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• 90 vanagon Cam and lifter issue
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:38:09 EST
  ...lifters, but of course not the cam (since only the top end was done). Anyway, after a couple of weeks, I got huge valve...
• Re: Mushroomed out valve adjusters
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:19:34 -0500
  Does this apply to hydralic lifters in Vanagons as well? What year did VW go from manual lifters to hydralic lifters? Thanks for information...
• Re: Clicking valves, my observations
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 21:00:01 -0500
  ...the ticking valve was mostly due to the engine coming to rest with the #2 exhaust valve open and the #2 lifter bleeding down...
• Re: Valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:26:58 -0800
  ...You will see the lifter > push the valve open slightly. Turn engine to next cylinder and repeat. > After > all are adjusted wait an hour...
• Re: sticking lifter cure?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:22:01 -0500
  ...lifters without adequate oil to maintain proper clearances, and until the engines runs long enough to pump the lifter back up, you have valve...
• Boston Bobs history of vanagon hydraulic lifters and the bentley book
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:06:20 -0400
  ...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: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 May 2003 10:58:16 -0700
  ...the valves need adjusting? Not me. Mark Stan Wilder wrote: > .......... > Then there is the rules you're breaking ............... never run new > lifters on and...
• Re: [Lifter Thoughts]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:00:35 MDT
  ...Because I have new lifters, can I run 2 turns? I really don't feel like re-adjusting all the valves, checking compression and...
• Re: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron 96
  Tue, 7 Apr 2026 00:29:14 -0400
  ...My experience is that a long pause in usage makes the valves/lifters noisy. > And it can take a good half hour or more...
• Re: Compression, Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:15:40 -0700
  ...Lifter should expand and take up slack, hold > valve > open slightly. Watch valve. In a minute or two it should let valve close. > If...
• Re: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:41:44 -0400
  ...Zero valve settings Hello to the List, I had to set my valves with zero turn onto the lifters, because they kept on coming...
• Re: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:49:11 -0400
  ...Basically the lifters were over charging and floating the valves so no compression. let it sit for a day or so and it would...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:42:00 -0400
  ...So you credit the performance improvement on the solid lifters? What did it do to valve noise? -- Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:44:14 +0200
  ...Either it is a valve that hangs (broken valvespring?) I guess, or a lifter. Any ideas on diagnose? /JJ At 18:22 12-07...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 10:19:53 -0500
  ...Various parts = Lifters, Rocker Arms, Valve Stems, Pushrods, valve seats. Check out .006 on a feeler gauge, it's about 1/2 as thick...
• Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Mon, 30 Jul 2012 08:25:13 -0700
  ...the hydraulic lifter. Just a cover up for another problem unless they were not adjusted correctly to begin with. Anytime the valves are adjusted...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:20:53 -0600
  ...Noisy Valve lifters > > Sitting for long periods often contributes to noisy lifters for a little while after you start it up. > > I have also...
• Re: Tight valves!
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:15:39 -0600
  ...older hyd lifters on an V-8 or inline 6 (upright engine) is to start the engine and adjust the valves while the engine...
• Re: sticky lifter
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Thu, 8 May 2003 23:48:36 -0700
  'Gunk Valve Medic' worked for me. It should be at your flaps. It cured my noisey lifter that the mystery oil didn't. --------------------------------- Do...
• 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: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:41:53 -0400
  ...Zero valve settings > Hello to the List, > > I had to set my valves with zero turn onto the lifters, because they kept > on coming...
• Re: lifter's sticking, adjustment procedure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:26:21 -0600
  ...When you adjust the valves, do you need to run the engine to ensure the lifters are fully pumped up before making the adjustment?
• Re: How tight is too tight, new TypeIV starting
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:30:04 -0500
  ...If there is air trapped in the lifter does it cause the valve to burn, seats to overheat and drop, just noisy or what...
• Re: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Mon, 6 Apr 2015 19:14:11 -0700
  ...Basically the lifters were over charging and floating the valves so no compression. let it sit for a day or so and it would...
• 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: Valve lifter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Mar 2015 16:18:12 -0500
  ...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: 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: Rebuild or Sell??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Aug 1996 20:01:24 -0400
  ...He wants $2000 for the work. >> Valve lifters?? What is the problem? If the lifters are noisy, there is probably only one or two...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 11 May 2003 13:41:50 -0400
  ...It did get pretty old crawling under there every 6,000 miles to adjust the valves. My Honda has solid lifters, too, but at...
• Re: Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Sat, 8 Feb 97 20:25:27
  ...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: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 10:13:11 -0500
  ...lifters with air in them > can hold the valves open when the engine warms up, lower the manifold vacuum > at idle and shorten valve...
• Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:14:12 -0600
  ...The reality here is that you have a bad > lifter. When you have the noise, remove the valve covers. Turn the > engine to TDC...
• Re: was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:09:43 -0700
  ...Mark Drillock Mark McCulley wrote: > > All Vanagon engines, both air-cooled and waterboxers, have hydraulic valve > lifters. > > MM > > >From: "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA...
• Re: engine running cooler, or wishful thinking?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 May 2004 07:50:20 -0500
  Craig, You may not have had an actuall mechanical problem requiring lifter replacement at all. Are you aware of the infamous "Vanagon Valve Lifter...
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:07:25 -0700
  ...Lifters from the oil pump ........you check the oil pressure, ( to make sure it's not excessive, like from stuck pressure relief valve ) and...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:54:02 -0400
  ...If you set it at "first contact," the lifter can't expand to adjust for a valvetrain which is getting looser.
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Tue, 7 Jun 2016 21:30:24 -0400
  ...it up the lifters were going crazy again! I did find a slightly bent push rod tube on the intake valve of # 3 cylinder...
• Vanagon lifter noise.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:50:30 -0500
  ...The valve spring tension helps in pressing the oil out of the lifters but if the check valve seats very good it does not...
• Re: Valve adjustment suggestions and a question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:49:15 -0700
  ...Originally I was going to include the lifter portion in my "newbie" suggestions, but I've never adjusted valves with hydrualic lifters before so...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:34:23 -0700
  ...warpage, excessive valve guide wear and install new guide seals. I have no idea how worn the lifters are. If the lifters are quite...
• Re: Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:05:01 -0700
  ...My air-cooled van required occasional readjustment of >> lifter/valves. >> My 86 Westy WBX has the hydraulic lifters... do these need to be >> readjusted...
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:19:04 -0700
  ...100lb/in+ Conclusion: > high oil pressure forcing the lifters to hold the valves open, giving no > compression. ( Scott's initial suggestion!) Mechanics suggested cause...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 06:00:22 -0500
  ...Have you ever adjusted the valves? If not, going through his procedure will enable you to be certain that all of your lifters aregood...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:22:38 -0500
  ...Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled > > Subject: 1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid > lifters. > Question: Valve setting .006 do these things...
• Valve adjustment suggestions and a question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:15:41 -0700
  ...If you're trying to locate a noisy, (collapsed or soft) lifter, you can run the engine without the valve cover(s) on. I...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter links
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:10:04 -0400
  ...the other problem is that lifters can hold the valve open when the engine warms up and causes low manifold vacuum at ilde this...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:14:41 -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: '86 Valve job question - details
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:49:15 -0500
  ...Could it not be just noisy valve lifters? Many people suggest the addition of Marvel Mystery Oil, to reduce that sound, and pump up...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 08:46:32 -0500
  ...lifters with air in them can hold the valves open when the engine warms up, lower the manifold vacuum at idle and shorten valve...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:29:00 -0800
  ...It is also not the weakest link in the > valve train. Lifters can go flat and you'll know this > > when you hear a...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 16:17:37 -0700
  ...Where can I purchase eight Febi Valve Lifters - the ones with the > sturdy c-clip holding the parts together? I understand they are the...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:05:40 -0800
  ...Aircooled lifter noise > > Perhaps you have confused my assertion. Yes. > > Jake has asserted that un-adjusted valves are a cause of valve seat > failure...
• 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...
• 78 to 83 engine parts.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:11:48 -0500
  Hey all, I'm in the process of doing the valves on Clementine, and am going to install hydraulic lifter's in her to...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 01:48:07 -0500
  ...the valves as i know now that i have solid lifters > (i know Vanagon lifter, i hope that Bus's hydro lifter are the...
• Re: hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:35:50 -0600
  ...The theory, I think, of the hydraulic lifters was that the valves did not need adjusting after the initial adjustment. I drove with the...
• Noisy Lifter - is it a lifter?
  Historical mailing list - BACCHUS761
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:43:34 EST
  ...stuck lifter, I adjusted the valves to hydrolic specs, this noise can't be good, any suggestions? can you remove these lifters while the...
• Re: Febi Cam Folowers
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:07:34 -0400
  ...The OE lifter uses a ball check valve inside while the Febi uses a disc. The top of the lifter is held together with...
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:08:56 -0500
  ...What's next? > Should I properly set the valves to two turns past touching, or keep > running > it this way until the lifters can...
• Re: 87 Syncro - new engine/same problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 23:14:13 -0500
  ...problems. > > Valve adjustment need was questionable. Sometimes it takes forever for the lifters to pump up. However, you probably have a bad lifter. This...