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• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:30:49 -0400
  ...I would run the engine for a few seconds to pump up the lifters first. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Checking Hydraulic Lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Oct 1995 00:11:57 -0500
  ...BTW, if, when pushing on the push rod with your hand, the lifter seems mushy, that's a sure indication of a hydraulic lifter...
• Help identifying engine, 77 bus
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Tue, 05 Dec 1995 11:19:44 -0500
  ...It's a 77, and it will be worth more to me if it has a T4 engine WITH hydraulic lifters (late 77 model...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 May 2012 11:07:22 -0700
  ...hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry) This is when they're adjusted too far *in*, right? (Maybe I am referring to the direction incorrectly?) If...
• Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - James Flournoy
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 18:33:56 -0800
  ...Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I have rebuilt many VW engines and used reground lifters most every > time. They aren...
• Re: Hydrolic lifters- 81'
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Fri, 10 May 1996 15:04:32 -0500
  ...Adjusting Hydraulic Lifters Unlike American car hydraulic lifters, VW lifters cannot always be adjusted to any specific number of turns in from zero lash...
• Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:43:07 -0400
  ...Up to now I thought I would miss out on starting my own "Hydraulic Lifter" thread. But apparently that is not the case.... I...
• Engine noise?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 11:54:10 -0700
  ...Any ideas? Do hydraulic lifters make noise? By the way, briefly, how do hydraulic lifters work? Jerry P.S. Check out the background on...
• hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 22 May 2012 13:15:11 -0400
  ...you are defeating the purpose of hydraulic lifters 2) you should not do this because the hydraulic lifters do not work as well as...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:17:58 -0800
  ...Blah blah blah.... > > Can I replace stock hydraulic lifters with solid ones? > Is this a bad idea? > > Are solid lifters even available for the...
• Re: Push rods (not rubes) to change...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 23:19:29 -0700
  ...Is that possible? > Can I also remove the hydraulic lifters the same > way? > Zoltan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:39:59 -0800
  > I have a bad lifter that leaks down & start tapping tried adjusting > so I am going to get some new lifters > cip has a...
• Removing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Steve LZO
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:37:05 -0400
  All- I have searched the archives and review the bentley, but have not found clear indication on how to exactly remove the hydraulic lifters...
• 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...
• Re: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:50:58 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate > version of question. > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > --- neil wrote: > > > > > If I preload lifter and leave it that way...
• 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...
• Valve lifter preload was - Re: Boston Bob & Bentley, WOW.
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Tue, 16 May 2000 19:45:41 -0600
  On one of my 2.1 rebuilds, I reused the old 90,000 mile hydraulic lifters. I have tried 10 or so different lifter...
• Re: How tight is too tight, new TypeIV starting
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:30:04 -0500
  ...This note says, in part That there is a problem with hydraulic lifters becoming air bound and that preloading Hydraulic valves should be considered...
• Re: Valve adjustments
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Jun 95 16:18:53 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: 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...
• 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: Lifter Adjust' Info
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:53:09 -0400
  ...Lifter Adjust' Info Very interesting article > https://www.vanagononline.com/articles/hydraulic-lifters-untold-story/
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:19:04 -0700
  ...52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down > > > > > > > > > > Hi all... > > > > > I have an 82 diesel converted to inline 4 with CIS injection about > > > ten...
• Replacing broken valve lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Capra
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:10:24 -0700
  The local VW dealer says I have a broken hydraulic valve lifter on cylinder number one. This was after I asked them to diagnose...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 20:42:19 -0600
  ...COM> writes: > On my rebuild, i am pondering the potential lifter > situation - hydraulic or old school mechanical. I'm > getting ready to get a...
• 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: 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: was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:27:36 PDT
  All Vanagon engines, both air-cooled and waterboxers, have hydraulic valve lifters. MM >From: "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM> >Reply-To: "Pollard, Matthew...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:29:00 -0800
  ...Water boxer lifters are hydraulic and the push rod is the weak link as you pointed out. These diesel lifters were solid but the...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 20:58:37 -0700
  ...if it's soft ...it's just the spring in the lifter, and the lifter is not pumped up. if it's pretty firm...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:32:07 -0700
  ...the subject line. > > The Big Green Book says the hydraulic section of the pushrod/lifter assy can > be removed with engine not removed and...
• Fwd from Type2 list - Priming hyd lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 09:40:18 -0700
  ...It will be a tight fit to put the cap on because you'll have hydraulic pressure resisting. Once the lifter is securely in...
• 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...
• 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
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 08:47:25 -0500
  ...All type IV engines don't have hydraulic lifters ................ today I found one with solid lifters. I also bought a set of solid lifters...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 11:59:13 -0500
  The adjustment of the rockers with either hydraulic or solids lifters using a feeler gauge to set the lash is not always the best...
• Re: ATF the wonder drug
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 09:50:50 -0800
  ...Eug, who does not know about hydraulic lifters.
• Re: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...To the best of my recolection hydraulic lifters run with NO clearance and never should be adjusted. Clearance IS the problem! You are absolutely...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:10:28 -0400
  ...Read what the book says about not letting the pushrod catch on the lip of the lifter when you put it back... -- David Beierl...
• 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...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:22:54 -0700
  ...The Bentley manual still states that hydraulic lifters should be adjusted 2 turns clockwise. BUT... includes a note that it may become necessary to...
• 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: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 11:54:48 PST
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation >Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 13:28:47 -0500 > >Richard Bias wrote: > > > > All, > > The whole thing about adjusting to...
• Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - easoars
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:14:06 -0800
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation > There's a distinction to be made here -- I've been trying to make it but > apparently not clearly...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:42:02 -0400
  ...the rocker and remove the pushrod, you can fish out >the lifter with a magnetic pickup tool. Can this be done without removing the...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:13:09 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Week I think lifters are a timely subject because they haven't been covered super well, at least in the past five...
• New lifter valve adjustment schedule?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 21:33:40 -0500
  Is this in the Bentley? I had the lads at the local shop drop in new hydraulic lifters all 'round when the engine was...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 May 2012 19:35:56 -0700
  ...hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry) Ok this makes sense. So, even if they're pumped up and not soft, when you back off the...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 06:16:18 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Week > > I think lifters are a timely subject because they haven't > been covered super well, at least in the past five...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Lore Is True!
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:09:34 -0700
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Lore Is True! > > > > > > > > > > > >In a message dated 8/22/01 11:54:36 AM, Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM > writes: > ><< Boston...
• removing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:02:27 -0800
  1982 air cooled Westy hydraulic lifters This weekend I am going to be dropping the engine and transmission out of my van. I will...
• Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:43:02 -0700
  Most likely your engine has a hydraulic lifter that constantly leaked out the oil over night. You said it takes 5 to 10 seconds...
• 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 10:18:53 -0500
  I have been having problems with the hydraulic lifters loosing there oil fill on my 84 westy 1.9 liter water cooled engine.The...
• Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:56:33 -0700
  Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other valvetrain components? I seem to...
• Re: jump!
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:47:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...hydraulic lifters and > setting the valve timing. I got a friend to turn the engine giving me the > opportunity to view the valve train...
• Re: engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:30:19 -0500
  ...I assume the lifters are hydraulic on the '91 >- is there a chance that one of the lifters collapsed? >Thanks >Darryl > > >
• Re: 2.5 litre upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 19:46:07 -0500
  ...For high performance use, type 4 solid lifters and push rods to eliminate problems with the hydraulics.
• Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Capra
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:52:24 -0700
  ...I've been told by a VW dealership mechanic that it is the bleeding down of pressure in the hydraulic valve lifters and that...
• Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:51:17 -0500
  ...website http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters.html I would say for almost cetain it is the lifters I am hearing. I'll keep...
• hydrolic lifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jutta & Christian Knust
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 18:48:50 +0200
  Doug, check Bob�s article archive at www.bostonengine.com, he�s got a very insightful article regarding hydraulic lifter adjustment there, which particularly...