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• Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 17:55:33 -0800
  ...The 2000RPM for 20 minutes thing is all about cam/lifter break-in. The cam and lifters want LOTS of oil until they get...
• Need drivers side cyl head for '78 westy 2.0L
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 10:40:54 EDT
  i need a good used, or rebuilt drivers (left) side cyl head for a '78 bus, 2.0L w/ hyd lifters. anyone got one...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:10:44 -0500
  << I used to just change the oil and filter once per year, since I only drove it about 10k per year.>> Now here'a...
• Re: What's the difference in Febi and Meyle lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:19:29 -0800
  If I'm reading this correctly, then I believe Febi (Bilstein) is an OEM supplier for most German manufacturers, and Meyle is generally a...
• valves adjusted(sorta..) now a final VERY IMPORTANT question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 08:38:03 -0700
  ...What you are trying to achieve is to have the valve riding in the middle range of the lifter's hydralic action. If your...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 09:40:53 -0700
  ...In fact, it is the flat lifter "hammering" on the valve train as it is flung off the cam. If these guys have not...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:57:56 -0700
  ...No lifter clatter of course. > Acceleration was even, smooth and extremely responsive. But the real test > was waiting out on the street. After bleeding...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 08:37:59 -0700
  ...2015 6:43 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: lifter chatter any concerns? Anybody try a little ATF in their oil? That...
• Re: Valve adjustments
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Jun 95 18:03:02 EDT
  ...is there a minimum oil pressure necessary to operate > hydraulic lifters? In other words why do lifters work at idle when > pressure is only...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to$216!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:36:41 -0500
  They have chronic oil-starvation problems because the design of hydraulic lifter they use allows only minimal amounts of oil to reach the heads...
• Re: HELP! loud valve noise...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 24 May 1998 17:22:01 -0700
  A tapping lifter is no big deal if the sound goes away after the engine warms up a bit. Had your van been sitting...
• Re: Loud lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:43:23 -0700
  ...I cinched up the exhaust fasteners, wedged pieces of wood to hold the shrouds from vibrating, then addressed the lifters. Added 1/2 quart...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:38:26 -0700
  How long did you let it run? Sometimes these beasties take a couple miles to refill hydraulic lifters, and make a real racket as...
• To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Sep 94 09:42:41 PDT
  ...to me? year, miles, and list of problems (for example, overheating, rattling hydraulic lifters,, frequent brake pad replacement, etc.) Thanks. Regards, James '83 Vanagon
• Re: valves?
  Historical mailing list - Rik Santos
  Wed, 26 May 1999 20:06:40 -0400
  ...Could it be the valves? lifters. i know there's an atf fix, but i don't know it and i won't guess...
• Re: Valve adjustments/Need specs
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:46:50 EST
  I have the original design paper from VAG on the current generation of the hydraulic lifters. I'm sure Alistair Bell could be talked...
• Re: valve clatter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 13:22:12 -0600
  This sounds like sticking lifters to me. Since switching to synthetic oil I don't get it anymore, but used to periodically, especially in...
• FW: Re: Rebuilt 2.1 Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 23:12:44 -0500
  ...New Piston & Cylinder Kit or Just RINGS ??????? ~~~ Don It was new bearings, crank, pistons, rings, cylinders, lifters, gaskets, heads with the original german valves.
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:06:42 -0800
  > It looks to me like the first question you need to ask is ... what's the > difference between VW Beetle pushrod tubes and Vanagon...
• Engine break in: a synopsis
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:25:33 -0700
  ...What is it you are doing when breaking in an engine? Seating the rings and "bedding in" the cam and lifters. That's about...
• ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:30:48 -0400
  ...Kiss your ticking lifter goodbye. The ATF is HIGHLY detergent, and will clean out the lifter. The Marvel Mystery oil will continue the process...
• Re: Oil Filters, huh??
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 21:55:22 -0700
  ...Usually, its okay, but too many times lately, I get the starving lifter > syndrome. If I am on a trip, or using the van...
• Re: Transmission or engine ?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:16:25 -0700
  ...It is > not always easier for the little guy who works under the car. > If you have an engine lifter, it is easier to...
• Place for parts in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 16:04:15 -0400
  ...http://absolutegerman.com/ I got a window lifter, four vw hubcaps, some door handles, etc for about $70.00. They are about to send...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:48:56 -0700
  ...All that is wrong is that the push rods are not seated into the lifters. Since the push rods are horizontal in the boxer...
• Re: tires
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:04:02 -0400
  ...Had loud lifter noise upon cold startup after van sat for a week; remedied when I replaced light oil/Penzoil filter the van came...
• Re: Tight valves!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 08:46:35 -0400
  Hydraulic lifters should have no play. Proper adjustment is touch, then two turns in. Wait an hour before starting engine so lifters can bleed...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:11:24 -0800
  ...Check lifter preload and the lifters aren't holding valves open. I am saving $$ for new heads, and decided to slap in these "good...
• Re: parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:55:05 -0400
  ...Has all new pistons,cylinders,lifters,.... made. It has a warrnty still to next March. $2000.00 << Mechanic...still...not...done...with...my...1...
• Are these valves seated ok, visual inspection
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:08:20 -0700
  ...just started to tick, almost but not quite knock so I pulled it Im guessing hydro lifters but looking deep while im in there
• Sticky lifters don't help... (again)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 18:00:05 -0700
  Ellis previously said: I made a deal with her (my wife) that I wouldn't buy a Synchro if she didnt go off on...
• Re: Ticking sound
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 12:51 -0600 (MDT)
  I vote for a sticky lifter. Have had the problem with both the '86 Golf and the '91 Westfalia (just can't bring myself...
• Re: Reply on Engine Power
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 20:37:22 EDT
  ...We adjusted to the early 2 turns per adjuster, instead of the later style lifter's 1/2 turn setting. it would barely run...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:26:35 -0500
  >From: Damon Campbell Anything else i should think about? HAve you tried the method described in the Bentley? Adjust valve to .006" and drive...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:39:34 -0700
  here's what's normal..........it's very clear when the rocker has contacted a lifter that is properly pumped up. On those you...
• Re: re Vanagon salvage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 11:58:54 -0700
  ...Another question, > would the lifters need to be disassembled if reused? > Thanks, > Rick >
• Back from my road trip, nothing to report
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:45:00 -0700
  ...I did have one lifter collapse overnight, which is weird. Pumped back up per normal in the morning. Didn't re-occur so I...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:32 -0700
  > I'm sorry, I forget. �It may well be that you have to destroy a > pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind...
• Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
  Wed, 29 May 2002 17:09:40 EDT
  ...My sense is that in my later 2.1 wasserbies, what with hydraulic lifters, there's not much that I can adjust. I am...
• Re: You're killing me with this Boy & Girl stuff....
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 09:25:30 -0700
  ...Tires, adding a battery, lifter noise, the dangers of > removing the 'chrome' strip from around the windows. The list goes on > and on.... > -- Loren...
• Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:09:19 +0200
  ...Sound to me like a stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck valve.............. Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis and fix? It is not...
• Re: [syncrolist] Pauter Ratio Rockers: Installed and Working?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:28:46 -0700
  ...You can use an adjustable pushrod to determine ideal length based on geometry of the lifters (what the angle of the lifter is relative...
• Re: 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:04:47 -0400
  ...1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue) The lifter was fine. The valve adjuster tip (intake, cyl 1) sheared off so I...
• Re: engine noise.......piston slap?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:14:32 -0500
  ...Since the engine was "short cycled", (run a few times without fully warming up), my bet is that you have an air bound lifter...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:55:00 -0400
  ...and quickly > leading to the infamous Wasserboxer valve lifter/clatter syndrome - > i.e., flat hydraulic lifter. > > Crappy filters you don't want, for sure...
• Re: Is she dead? again.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 08:22:05 -0500
  ...If it is an oil problem to the lifter this should clear-up the noise after a little idling. If the problem doesn't...
• Re: Need a new head...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 21:32:52 -0400
  ...Just make sure you get one with the correct valve lifters, solid or hydrolic. US VW cars had solid lifters untill around 86 and...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:55:40 -0600
  >Have you been able to do a compression check? > >Stan Wilder Nope, and it's too cold and icy to do anything in the...
• Re: Losing valve lash just after adjustment-why?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:35:16 -0500
  ...This will allow the lifters to pump up a little and >make adjusting easier (more defined zero-lash point). 20-50 oil does not...
• Bent push rod jammed into rocker and damaged valve
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 21:40:44 -0400
  ...This time the lifters were really firm. I could hardly tighten the set screws two turns. Well, this evening I started the van, rolled...
• Re: low pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 00:19:30 -0400
  ...A bad lifter will not cause a pressure problem unless it is noisy. The oil that flows through the lifters goes through the pushrods...
• Identified the lifter, now what? :-)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:40:42 -0800
  ...Anyway, the question becomes: "now what?" How should i go about checking it is (hopefully) just a bad lifter or (please not!) a bad...
• Re: expandable push rod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 12:17:56 -0400
  ...They work very well especially if you want to keep the head on but need to replace lifters. I did my 85 Westy with...
• Re: WBX Mods Graph
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 04:34:44 -0500
  ...So if the cam lifted the lifter by 1 inch, the stock rockers multiplied that by 1.1, so the valve was moved 1...
• Re: Turbo Deisels
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 18:55:34 -0700
  The Rabbit ones arn't the best as they have solid lifter for the valves and they are *supposedly* more prone to warping their...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:34:30 -0400
  ...How would a valve that kept the lifters from bleeding down work? It would apply oil pressure. Where does oil pressure come from? The...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 16:21:15 -0800
  At 03:21 PM 1/7/99 -0500, Gilles Gallant wrote: > You probably notice some grammatical mistake, I am sorry about that but my...
• 2.1 Pushrods- need help! (short)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:17:11 +0000
  I need to replace a lifter for cylinder #3, but can't get the pushrods out past a steel coolant pipe. Is there a...
• no mail
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Tue, 1 May 2001 11:27:49 MDT
  ...well I made it back from socal, my van drove well,cept the MM oil has'nt helped the hydro lifter clack?? hmmmmm. I...
• Re: Protest Volkswagen over copyright infringements
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:47:07 -0400
  ...John Rodgers wrote: >Would it not be at least an eyebrow lifter if in the VW Towers of Power >they received a formal protest...