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• Re: Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:30:07 -0700
  ...the really nice thing on a rebuild is brand new lifters. ( And ,............there is the old thing about never putting new or different lifters...
• Re: Broken lifter. Replacement processors
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:12:48 -0500
  Peter, this is not difficult if you have a collapsible push rod tube which we sell for $19 and a new lifter (also $19...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:59:20 -0700
  ...One thing to test is, put the flat bottom side of one lifter onto the sides of the cylinder of another lifter. You should...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 14:24:41 -0500
  no lifter conversation is complete without my two cents thrown in I have posted on my web site Boston Bobs history of hydraulic lifters...
• Re: Quieting noisy lifters (was: Head gasket leaking. Bummer)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:51:12 -0800
  ...AFAIK, the lifter is separate from the engines oil circuit. (I'm sure I'll get corrected if I'm wrong...... ;). The lifter itself...
• Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 12:48:50 -0400
  ...We looked at the Bently, and sure enough they have instuctions for adjusting lifters. However, I think that they are talking about new lifters...
• 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: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 21:20:34 -0700
  Fellow Listerines, I think I may of read somewhere that you can change out the hydraulic lifters in a 1.9 waterboxer, for solid...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:20:43 -0400
  ...can I be adjusted too far out without having lifter noise? I.e., should I just wait for noise before bothering to adjust the...
• lifter noise after PRT replace
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 14:39:53 -0400
  ...After the typical seconds of lifter noise until the oil circulates, there was still one lifter clicking. It quieted a little after idling a...
• Re: Lifter Noise
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 08:57:20 -0400
  If you feel that it's always the same lifter or at least the same side that make the noise....make that test: In...
• how to identify bad lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:19:52 -0700
  ...1) do people think the problem I have is with the lifters? 2) if so, how can I find out which lifter is bad...
• Re: Opinions on 82 AC Westy
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:59:29 -0800
  ...The clutch slips like crazy and the engine sounds like all > of the lifters are collapsed (do these have hydraulic lifters?). Yes, they do...
• Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list - garyes
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:28:14 -0700
  Has anyone out there changed hydraulic lifters with the wasserboxer engine in the van. My 84 Westy is clacking ( I think at least 3...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 02:37:37 -0500
  Let's not call a clacking lifter a "collapsed" lifter. A collapsed lifter is a true failure where the top wears through or crushes...
• 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: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:55:27 -0500
  ...The hydraulic lifter was a significant improvement over the solid lifter, as it maintains proper clearance and tension in the valve train automatically throughout...
• Re: Lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:48:43 -0400
  ...If I don't go through a complete warm up cycle the next time I run it I will have a loud tapping lifter...
• Re: lifter removal
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:00:45 -0700
  Stan Wilder wrote: >>Lifter remover: A coat hanger wire with a little hook on the end. Put the >>little hook (actually about a 45...
• Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:27:41 -0400
  ...I'm confused about proper lifter adjustment. According to Bob Boston I should do 1.5 turns past contact. According to Ken Wilfy I...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:11:36 -0400
  Im still in experimental stages but i really think that as long as you have some preload on a hyd lifter it should be...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 07:53:44 -0700
  Tabe, What oil are you running? The one time I ran regular dino oil (Castrol 20w50) I got terrible lifter noise until the engine...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - is it a lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 12:22:02 -0800
  ...I thought a car I was driving at the time had a noisy lifter, and it had that diesel-type sound- turned out it...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:32:25 -0500
  Reducing the base circle of the cam that the lifter rides on. Robert
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:11:56 -0700
  ...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: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:24:48 -0800
  Try about a quart of ATF or of Marvel Mystery Oil, or some Redline Lifter Freer-upper in the crankcase (do not over-fill...
• Re: hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 10:00:35 -0000
  ...Best Rgds Phil T25 - Still Warm > I was never happy with the hydraulic lifters. I replaced mine with regular > lifters and was happy ever...
• Re: Heads replaced, starts and runs crappy. Two questions.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:39:22 -0400
  Jim, you should always soak the lifters in oil for several hours before installing them. Also you can prime them (pump them up) before...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:51:57 EST
  ...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: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 21:49:04 -0500
  ...I didn't get far before I got misdirected into investigating the action of hydraulic lifters. Taking the eight lifters out of the spare...
• sticky lifter
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 7 May 2003 13:17:05 -0700
  Joe, Everyone always ask if your using 20w50? If you are I am curious why a person could not just turn the lifter in...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:34:23 -0700
  ...I have no idea how worn the lifters are. If the lifters are quite worn and bleed down faster than normal, I wonder if...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:25:25 -0400
  ...The lifters have a non-return check ball that allows oil > pressure in, but won't let it out. The lifters are basically a...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 May 2012 19:35:56 -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: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 10:30:17 -0700
  ...They also said changing the lifter did not require a major effort if you extract it through the push rod tube. If the lifter...
• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 20:45:29 -0700
  Sure sounds like a lifter to me, but I remember being fooled once by an '86 Canadian panel van that had us convinced it...
• Re: lifter noise after PRT replace
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 15:41:46 -0400
  ...After the typical > seconds of lifter noise until the oil circulates, there was still one lifter > clicking. It quieted a little after idling a...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - dan nims
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 05:41:48 -0800
  ...I had a noisy lifter on my 86GL that ultimately lead to a burnt valve. $$$$ for repairs. Runs good now...wish I had a...
• Re: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 16:19:26 -0400
  karen brown wrote: > > Arriving home after a hundred mile drive, I noticed a ticking sound that > sounds like the lifters tapping noisily. The oil...
• noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 2 Apr 2026 11:43:09 -0700
  Has anyone replaced lifters on their Vanagon? I have one that is very noisy. -Mark '87 Syncro Westy
• lifters
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 13:55:58 -0400
  Just thought I'd share a piece of info on noisy lifters. Someone told me, probably from this list, to NEVER shut the van...
• 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: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 07:08:51 -0700
  ...Noisy lifter > Hi Jenny, Karl and Volksfolks, > > I found the empty (355ml) bottle of the stuff that was so effective at > quietening my noisy...
• Re: Hydraulic to solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 21:49:04 -0800
  ...for solid lifters, and for hydraulic lifters. I think if you want to do it right, you'll have to replace lifters and cam...
• 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...
• lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 31 May 2005 18:02:07 -0700
  I have kind of a weird anti-vanagon lifter problem. Most times when i park, the van starts up nice and silent - doing what...
• Re: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:50:58 -0500
  Thanks! --- dhaynes@optonline.net wrote: > You must not take up all the play of a soft lifter > to quiet it down. Fist, it defeats...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 12:36:56 -0600
  ...I have been using it for over 30 years, and have never had a lifter clack, or rings hang up in any engine--- From...
• Re: pumping up lifters after head job...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:32:27 -0500
  ...pumping up lifters after head job... folks, trying to get the lifters to pump up after a head job. It will barely run b...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter links
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:10:04 -0400
  The hydraulic lifter was never intended to be laid over on its side as it tends not to bleed out trapped air in this...
• Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:53:56 -0400
  There are no seals inside those lifters. It's the metal that wears and the ends get dished. You can disassemble and clean them...
• 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...
• 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: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:03:32 -0400
  Zoltan, It is possible to get the pushrod hung up on the lip of the lifter. ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoltan Kuthy" <zolo@FOXINTERNET...
• 87 Syncro - hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 08:52:34 -0500
  Whats the involvement on replacing lifters. I not happy with a slight tapping sound on cold starts.
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:53:48 -0500
  ...I don't understand hydraulic lifters after >years of thinking that I did. I hoping to learn something from these >exchanges. The "barrel type...
• Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:02:13 -0400
  Jim not sure what you are thinking of but no one has ever sold a kit to rebuild lifters that I have ever heard...
• Lifters Again
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:52:52 -0400
  I continue to have off and on lifter noise and would like a further explanation of Bob Donald's zero-lash method. I have...
• Re: Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:01:34 -0500
  ...Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1) > > >>Bentley offers the usual rain dance for getting oil in the lifters. Mine >>have been sitting for...
• Re: New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:45:15 -0500
  > I don't know about the length issue, but I'm pretty sure that > gasoline smelling lifters are reason enough to return them. The...