← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum

Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 4+: 60 results shown for Lifter.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

Re: stuck lifter
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Mon, 22 Aug 2005 10:16:15 -0400
...If this doesn't fix it then go on to replace the lifter. The best thing to do would be to identify the lifter...
Re: Aircooled lifter noise
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:28:23 -0600
...Set your lifters by setting the rocker arm adjusting screw at one turn down after they just touch the valve stem. Run a quart...
Re: What's the difference in Febi and Meyle lifters?
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:45:09 -0800
We stopped using the Meyle lifters about a year ago due to quality issues. Two engines in one month with one or more failed...
Re: lifter replacement
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:06 -0400
...lifter replacement > Do I have to drain all the oil from the crankcase in order to replace a > lifter? I ordered new lifters and...
Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:45:50 -0400
...but does the .006 disappear because the hydraulic lifter pumps up, or because a film of oil is created, or what? surely the .006...
Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:53:35 -0600
...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: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:14:43 -0700
...If you had noisy lifters that took a long time to pump up, it was likely due to low oil pressure, not the lifter...
Re: 6 mils of lash...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:31:57 -0500
At 02:53 1/8/00 , John wrote: >David, > > How can something with the precise tolerances of a hydraulic lifter >produce such adverse & varying...
Re: Is this hydralic lifter week?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:06:29 -0600
On 6/6/05 1:14 PM, "roger sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > No text needed....more lifter questions than you can shake a...
Re: Checking Hydraulic Lifters
Historical mailing list
Sun, 8 Oct 1995 00:11:57 -0500
>Howdy all > >I have some lifter clatter on the '80 Vanagon I'm getting rid of. But >I'm driving it on a daily...
Re: 6 mils of lash...
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:03:59 -0600
David, from what I know about hydraulic valve lifters, you are pretty much right own. Most of my experience is with aircraft engines and...
Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Course of action...
Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:04:51 -0500
Thanks all for the info on the lifters! It looks like my poor oil quality has caused the problem. 1.. Fix drain plug, flush...
Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:40:27 -0500
...Have friends that sware by the stuff and it quiets down the lifter >noise by breaking up any deposits in the lifter. Also remember...
Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:15:28 -0700
...It is as if the oil pressure is >>high enough to fill the lifters, then continue to pump up the lifters to >>the point...
Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
Historical mailing list - chris
Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:17:58 -0800
It is my understanding that you cannot change to solid lifters without changing the camshaft as well. Try readjusting them to 2 full turns...
Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:44:39 -0500
Jonce give it up! Check the archives the lifter problem has to be either one or #3 on the most common Vanagon problems. Lets...
Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:23:45 -0700
...It is as if the oil pressure is high enough to fill the lifters, then continue to pump up the lifters to the point...
Re: sticky lifter
Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
Thu, 8 May 2003 00:11:16 -0500
...Good Evening, Fred E-mail message Is marvel mystery oil the solution for a sticky lifter? that horrible ticking sound comes and goes but...
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...
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: Valve lifter
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Sun, 8 Mar 2015 19:28:33 -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...
sigh..... lifter adjustments?
Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:20:24 -0700
...I am reading all the info on adjusting the lifters, but so far, everything refers to a warm engine, or one that was run...
Re: chronic flat lifter
Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
Tue, 4 Mar 2003 15:56:30 -0500
...I've used MMO in the past, and found that, yes, the lifter did quiet after time. But, the lifter quiets with time when...
give me that old time religion, that old time lifter
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:35:49 -0700
that old time lifter but at one half that price please, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2412351878&category=33614...
Re: Van idle over winter
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Mon, 23 May 2011 11:32:38 -0700
Arlene, It requires oil pressure to pump up the hydraulic lifters before they get quieter. Although the lifters pretty much self-adjusts at every...
Re: Lifters don't compress ...
Historical mailing list - thewestyman
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 10:38:49 -0800
Those lifters were in there for years. I could still not get them compress. Something is going on ... I'm now taking it apart...
Bentley vanagon manual on CD
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:51:55 -0500
...Symptoms of air bound lifters can include low manifold vacuum at warm idle, poor performance and hard starting. When air is present in the...
78 Hydraulic Lifters Clarification
Historical mailing list
Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:16:15 -0500
...I have never seen the push rods for the later models with the hydraulic lifters. I was lead astray by the Haynes manual on...
Tech part of rant - anything else sound like lifters?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:03:30 -0800
Is there anything else that could go wrong in an engine that would sound suspiciously like a clacky lifter? Could my cam be going...
Re: Boston Bobs history of vanagon hydraulic lifters and the bentley book
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Wed, 20 Jun 2001 13:32:21 -0500
...Boston Bobs history of vanagon hydraulic lifters and the bentley book > Fellow Vanagon types > I have been reading the posts on adjusting lifters with...
Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:27:52 -0700
Jim, Rebuilding a lifter requires machine work to restore the profile on the surface of the lifter that contacts the cam. The rest of...
Re: Valve lifter
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:26:51 -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 Solution, nothing great, just FYI
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:21:58 -0500
...It must be a solvent that disolves the varnish and crud that collect in and on the lifters.And somekind of lubricant too.Hydraulic...
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: 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...
extremely loud lifter noise
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:15:18 -0500
...lifter noise.  i let her run for about ten minutes no calming of the lifters.  i am positive it is the lifters...
Re: Valves lifter knocking
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 01:17:11 -0800
...Also suffer from noisy lifters. Sort of on one day, off the next for quite a few months now, and haven't found a...
Re: Simple Question (push rods)second time around
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:17:48 -0500
...It make no difference to a solid lifter if the cam is hydraulic BUT the hydraulic lifter does notice the difference and may not...
Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:02:00 -0400
...The valves remained open even when "closed" and this collapsed 2 of the lifters for good.The lifters were gunked up before hand, but...
Wrong answer; Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:21:32 -0700
...Why are the lifters so hard? > The lifters will, in fact, normally bleed down a little bit (sometimes > alot!) when left not running overnight...
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: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:55:50 +0000
You must not take up all the play of a soft lifter to quiet it down. Fist, it defeats the purpose. 2nd, it will...
Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:26:04 -0700
...what is it? And why? > > > > > > > 1 1/2 turns in from a fully expanded lifter. Because it allows the > > lifter to adjust itself in...
Re: stuck lifters
Historical mailing list - Radish150
Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:29:59 -0800
...lifters that go flat > > How the heck do you get the lifters out? I've turned my engine, sans heads, > on its sides, and...
Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
Historical mailing list - neil
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 01:59:21 -0500
--- neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > If I preload lifter and leave it that way, in theory > and all things being equal, is there enough...
Re: Valves lifter knocking
Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:34:33 -0500
My VW mechanic puts in a NAPA additive in to quiet the lifters in my 87 Westy when he changes the oil. Can't...
vouching for Bob, and a theory, was: 6 mils of lash...
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:57:58 -0500
My 1982 2.0 hydraulic lifters required three adjustments (and subsequent compression tests) to sit right. I think it is because our lifters lay...
Re: valve lash adjustments
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Fri, 4 Feb 2000 07:49:00 -0600
Hi Volks, I have screw up hydraulic lifter adjustments on many different cars. This seems to work for me. The key to adjusting hydraulic...
Re: Lifters don't compress ...
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 27 Feb 2016 12:04:53 -0800
...Those lifters were in there for years. I could still not get them compress. Something is going on ... I'm now taking it apart...
Re: Solid Lifters in a WBX
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:46:01 -0700
...give me that old time religion, that old time lifter that old time lifter but at one half that price please, http://cgi.ebay...
Re: 6 mils of lash...
Historical mailing list - John
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:51:46 -0500
Bob Donalds wrote: > > John wrote: > > > > Hi David, > > > > I've seen all the industry general guide lines about storing > > un-installed lifters in certain positions...
Re: lifters for new engine?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 09:13:42 -0600
I've pulled down some Type IV engines with solid lifters. Other than the different push rods and lifters I see the same cam...
Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:12:41 -0400
I hear that lifters are manufactured to tolerances of .0000, or 1/ten thousands of an inch.A lifter is a crud magnet with...
Re: Valve lifter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 8 Mar 2015 23:56:24 -0400
...On a real bad day the top piston will jam in tat slot in the lifter bore and get struck by the lifter as...
Re: Solid lifter conversion.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 11 May 2003 14:33:51 -0700
...never run > new > > lifters on and old cam, never run a new cam with old lifters. > > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in...
Re: Empty Lifter
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 06:06:53 -0500
...Empty Lifter Oops, I was just putting on the rocker arm assembly and positioning the push rods when I noticed that I had forgotten...
Lifter Adjust' Info
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:49:18 -0600
Very interesting article > https://www.vanagononline.com/articles/hydraulic-lifters-untold-story/
Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 7 Jun 2005 06:16:18 -0400
Lifter click at idle is due to a bad lifter (stuck ball check) or insufficient oil pressure. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
Re: engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:30:19 -0500
Most likely a case of classic "Vanagon Clattering Lifter Syndrome". It is the result of the lifter losing it's prime. Scarey, but generally...