild/tappets
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Aug 1996 23:39:53 -0400
  ...ANy suggestions? And how much to replace the tappets? It is an 82 with hydraulic lifters...... >> Ticking that is load related is not caused...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 05:45:26 PST
  ...Before my heads sprung a leak, I had a stuck lifter or two. When I was doing the head job, I took the lifters...
• Re: Lifters knocking
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:52:00 -0500
  ...Can someone please email me off-list with the oil additives that are > recommended to quiet lifters. > Thanks > David > > David Hobbs > Dghobbs@siu.edu >
• Stupid Question Results so far
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 15:56:52 -0600
  ...My mechanic's rationale to use a lighter weight oil is that the heavier stuff does not get to the heads/lifters soon enuf...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:19:24 -0500
  Jens, If the problem is a stuck lifter--not saying it is--then you'll find it will take 15 to 20 minutes of...
• Re: Shaft and compression
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 07:14:38 -0500
  ...this could be a low reading gauge but try treating the lifters as if they where non hydraulic give them .006 ths clearance. run...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 16:30:16 -0600
  ...the solvent will wash all the lubricant and purge the oil from the hydraulic lifters. You definitely don't want this to happen. Your...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 00:23:37 -0700
  ...It is hard to diagnose your lifter condition without hearing it.<br> You do want the valve adjustment to be more than 0 clearance...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-617)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Calhoun
  Mon, 20 May 2002 20:03:11 -0400
  ...The cars they tested all had hydraulic lifters. With no oil in the lifters they would collapse and sound like the engine was coming...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:01:07 -0800
  ...The rocker has a deep cup over the rod end, and so does the lifter. I think the Bentley is just over cautious to...
• Was bummed (now happy and confused) about 87 GL
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:31:20 -0500
  Thanks for everyones help in the compression issue on my 87 gl !! It was a pushrod that was off center of the lifter. I...
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:17:40 -0500
  ...There is a pre > fill method for the lifters but I don't recall the details. There may > even be posts from the esteemed...
• Summer Syncro project
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 4 Jun 2024 17:36:37 -0400
  ...I have new heads, new pistons, new rods and bearings, new oil pump, new lifters. I last did this level of work 20 years...
• Re: Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:49:00 -0600
  Hi Bob, Are you saying to allow 0.006 inch clearance with the lifter fully expanded??? Just want to be sure I read you...
• Re: loud clacking, oil and filter
  Historical mailing list - Dan Landry
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 18:30:00 ADT
  ...How exactly does a lifter bleed down? Two other people have asked me what oil and filter are in the engine. My answer is...
• Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:54:08 -0700
  ...Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise. Eric Unrau wrote: > William, > > I have experienced the same problem (noisy lifters); My search off the > archives > turned up...
• 139297.4 miles -> BOOM!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Aug 94 17:50:29 PDT
  ...Loss in oil pressure, clanking sound from the right side (possibly a collapsed hydraulic lifter under the valve cover?) ... Or, possibly the engine sucked...
• Re: '72 1700 rebuild, I laughed, I cried?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 00:53:01 -0400
  ...Sounds like your push rod tube had a sharp edge on one end, maybe nearest the lifter. I've seen milder versions on some...
• Re: push rod tube seals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:02:51 -0400
  ...With a light touch you can lift the push rod slightly and feel it move freely within the lifter cavity, a noticeably different feeling...
• Re: More questions on lifters etc
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 17:18:29 -0800
  ...More questions on lifters etc >I texted the guy and told him I would be down tomorrow to get the van and > asked about...
• Three oil changes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 16:12:23 -0600
  ...She came back two hours and 84 miles later, no improvement in lifter noise. Removed valve covers and set the hydraulic lifters one turn...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 09:59:56 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters Check oil level ? Do people do that really ? Speaking of, do you believe in the 'between the marks' as the better...
• Re: h2o engine transplant sounds tinny/diesel-like
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:26:15 -0700
  How long did you run it? A WBX engine that sits a long time bleeds down the lifters and it can take a long...
• Re: Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 09 Feb 1997 03:14:12 +0200
  ...No hydraulic valve lifters -- > needs valve adjustments pretty often. valve adjustments pretty often? My Diesel has now 150,000 km and I had no...
• Re: Need engine work in Little Rock/Memphis
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 23 May 2003 13:07:58 -0400
  The sound could be due to low oil pressure and the lifters are collapsing. I ran into a similar sound after adding CD-2...
• Re: 9 passenger wanted ( 9 pass Bus for sale)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 14:28:03 EDT
  ...aircooled 2.0L FI w/ hyd lifters. (same engine as in '80-'83 vanagon) this bus has NO RUST very solid. all glass nice...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:26:36 -0500
  Steven wrote Where is all the dissagreement with the 2 full turns coming from??? That would me http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm...
• Re: strange clicking noise on 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 04:50:42 EDT
  ...Sometimes this could take 15 or more minutes before the lifter finally pumped up. We would also add a upper valve train lubricant called...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:46:32 -0500
  ...clarify .006 on lifters Myron I am not sure you need to do anything to the valve adjusters on a good running engine. if...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:46:44 -0400
  Up to a pint of Marvel Mystery Oil will help clean up the lifter and make everything happy for a while. Will probably need...
• Re: Problems after 1.9 head change
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 6 May 2002 14:28:20 -0400
  if the lifters are suspect the .006 th would be a for sure cure 0 lash will have preload when the engine warms up...
• Re: Newbee question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 14:31:37 -0700
  ...hyd lifter clatter rarely happens. what will cause lifter clatter is .. just old and gummed up. and this one .. very short periods of operation...
• Subj should have been... Help for my 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:22:44 PST
  ...Before my heads sprung a leak, I had a stuck lifter or two. When I was doing the head job, I took the lifters...
• Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 01:35:07 -0500
  Question is not clear! Solid lifters have a fix lenght, hydro, you never know!!! ha ha ha http://www.benplace.com/bjp/100_0074...
• Re: Problem with local service shop (vancouver, BC)... slight rant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:44:09 -0500
  A lifter will not chew up the adjuster screws. This will only be done by screws not being properly hardened, incorrect angle of the...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:39:34 -0700
  ...Rick On Thu, Sep 19, 2024, at 5:44 AM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi ric, > > Any updates on your lifter noise and things tried...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:52:19 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > There is not any gauge or warning light that will overcome driver > ignorance. How...
• Re: 1.9L Tick, Tick, Tick - A question for those who know more than me
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:34:44 -0400
  ...That lifter noise can be shockingly disturbing until it > goes away. > I have heard both of those remedies before. I used the marvel Mystery...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 May 2003 07:33:57 -0700
  ...The reason for industry going to > hydraulics inf > > the first place was to eliminate some problems inherent with > solid > > lifters in production engines, i...
• Lifter clatter - the recommendations work
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:04:36 -0800
  ...Mellow Yellow has had that famous lifter clatter ever since we got it. This would occur after it had not been driven for a...
• Re: Van wants to stall at start..but only sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:25:18 -0400
  ...For the lifter hanging up (or bleeding down) this is really not an oil pressure problem per se. You have a bad lifter that...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:42:27 -0600
  ...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: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:23:18 -0700
  ...2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives! > > We were fooling around here at the shop last week with my Father's > '85...
• Re: Just interesting observation
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:30:48 -0600
  John, I'm not familiar with the Aircooled vanagons, but it sounds to me like you have the infamous "Vanagon Clattering Valve Lifter Syndrome...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 19:38:34 -0400
  Your problem is not the lifters. You have an oil pressure problem. Either you are using the wrong oil, it is at the wrong...
• valve lash adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 08:25:44 -0700
  ...The lifters seem to be very mushy. I can push them in by hand,real far,even after the adjustment is made,easily. When...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:31:12 -0500
  Steven wrote Where is all the dissagreement with the 2 full turns coming from??? Correction That would BE me http://www.bostonengine.com/articles...
• Re: Boston Bob & Bentley, WOW.
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 16 May 2000 09:11:37 -0700
  ...Stephens >>> San Juan Island, WA >> >>Doktor Tim >>thanks the hydraulic lifter problem I have seen has not been limited to >>any one brand of...