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• 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...
• Re: hyd. lifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:22:53 -0600
  ...Stan Wilder On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:10:21 -0800 Brian Spisak <bspisak@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > Hydraulic lifters remove the lash by design...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:26:36 -0500
  Steven wrote Where is all the dissagreement with the 2 full turns coming from??? That would me http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm...
• Re: Valve adjustments/Need specs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:07:51 -0500
  ...One of these changes will be about bleeding and adjusting the hydraulic lifters. There was 2 versions of this process they are on pages...
• 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...
• Hydraulic lifter
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:09:25 -0500
  ...Thanks for responses to my last lifter question. Still need to be clear on something though.... I preloaded "soft" lifter which took play out...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 11 May 2003 07:33:57 -0700
  ...The reason for industry going to > hydraulics inf > > the first place was to eliminate some problems inherent with > solid > > lifters in production engines, i...
• Re:sticky or noisy tappets (hyd)
  Historical mailing list - exit
  Sun, 28 Aug 94 01:14 CDT
  ...They inseerted hydraulic lifters, but kept the "mechanical" pushrods. Which are a different length. The engine went kaput. Anyway, I bled the lifters. First...
• 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: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:31:12 -0500
  ...all the dissagreement with the 2 full turns coming from??? Correction That would BE me http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm Bob Donalds
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:01:31 -0500
  ...turn (360 degrees) from 6 mils, to allow the "hydraulic" >part of "hydraulic lifters" to take over from there. > Rich David Beierl - Providence, RI...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:38:54 -0800
  ...turn (360 degrees) from 6 mils, to allow the "hydraulic" >part of "hydraulic lifters" to take over from there. > Rich David Beierl - Providence, RI...
• Re: Dangers of Ebay Adventures
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:36:20 -0700
  ...Part of the mechanism that controls the valves in the engine is known as an hydraulic lifter or tappet. It uses oil from the...
• Re: hyd valve adj. & gas
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 11:20:20 -0400
  ...I have been suggesting for some time that the preloading of hydraulic lifters causes low power poor hot starts low manifold vacuum and loss...
• 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...
• Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 00:45:24 -0500
  So I've read all the archived stuff about hydraulic valve adjustment since 2002. Read Bob Donalds' page. Putting my new-head-gaskets engine...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 13:17:26 -0400
  ...with engine running to account for the details of hydraulic lifters, thermal expansion, hydraulic lifters, and so on. dan On Tue, 29 Jun 2004...
• Re: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 14:31:17 -0700
  ...noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive. You will have to remove the pushrod tube in order to take...
• 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: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:09:54 -0600
  ...like you would for mechanical lifters. The flat lifter will have a valve alot more than the required spec for hydraulic lifters ( I think...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:29:24 -0500
  ...The hydraulic lifters in a '61 Plymouth Valiant work the same as those in a '95 BMW seven series. Lash allows engine oil to...
• Re: valve clatter
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:43:08 -0400
  The hydraulic lifters an Vanagon engines tend to "stick" until the engine is warm and more hydraulic pressure is built up. Mine did it...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:32:28 -0400
  ...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: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:14:20 -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.... magnetic puller
  Historical mailing list - Steve LZO
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:17:06 -0400
  ...the hydraulic lifters out of the block. As I look at them, there appears to be a sleeve in front of the lifters. am...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:46:40 -0400
  ...heads or rockers off for a few days or when replacing lifters I have recommended the following. Set the valve lash to .006" (I...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 11 May 2003 09:54:34 -0600
  the reason they went to hydraulics was so they could sell more vans and vanagons, with "zero" valve adjustments. It's like cars now...
• Re: Aircooled hydrolic lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 14 Sep 1999 08:03:22 -0400
  ...test lifters pry on the rocker with a screw driver to see if its time to preload I set up all my hydraulic long...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:31:03 -0500
  ...As far as I know I have hydraulic lifters (original 82 2.0L engine with 51K on it). Given the ambiguity I have with...
• 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: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:06:41 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Week > >Tabe, > >What oil are you running? The one time I ran regular dino oil (Castrol 20w50) I got >terrible lifter noise...
• Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:57:28 -0500
  ...Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters > > Is there any sense in saving these? > > Cleaning out the garage this weekend I found a large coffee can full...
• 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...
• Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 23 Nov 2004 10:25:07 -0800
  What is the measured difference between the hydraulic camshaft and the solid lifter camshaft, I have mine mixed up. Hummmm. Phil __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 09:11:03 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"? > Quick lifter question, just to make sure i understand > them correctly - if you take off all the pre...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 May 2012 11:50:01 -0700
  ...When you adjust the lifters to some number of turns in, how do you know the lifters were already pumped to their full length...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:36:25 -0700
  ...we sell the German Meyle brand lifters for > $9.67/each. I know it's only $1.50 difference, but I thought I'd...
• Re: Engine Transplant Homework
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 4 Nov 95 8:04:54 EST
  Oh yeah, and anybody who might find me a great deal on a hydraulic lifter 2.0 I'd really appreciate it. John Anderson...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:24:48 -0800
  ...I assume it is caused by a leaking > > hydraulic valve lifter. > I thought about replacing all the lifters on spec, but wonder if > anyone...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:22:38 -0500
  ...Stan Wilder On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:12:13 -0500 Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> writes: > Shouldn't a '78 have hydraulic lifters...
• 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...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:00:51 -0700
  ...If you set 0 turn you are using your hydraulic lifter almost as a solid lifter. Occasionally your "solid lifter" will collaps which will...
• Re: [syncro.org] Re: Twas the Night Before
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 17:25:37 -0700
  On 12/25/04 1:24 PM, "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > "hydraulic lifters" > > .. never heard reindeer called that before, Richard. > > happy holidays...
• 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: [Replacing broken valve lifter?]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:48:53 MDT
  ...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: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 10:08:06 -0500
  http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm Go to the 1.9 and 2.1 Guru. Stan ----- Original Message ----- From: "The corruptor" <huotb@VIDEOTRON...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:03:54 EST
  ...whole IDEA of the hydraulic lifter is to avoid the noise/wear/missadjustment that you get with mechnical lifters. The camshaft profile is ground...
• 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: noisy hydraulic lifter? not going away with oil change, marvel mystery additive.
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:46:02 -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...
• Priming hyd lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 30 Jul 2000 15:49:03 -0400
  ...I kept the lifters imersed in oil in baby food jars, carefully numbered until assembly time. Remember, if you pull out the old lifters...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 13:46:49 -0700
  ...YMMV Joe Todd Last wrote:Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other...
• Re: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:52:40 -0600
  ...Solid Lifters > Fellow Listerines, > > I think I may of read somewhere that you can change out the hydraulic > lifters in a 1.9 waterboxer...
• Re: Vanagon advice needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 07:58:10 -0700
  If the "knock" is at 1/2 engine rpm (like 5/sec at idle) then it is likely to be a waek hydraulic lifter...
• Re: Boston Bobs history of vanagon hydraulic lifters and the bentley book
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 16:36:13 -0500
  Go, Boston Bob! Dave in KC 85 Westy http://members.fortunecity.com/davebaker1 > My completed article will be posted on my web site in...
• Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 13:59:38 -0500
  You never know... ;-) On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>wrote: > Is there any sense in saving...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:12:07 -0400
  a hydraulic lifter may take up the extra .006" and more when engine is running due to being pumped all the way up with...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:45:59 -0800
  ...I don't understand hydraulic lifters after years of thinking that I did. I hoping to learn something from these exchanges. Mike '85 Westy...
• Re: Lifters pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:16 -0700
  How much have you done to clean the by treating the oil with a hydraulic lifter cleaner/treatment. I'd keep doing that for...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 07:53:44 -0700
  ...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: Need engine work in Little Rock/Memphis
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 23 May 2003 09:38:52 -0700
  Sounds to me (pun intended) like it might be more-or-less "normal" leakdown of hydraulic lifters. If it's a clattering that quickly...