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• Re: vanagon Digest - 27 Apr 2007 - Special issue (#2007-438)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:28:11 -0700
  ...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: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:09:12 EST
  I always set the valves to zero lash when first starting up the motor after rebuild, or head removal. Let the van run for...
• Re: Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:19:50 -0500
  ...my '71 "Campmobile", valve clearances were adjustable. > My > sense is that in my later 2.1 wasserbies, what with hydraulic > lifters, > there's not...
• Re: Considering an engine swap for the past decade, but WBX just keeps going
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:13:38 -0800
  ...the hydraulic lifters. It was interesting to read more of these at the ratwell website here: http://www.ratwell.com/technical/HydraulicLifters.html Of...
• Re: Compression, Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:15:40 -0700
  I have seen hydraulic lifters take as much as 10 minutes to self adjust on the engine stand. This was on the assembly stand...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:39:34 -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: Why adjust valves?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:33:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...with the heads with the solid lifters, and with hydraulics you might not get the chance. Valve checks are your best look at the...
• 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...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - chris smith
  Thu, 23 Dec 1999 00:23:35 -0600
  ...If you are (and possibly only if) you are dealing with hydraulic lifters. These should not be adjusted like a standard, read solid, lifter...
• 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: Vanagon speeds
  Historical mailing list - david kao
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 20:57:59 -0800
  ...But vanagon engines use hydraulic valve lifters and are not supposed to have tapet noise at all. I think this was caused by my...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:56:54 -0600
  ...This engine did not have hydraulic lifters, but solid lifters, so I had the mechanic perform what was know as a "Hot Valve Timing...
• RE: lead & valves
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 00:11:12 -0700
  ...experiencing valve float. Some = of the 2000cc motors I've rebuilt had hydraulic and some solid lifters, = but in the case of hydraulics and...
• Re: Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 13:15:13 -0400
  ...yes, you should adjust your hydraulic lifters occasionally, and reset the preload to (some disagreed here) to 1/2 turn, (180 degrees) instead of...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 15 May 2012 07:49:40 -0400
  ...off to relieve pressure on the springs and hydraulic lifters. Check for collapsed or spongy lifters. Ken On Mon, May 14, 2012 4:11...
• Re: Valve/tappot clatter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:50:42 -0700
  It's wise to check the hydraulic lifters adjustment with the rocker arm screws adjustment after something like a few thousand miles on a...
• Re:Help, my bus has fallen and can't get up!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 13:03:39 -0800 (PST)
  So 30SKUCERA@sophia.sph.unc.edu says: --------------- snip! ---------------- > > BTW I am referring to a 1977 Camper, 2.0 l, w/out hydraulic lifters. > > Do...
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:25:12 -0700
  ...Make sure that the rods don't fall off the >inner seat (help me with the part name; valve-something) Hydraulic valve lifter? >while...
• Re: Points Glazed hard starting 81
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:28:20 -0500
  ...Low manifold vacuum can also contribute to hard starting hot this can be due to hydraulic lifters holding the valves open. Bob Donalds http...
• Wrong answer; Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:21:32 -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: hyd. lifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:10:21 -0800
  Hydraulic lifters remove the lash by design, thus the two turns to give them room to do their work. Set per Bentley, then check...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:25:28 -0500
  Your hydraulic aircooled should have no valve noise after the first 10-15 seconds, if you drive it daily. During this startup period you...
• Engine braking with a turbo...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 17:56:28 -0700
  ...not recommend for Volkswagen because they have hydraulic lifters and the back pressure will cause the valves to rise and then hit a piston...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:49 -0700
  ...off to relieve > pressure on the springs and hydraulic lifters. Check for collapsed or > spongy lifters. > > Ken > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 4:11...
• Re: ATF for hyd. valves
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:27:47 -0400
  ...through the carb? Never tried that, but for sticky valve guides (not hydraulic lifters, mind you) pouring a quart of diesel fuel down the...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 19:14:14 -0700
  ...will just add wear and tear on the valvetrain and >lead to premature cam or lifter failure. I believe my Haynes book, 4400 rpm...
• Oil & filters &
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:00:49 -0800
  ...engine (the same filter fits exactly), immediately solved bad valve noise (though no hydraulic lifters in this engine) at start-up, another low oil...
• Re: sticking lifter cure?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:26:09 -0400
  ...hydraulic lifter leakdown. > > 2) How it works: The lifter is fed oil through a series of oil galleries > in the case, crank, and pushrod...
• Adjusting Valves on '77
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 May 1995 11:04:39 -0500
  Greetings Volks, My '77 does not have hydraulic lifters (I think they started in '78) so it's time to adjust the valves. I...
• Won't start - lifter adjustment problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Aug 1998 20:10:12 -0700
  ...I rechecked the adjustment on the hydraulic lifters several times - but I think that this is the problem. Here's how I adjusted them...
• Re: Quick intro and a question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:29:16 -0800
  ...air- > cooled Vanagon? > > I've heard that these have hydraulic lifters so there's no valve- > adjusts?! > > Thanks and glad to be back. > Cevin
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 13:31:37 PST
  ...Burczyk >> >> >> I had adjusted my (hydraulic) lifters for my 84 vanagon several times. I remember that if I turn the pulley 180 deg clockwise...
• Warning - delayed mail
  Historical mailing list - NTMail
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:05:10 -0600
  ...Broken hydraulic lifter '86 Question >X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 >X-Info...
• Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:37:46 -0800
  ...John, The occasional noisy lifter is a design issue, not a "old engine, worn out" issue. Ever since VW introduced the hydraulic lifter in...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I check my valves every morning on the open road, > would've loved to get those hydraulics, but Ol Geno says no. I have...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 01:10:06 -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: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:37:21 -0500
  ...s Hydraulic lifters article (http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm). I decided to use the 0.006 method of adjusting the valves as...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:45:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Maybe type I's are more succeptable to valve float. WRT hydraulic lifters, they must be okay if the last 20 years production of...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:12:53 -0700
  ...Like the noise when the valves have temporarily lost > > hydraulic pressure. > > > > There was no noticeable power loss, just noisy and disconcerting. > > > > Does anyone have...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:20:33 -0500
  At 11:54 AM 2/1/2000 -0800, Richard Bias wrote: >understand and learn what is happening. Bob, I followed your procedure and >it...
• how to identify bad lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:19:52 -0700
  ...So, I'm thinking of the problem might be a bad hydraulic lifter. Any opinion on this? I have not done a leak-down...
• Retorqing Vanagon Waterboxer Heads
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 16:08:11 +0000
  ...The tricky part is the end of the pushrod closest to the cam shaft needs to be FULLY seated in the hydraulic lifter once...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  ...The spongy lifters may not be fully pumped up, but you are probably close enough. After all, they are hydraulic lifters and designed to...
• new diesel - - one cylinder, no compression
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:59:44 -0700
  ...Can a hydraulic lifter fail, and expand too much, thus keeping the valve open a tad at all times? ? Annoyed at having to take...
• Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:45:03 -0400
  ...The lifters push on hollow tubes called pushrods. They're hollow because oil gets pumped through them to supply the valve train with oil...
• 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...
• Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Jul 94 10:21:08 CDT
  Having just taken all of my lifters appart, I must agree with most of the discussions so far. Except, I don't think they...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 13:51:33 -0700
  Quick lifter question, just to make sure i understand them correctly - if you take off all the pre-load, the will return to their...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 11:44:54 PST
  ...Oh, hydraulic lifters can (need to) be adjusted if they are repacked, as described in the Bentley manual. David Kao
• Re: To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 Sep 1994 08:04:28 -0700
  ...occassional valve lifter rattling throughout life of vehicle 7. repaired ventilation blower switch and heater control cables 8. 1 plugged fuel filter at 120...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:41:22 -0500
  ...s Hydraulic lifters article (http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm). I decided to use the 0.006 method of adjusting the valves as...
• Quick intro and a question
  Historical mailing list - cevin
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:37:16 -0800
  ...air-cooled Vanagon? I've heard that these have hydraulic lifters so there's no valve-adjusts?! Thanks and glad to be back. Cevin
• Need advice: Fresh rebuild seems noisy
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Sat, 22 Mar 2003 19:16:54 -0800
  ...The engine has been dry for a couple months, perhaps the hydraulic lifters aren't working fully? Is there any thing else I should...
• stalling when engine is cold
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 02 Sep 94 17:30:28 CDT
  ...With pressure that high, the hydraulic valve lifters will overextend themselves, causing the valves to hang open. After the engine warms up, the car...
• '78 Correct oil pressures?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 6 Sep 95 0:46:08 EDT
  ...and hydraulic lifters, now I never had a hydraulic lifter AC engine, and our '86 Wasserboxer used to make a lot O valve noise...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed-Valve lifters and adjusters.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:40:16 -0400
  ...As for valve adjustment with the hydraulic lifters there are some things to be considered. For one they should never be operated or adjusted...
• Re: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Per...
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 14 May 2003 11:47:23 -0400
  ...Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Per... > In a message dated 5/14/2003 8:51:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > vgonman@msn...
• Re: '81 Lifter? HYD LIFTERS IN GENERAL
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 00:07:49 -0400
  ...literally before you can adjust all the valves. VW has never built a good hydraulic lifter, they still don't in the H20 cars...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:03:11 -0500
  ...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: 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...