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• hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Andy
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 23:45:49 -0800
  ...I tend to believe that my lifters adjustments are to tight. I adjusted each cylinder to TDC then adjusted each valve 1 and 1...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:22:25 -0700
  ...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: Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:49:00 -0600
  ...hydraulic lifters with the valves adjusted to .006ths clearance. > the reason for this is that when the new engines warms up with the > valves...
• Re: Engine Storage
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:59:40 -0400
  ...This takes the pressure off the hydraulic lifters and valve springs. Try not to mix them up, right to left, so when you put...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:33:02 -0700
  ...stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck >> >valve.............. >> > >> >Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis and fix? >> > >> >It is not just the normal valve clatter...
• Re: pumping up lifters after head job...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 12:56:43 -0800
  ...http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm On 1/26/06, Matthew <mpteleski@yahoo.com> wrote: > > folks, > trying to get the lifters to pump...
• Re: Vanagon advice needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 07:58:10 -0700
  ...it is likely to be a waek hydraulic lifter (you don't need to adjust the valves on these, either!). It's hard to...
• 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: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 13:26:57 -0600
  ...The solid lifter valve train can gain > clearance as it warns up and the hydraulic can loose clearance. We > could argue the reasons all...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:47:18 -0700
  ...Hydraulic valve lifters? > Thanks for the advice. I did the Bentley method first with two turns > before I read these posts. I accidentally went...
• 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: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:17:22 -0400
  ...ca Jerry wrote: > Surely you have hydraulic lifters in your WBX. > When you adjust your lifters the lifters require time > to bleed down to...
• hydraulic valve lifter clearance
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:36:03 -0700
  ...Now it seems the lifters do not want to bleed down/adjust properly. They behave like solid lifters. The lifters sat on my bench...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:08:06 -0500
  ...and i wonder about NEW engine lifters > adjustment, of course i feel that they are to tight (valve not closing > properly / lost of power...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 23 May 2012 06:16:24 -0400
  ...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: engine woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:14:12 -0500
  ...its a hydraulic lifter engine and the lifters are known not to let the valves close when the engine is hot see the hydraulic...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:39:34 -0700
  ...Hydraulic valve adjustment question > And what if a lifter is not firm? What's the procedure for a squishy > one, which was fine a...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:39:50 -0400
  ...Regards, Ben Dennis Haynes wrote: >Valve adjustment is fine. The whole idea of hydraulic lifters is to take >out critical adjustment. If lifters keep...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:58:49 -0400
  ...That might open the valve until the lifter again adjusted to the new setting (maybe hours). The lifter may have sucked in air to...
• Re: Engine Flush
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:58:32 -0800
  ...Especially on a engine with hydraulic lifters. There is just too much chance for crud to get broken loose and wind up giving you...
• Re: problems after head swap in '84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:36:35 -0400
  ...Engine would not idle, and some clatter.<< Is clatter a clapping / clicking noise!! Damn hydraulic lifters! I hate those.. Remember that a loose valve...
• Re: valve lash adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:04:21 -0400
  ...valve lash adjustment question What to do when the lifters are pumped up too hard to take the one or two full turn and...
• Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 7 Sep 2024 19:03:05 -0700
  ...I'm sure it's valve lifters since my playing with valve adjustment effects the sound. But my playing does not resolve it. I...
• Re: Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Rick
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:21:16 -0700
  ...No, you don't adjust your hydraulic lifters. If they get too noisy then perhaps there is some sort of dirt or obstruction to...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:02:46 -0400
  ...I suppose this risks trapping air in the lifters resulting in the > performance problems Bob refers to in his "history of hydraulic lifters" > article...
• 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...
• First Valve adjustment: report and questions.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sat, 14 May 2005 08:01:04 -0400
  ...what have I accomplished in doing this? Extended the useful life of the valves? Improved overall performance/effciency? With propperly functioning hydraulic lifters, does...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:23:01 -0500
  And what if a lifter is not firm? What's the procedure for a squishy one, which was fine a few nights ago before...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:25:06 -0400
  ...I suppose this risks trapping air in the lifters resulting in the performance problems Bob refers to in his "history of hydraulic lifters" article...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 14:47:18 -0700
  ...I'm sure it's valve lifters since my playing with valve adjustment effects the sound. But my playing does not resolve it. > > >>>> > > >>>> I...
• Re: 85 1.9 L Won't Start (Rebuilt Motor)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:15:38 EDT
  ...Then readjust the lifters to One full 360 degree turn. Should be good to go after this. These hydraulic lifters can be tricky. Bought...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 13:12:45 -0400
  ...I'm sure it's valve lifters since my playing with valve adjustment effects the sound. But my playing does not resolve it. >>> >>> I...
• Re: Gear lube
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 May 2001 19:39:16 -0500
  ...which in turn keeps the hydraulic lifters on the WBX engines pumped up so you don't get valve clatter on a cold startup...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:46:49 -0700
  ...wrote:Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other valvetrain components? I seem...
• Re: Newbie - Getting Ready for Cross Country Trip
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:54:54 -0600
  ...That is what hydraulic lifters are all about. Frequnet oil > ................... I was waiting for someone to say the valves don't need adjusting on...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 14:51:34 -0500
  ...The solid lifter valve train can gain > clearance as it warns up and the hydraulic can loose clearance. We > could argue the reasons all...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 08:31:49 -0700
  ...I'm sure it's valve lifters since my playing with valve adjustment effects the sound. But my playing does not resolve it. >> >> I...
• Re: Poor fuel consumption 81 aircooled- aux air reg bad?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 23:56:53 -0600
  ...I've never heard of adjusting solid or hydraulic lifters to zero. Am I missing something? Mark Ingalls 85 GL 75 Beetle _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos...
• Re: Valves/lifter adjustment; do not close fully
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:30:37 -0500
  Raul wrote >With this talk of valve adjustments; is it possible with what ever method you >use to adjust your valves, that they end...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 May 2003 11:44:26 -0700
  ...Funny Cars, Inboard Hydroplanes) That you shouldn't run solid lifters on hydraulic cams, it came down to what they called ramp speed of...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question-update
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:47:08 -0300
  ...much wear in the check valve mechanism. Where I did see wear was on the bottom of the lifters, where they contact the cam...
• Re: Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:55:17 -0400
  ...regards to the lifters and valve covers. On two previous occasions (both during sub-freezing temps), one of the lifters had collapsed, causing a...
• engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:40:16 -0400
  ...hydraulic lifter and the lifter pushes back after you release it. #1 exhaust is rock hard at TDC with no give from the hydraulic...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:10:45 -0400
  ...My valves often will >make a very loud, hard, knocking noise for the first 20 (or so) minutes of >operation. Do you use Fram...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:46:09 -0400
  ...Noisy lifter Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other valvetrain components? I...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 20:56:29 -0400
  ...Now turn the lifter on its side and how does the air get out ? so if you feel the valves are not closing back...
• Re: valve adj. 90-2.o
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:39:13 -0500
  ...The stock 2.1L WBX engine has a valve lifter issue fondly referred to a the "WBX Lifter Syndrome". The hydraulic lifters, sometimes when...
• 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...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 08:17:34 -0800
  ...valve heads and want to run your engine at >higher than normal rpms, I'd stick with stock. >You can get a mild hydraulic...
• Re: '84 GL NOT in the woods!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 01:17:35 -0500
  ...Also, are the valve clearences set hot and >still >at .006" > >'84 ? hydraulic lifters Chris DeLong ICQ#45030867 Seattle, WA USA '80 16V Rag...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:04:24 -0700
  ...Properly adjusted hydraulic lifters will have no clearance between the rocker and the valve. Run the engine. Jim Dan Erlandson wrote: >>That "rock hard...
• hydraulic problem
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:13:02 -0800
  ...I have some questions about hydraulic valve lifters, or whatever the proper name. i think i have a bad cylinder head but let me...
• Re: Newbie - Getting Ready for Cross Country Trip
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 01:17:43 -0400
  ...That is what hydraulic lifters are all about. Frequnet oil > ................... I was waiting for someone to say the valves don't need adjusting on...
• Re: Replacing broken valve lifter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:18:33 -0400
  ...Can the hydraulic valve lifter be broken if the >valve quiets down after 15 minutes of operation? I don't see how. And you...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 19 Sep 2024 08:44:09 -0400
  ...I'm sure it's valve lifters since my playing with valve adjustment effects the sound. But my playing does not resolve it. >>>> >>>> I...
• Re: Vanagon lifter noises - adj. hydraulic lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 06:57:11 -0500
  ...a valve adjustment might be a good idea. It'll most certainly tell you right away if the springs in the lifter's are...
• Re: sticking lifter cure?
  Historical mailing list - tp
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 18:28:34 +0100
  ...The problem is that the hydraulic lifters lose oil when the van has been standing unused for a while. Within 5 to 15 minutes...
• Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:27:12 -0500
  ...s Hydraulic lifters article (http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm). I decided to use the 0.006 method of adjusting the valves as...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:45:10 -0600
  ...I'm sure it's valve lifters since my playing with valve adjustment effects the sound. But my playing does not resolve it. >>> >>> I...
• 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 > > >