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Re: squishy rocker arm? / adjusting hydro valves
Historical mailing list - chris
Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:17:52 -0700
...with a 0.006" clearance on that lifter for 10-15 minutes then re-attempt a hydraulic adjustment when the engine cools enough for...
Re: Engine Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:38:26 -0700
How long did you let it run? Sometimes these beasties take a couple miles to refill hydraulic lifters, and make a real racket as...
To those '83-'85 Vanagon folks
Historical mailing list
Tue, 6 Sep 94 09:42:41 PDT
...to me? year, miles, and list of problems (for example, overheating, rattling hydraulic lifters,, frequent brake pad replacement, etc.) Thanks. Regards, James '83 Vanagon
Re: Valve adjustments/Need specs
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:46:50 EST
I have the original design paper from VAG on the current generation of the hydraulic lifters. I'm sure Alistair Bell could be talked...
Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
Historical mailing list - TC
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:06:42 -0800
> It looks to me like the first question you need to ask is ... what's the > difference between VW Beetle pushrod tubes and Vanagon...
More Valve Lifter Stuff
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:24:08 -0400
...back like the other valves and just let it keep ticking? Hydraulic lifters continue to be a bit of a mystery to me; I...
Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
Historical mailing list
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 22:39:22 -0500
...If a lifter feels mushy, there is no oil in it or the check valve is bad or hung up. Note these lifters, as...
Re: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:19:43 -0700
...Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
Re: Adjusting Valves
Historical mailing list
Fri, 24 Feb 1995 12:27:28 -0400
...Your 2.0l has hydraulic lifters no?, if so, what you set is really an initial best position, the lifters will handle the 'adjustment...
Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:39:34 -0700
...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: 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...
Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:36:32 -0700
> I'm sorry, I forget. �It may well be that you have to destroy a > pushrod tube and replace it with the telescoping kind...
Valve Tapping Sound
Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
Wed, 29 May 2002 17:09:40 EDT
...My sense is that in my later 2.1 wasserbies, what with hydraulic lifters, there's not much that I can adjust. I am...
Loud metallic knock from engine??????
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:09:19 +0200
...Sound to me like a stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck valve.............. Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis and fix? It is not...
Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:06:16 -0600
...Using the one turn after the adjusting screw just touching the valve stem is a little bit of pre-load on the hydraulic lifters...
Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:47:18 -0700
...Hydraulic valve lifters? > Thanks for the advice. I did the Bentley method first with two turns > before I read these posts. I accidentally went...
Re: Clackety Clack
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 1 May 2010 20:35:26 -0700
Could just be 'normal' hydraulic lifter clacking, from letting it sit. Also ... running for very short periods of time, like a minute or so...
Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:14:36 -0400
...Hydraulic lifter engines need to have the oil/ filter changes done religiously due to this fact alone. Dirty oil will force you to overhaul...
Re: Empty Lifter
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 9 Nov 2004 10:51:26 -0600
http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm Stan Wilder High Performance Ceramic Coatings www.engineceramics.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
Re: engine noise - hydraulic lifter damaged?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:45:35 -0700
John Rodgers wrote: [good description of lifter rattle and first part of how to fix, useful to Vanagon novices like me, snipped] > > To fix...
Vanagon lifter noise.
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:50:30 -0500
...You can get the phenomenon even with very near perfect hydraulic lifters. If your engine is in good condition and you have good startup...
Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
Historical mailing list - TC
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:37:52 -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...
Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:19 -0700
Not true on WBX engines. True on aircooled. Mark John Bange wrote: >> I'm sorry, I forget. It may well be that you have...
Hydraulic valve adjustment question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:21:14 -0500
...Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw to preload the lifter. Seems I've read (and used) one turn as espoused by some...
Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:23:01 -0500
And what if a lifter is not firm? What's the procedure for a squishy one, which was fine a few nights ago before...
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: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:23:11 -0700
In my opinion, because hydraulic lifters self adjust it really doesn't matter the adjustment 1s 1 or 2 turns. Anywhere 1 to 2...
Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:59:03 +0200
...I >replaced my lifter and the problem came back only once. My guess is >the hydraulic lock is lost, but after running for a...
Re: Adjusting Valves
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 24 Feb 95 10:20:02 CST
...how come you're adjusting valves on a 2.0 liter? all the two liters i know about have hydraulic valve lifters and don...
Re: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Per...
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 14 May 2003 20:13:43 -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: Occasional Sticky Lifter 87GL
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:29:08 -0500 (EST)
...Magee wrote: > I am having an hydraulic lifter sticking on the 87GL once a month or so. > I usually does this when cold but...
Re: Gear lube
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 28 May 2001 19:39:16 -0500
...galleries of the engine after shutdown, which in turn keeps the hydraulic lifters on the WBX engines pumped up so you don't get...
Is '78 a good year
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Wed, 20 Sep 95 17:20:11 PDT
...I understand that the hydraulic lifters are a benefit as well the exhaust system (which is still fairly easy to find vs. the '79...
Bentley vanagon manual on CD
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:51:55 -0500
...lifter pre loading procedure it now says (Note- It has been brought to the attention of the publisher that the hydraulic valve lifters have...
Re: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
Wed, 2 Feb 2000 14:32:07 -0000
...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation > I always set the valves to zero lash when first starting up the motor after > rebuild, or head removal...
Re: 87 van 2.1 a/t w/no motor x 1 yr with intermittent rap - and winter storage
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 2 Feb 2008 13:36:46 -0800
...On sticky hydraulic lifters............. Well, first thing !!!...........occasional short periods of operation MAKE the lifters get noisy. I've had subaru conversions ( and waterboxers...
Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:09:36 -0800
...once in a while I'll be getting some wbxr engine going and it'll have one bad lifter and I grab one from...
Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Benoit
Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:39:50 -0400
...The whole idea of hydraulic lifters is to take >out critical adjustment. If lifters keep clacking, you have a valve >sticking in the guide...
Aircooled lifter noise (UPDATE)
Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:22:08 -0600
...So really, there are no symptoms of any problems save for the persistent tick of the lifters. I read the discourse on hydraulic lifters...
Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:02:46 -0400
...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: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 08:48:02 CST6CDT
...You must wait > 1/2 hour or so before starting engine to let lifters bleed down. so does "properly" mean lift all the valve...
Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
Historical mailing list - John Lane
Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:22:25 -0700
...Sound to me like a stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck valve.............. Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis and fix? It is not...
Re: Wild -just about EVERYTHING for T1/T2/T3
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:19:06 +0100
...cip.com main source :) > all their body panels, heater blower motors , hydraulic lifters > and that is just stuff i got in last 3 mths...
Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:24:51 -0700
...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:21 PM Subject: Hydraulic valve adjustment question > Bentley says set valves on number 1 cylinder, then...
2.1 questions
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:10:37 +0000
...or could it have been a sticky hydraulic lifter holding open the intake valve and sucking oil in? or something else? Should I check...
Re: Update: hard start, for 2 years!
Historical mailing list - David Johnson
Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:18:55 -0600
...Ok, I must for forgiveness in advance here, but I was generally under the impression that the lifters in a Vanagon were hydraulic, and...
Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
Historical mailing list
Fri, 22 Mar 1996 01:02:56 -0500
...You must wait 1/2 hour or so before starting engine to let lifters bleed down. It is normal for these lifters to ocaisionally...
Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:12:13 -0500
Shouldn't a '78 have hydraulic lifters? Adjust accordingly. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of...
Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
Historical mailing list - TC
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:59:18 -0800
> Still never heard much definitive debate about whether it is a good idea to > put new lifters onto what is probably a very high...
Re: Valves?
Historical mailing list - Rick
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:21:16 -0700
...No, you don't adjust your hydraulic lifters. If they get too noisy then perhaps there is some sort of dirt or obstruction to...
Re: Vanagon lifter noises - adj. hydraulic lifters?
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 06:57:11 -0500
...Larry>> If I had a set of clacking lifter's as the poster mentioned, as well as a mysterious rapping, & banging coming from the...
Re: WBX throwing rods?
Historical mailing list - JM/CO
Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:26:54 -0400
If this is REALLY a noisy lifter, first of all, they are hydraulic, and not adjustable. Secondly, chances are good that if you take...
Re: [syncro.org] Re: Twas the Night Before
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:24:50 -0700
"hydraulic lifters" .. never heard reindeer called that before, Richard. happy holidays, bob ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard A Jones<mailto:jones@colorado.edu> To: lchase...
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...
Re: Question about engine storage
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 08:22:29 -0400
Remove the rock-arm assemblies to take pressure off the hydraulic lifters. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com On Mon, March 22, 2010 7...
Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:17:27 -0400
David Beierl wrote: > I had some used ones Boston Bob gave me. They worked fine as I recall. When I got my '85, in...
Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 22 May 2012 16:35:10 -0700
re : > When you adjust the lifters to some number of turns in, how do you know the > lifters were already pumped to their full...
Checkin Z Lifters
Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:12:16 -0500
...but the Hydraulic lifters im sorta out of what makes them good or bad. Is there a way to check them visually and or...
Re: Pushrods - 1.9 vs 2.1 (now lifters)
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Sat, 7 Dec 2002 16:19:01 -0800
...lifters are the same for 1.9 and 2.1 Z --- Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM> wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the hydraulic...
Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question-update
Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:47:08 -0300
Well, I got the lifters all cleaned out. I took them all apart and cleaned with carburetor cleaner and various "tools". By the time...