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• Re: '86 Valve job question - details
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:23:30 -0400
  I am no mechanic either but the first thing that comes to mind is a leaky hydraulic lifter. If you leave a Vanagon parked...
• 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: valve clatter
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:30:54 -0400
  ...or long periods of not drivng the vehicle is almost a guarantee of the lifters going flat and having valve clatter on start-up.
• 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: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 17:55:57 -0500
  ...minute with the valve covers off before you do the adjusting? Is it to pump up the lifters? ------------------------------------ Give stuck lifters a chance to...
• Broken hydraulic lifter '86 Question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 15:13:57 -0800
  ...keeper was missing it allowed the lifter to pump up way too far and pushed on the valve far enough to cause the spring...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 11:41:20 -0700
  ...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: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:26:43 -0700
  ...Solid lifters mean regular valve adjustments. A lot of people would rather not have to do that extra bit. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 22:49:39 -0600
  ...The valves are not excessively loud ................ I just had to do a double take because I expected Hydraulic lifters like 80-83. While walking...
• Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:43:42 -0400
  ...Also, here is how to find which lifter is th cupid (can i say thatin English?) In the morning, remove both valves cover, one...
• 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: Will loud lifters ruin my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:05:37 -0500
  How is the power? I would dump in a bottle of valve medic.Maybe your lifters are crudded up.If so, this will fix...
• adjusting lifters (lifter lore question)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 08:52:59 -0500
  Needing something to "fix" I set all my valves at 006 (like they were solid). It gave me a little more power from where...
• Re: Loud valve noise on startup
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:53:21 -0600
  >This morning I fired up my 84 and was assailed by very loud valve >noise. I presume that a lifter is sticking as this...
• Valve adjust "DONE"
  Historical mailing list - Dead Head
  Thu, 29 May 1997 21:06:47 -0700
  ...I discovered that it was the #4 ex valve lifter not pumping up.....Last night add a can of "Motor Flush" to the oil...
• Re: Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 07:49:00 -0600
  ...There has > been no report of lifters failng because of valve adjuster lash > (clearance) my own van has run this way for 2 years...
• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:01:17 -0500
  ...When a valve is fully closed there should be clearance between the valve and the rocker arm or lifter. It seems to me that...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 May 2005 18:06:20 -0500
  ...Most likely the classic Vanagon "lifter syndrome". Usual fix is Mann or Mahle oil filter ( they have stronger springs on the relief valve and...
• Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - William Collins
  Tue, 19 May 1998 08:29:03 -0500
  ...which lifter is bad? I assume that if I catch it while it is acting up, I can find the one valve that seems...
• Fwd: [VANAGON] Valve lifter noise solution.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 00:08:38 EST
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• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 17:05:50 -0400
  The valve adjustment won't affect the time it takes for bad lifters to quiet down. Running them lose does add the ability of...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:17:58 -0800
  ...Oil must be draining out of > lifter and isn't coming up to pressure, so too much > clearance in valve train. Blah blah blah...
• Re: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Jun 1997 21:20:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...To the best of my recolection hydraulic lifters run with NO clearance and never should be adjusted. Clearance IS the problem! You are absolutely...
• Re: Questions about Bent Pushrods and Repair
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:56:34 -0500
  ...If it doesn't then the lifter stuck in the outward position and the piston hit the valve, bending the pushrod. Very unlikley. More...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 2 May 2005 20:49:57 -0400
  Check/have check valves adjustment... Nothing to worry unless it's way to loose. Lasy lifter will do that... do that when the engine...
• Re: Clicking valves, my observations
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:47:07 EST
  ...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: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 12:03:17 -0500
  ...Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!! > Thanks all for the info on the drain plug... I now have a real problem! > > TICK TICK...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:52:27 -0400
  ...This is a precision job...most lifter will get soft very fast, now, here is where you need to be precise, make sure to...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:09:12 -0600
  ...Oil in the lifter gets leaked out > and self-adjusts. The valves will still seat on the seats. The self-adjustment > may take a...
• sigh..... lifter adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:20:24 -0700
  ...Lots and lots of miles on the existing valve train components. I am reading all the info on adjusting the lifters, but so far...
• Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:37:46 -0800
  ...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: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:50:32 -0700
  ...Turning in the screw on a lifter that is >fully expanded and filled with oil just opens the valve and then >compression can be...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:50:01 -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...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 May 2012 16:35:10 -0700
  ...the valve .. and next bit of turning will be either quite firm. or pretty soft. if it's soft .it means the lifter is...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:37:12 -0700
  ...The valve springs are far stronger than the little springs inside the lifters. The lifters are the ones get pushed down. Oil in the...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 18:04:21 -0500
  ...If I recall accurately, the Hyd lifter came into >existance to "simply" provide the correct valve clearance automatically. >The thought of adjusting clearances, running...
• 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: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:12:00 -0600
  ...the valves as i know now that i have solid lifters >>(i know Vanagon lifter, i hope that Bus's hydro lifter are the...
• Valve cover oil driver side
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:09:51 -0800
  ...I drove the van back to the garage and waited it to cool down, open the valve covers and try to readjust the valve...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 30 Jan 2002 08:03:38 -0500
  When your not sure adjust the valves to 006ths it will do no harm the newest Bentley book says that preloading is considered optional...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:38:44 -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...
• Wrong answer; Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:21:32 -0700
  ...piston can drop further into the lifter >> body is if some of the oil located in the valve body, but below the >> piston, is...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 09:34:33 -0500
  ...Valves lifter knocking Hi Jim. Just wondering how the CD-2 is working out. Also suffer from noisy lifters. Sort of on one day...
• 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: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:06:45 -0500
  ...to me '85GL earlier in the year, which quited down me lifters after about 100 miles. Changed the oil, then, and have been going...
• Re: What's the difference in Febi and Meyle lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:43:39 -0400
  ...They now have a small disc inside as the check valve. They also use a much beefier snap ring to hold the lifter together...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 15:08:25 -0700
  ...This round of valve adjustments went way faster. I found that some of the lifters had pumped up as evidenced by the absence of...
• New lifter Valve clearance
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Tue, 31 May 2005 05:11:37 -0700
  ...I found adjusting valve clearance by turning the screw to zero clearance, then two turn in according to some listees and the green book...
• Re: [T2] why it won't start
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:58:08 -0500
  Bob, I know you say you have compression, but do you have valve action? If the lifters are not pumped up the engine will...
• Hydraulic Lifter Lore Is True!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 10:29:41 -0400
  ...I replaced this lifter, and eventually all 8 lifters, when the valve adjustment troubles began. I read Boston Bob's write-up and concluded...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:40:50 -0800
  Someone a couple of months ago suggested "CD-2" lifter rebuild in a can (I don't remember exactly which CD-2 product it...
• Re: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Sun, 25 Feb 2001 00:15:17 -0600
  ...This happens when a particular valve is being opened and the corresponding lifter is compressed. A weak spring will prevent the lifter from "pumping...
• pumping up lifters after head job...
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:19:34 -0800
  ...It will barely run b/c i can't get the valves set right when the lifters ain't solid. this bus sat for...
• Re: Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:15:13 -0400
  ...Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment? Hi Volks, I was at my buddy Gil's Air-Cooled shop the other day talking about my...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 02:03:52 -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: 139297.4 miles -> BOOM!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Aug 94 20:59:45 CDT
  ...Loss in oil pressure, clanking sound from the right side >(possibly a collapsed hydraulic lifter under the valve cover?) ... >Or, possibly the engine sucked...
• 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: Anti-Drain Back Valve in Oil Filters??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 2 May 2005 18:55:53 -0400
  ...why > the anti drain back valves in the Mahle and Mann > filters work so much better at keeping lifters > from clacking? > > ........................................ jimt Planned insanity...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Apr 2007 to 27 Apr 2007 - Special issue (#2007-436)
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:34:04 -0400
  ...Now, I assume that since you're >talking valve lash, you have solid lifters in you motor. If you have >hydraulics, you're way...
• Re: weak engine power after van sits - recently changed lifters
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:43:02 -0400
  ...These symptoms can be caused by improper hydraulic valve setup.) the air may remain in the lifters and never fully bleed down. the new...