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• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:28:28 -0700
  ...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: Transporter/Vanagon 1600 AirCooled.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 95 13:07:17 +0100
  ...The filtercase is of poor quality according to them, it has 8mm oilgalleys (with hydraulic lifters ?!), only one oilpressure relief valve and suffered sealing...
• Re: Loud Ticking In engine after sitting for 3 months
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:30:45 -0500
  ...Sounds like hydraulic lifter noise. It's very common with Vanagons. VW says it's ok as long as the noise goes away after...
• Re: TDC ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:30:31 PST
  ...You do not adjust the valves on a motor with hydraulic lifters; if that is what you are trying to do. Ken On Tue...
• 139297.4 miles -> BOOM!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Aug 94 17:50:29 PDT
  ...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: Unkown Engine #GD000861
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 4 May 2000 10:32:03 -0400
  GD would indicate a '76-77 2-liter solid lifter engine. Therefore it will need periodic valve adjustments unless someone converted it to Hydraulic...
• 2.0l engine tech Q?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:59:22 -0400
  ...gain? gas mileage/grade needed? 3) ditto a better cam? for hydraulic lifters and stock FI, not a carb conversion. 4) finally, Mark Stephens...
• Re: Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:05:01 -0700
  ...My air-cooled van required occasional readjustment of >> lifter/valves. >> My 86 Westy WBX has the hydraulic lifters... do these need to be >> readjusted...
• [T2] 79 Bust - Engine salad surgery...
  Historical mailing list - Bob
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 03:05:46 +0000
  ...Aren't the hollow pushrods supposed to go into motors that don't have hydraulic lifters? If so, what sort of ramifications could this...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:18:47 -0500
  ...Mike TC wrote: >>>>I have a bad lifter that leaks down & start tapping tried adjusting >>>>so I am going to get some new lifters...
• 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: problems after head swap in '84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:36:35 -0400
  ...Engine would not idle, and some clatter.<< Is clatter a clapping / clicking noise!! Damn hydraulic lifters! I hate those.. Remember that a loose valve...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 2 Feb 2003 13:26:57 -0600
  ...The solid lifter valve train can gain > clearance as it warns up and the hydraulic can loose clearance. We > could argue the reasons all...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 21:08:18 -0500
  ...mcneely ---- Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hydraulic lifter bleed down. Usually only one lifter if a cam lobe has that valve fully open...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 21:14:22 -0700
  ...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: Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:55:17 -0400
  ...effort, the hydraulic lifer was indeed collapsed. I adjusted the rocker until the lifter was completely compressed, essentially a solid lifter. I left a...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:11:33 -0500
  ...might go for Air Cooled with hydraulic lifters too. It has also been mentioned that often lifters catch a lot of the very fine...
• Hydraulic Valve Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 20:32:52 +0000 (GMT)
  ...I found one mushy valve lifter - so presumed a leaking lifter. I have ordered a replacement - but now wonder about the adjustment of the...
• Re: Loud lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:35:49 -0700
  ...At 08:27 PM 09/18/2003, you wrote: >The hydraulic lifters on my 90 Carat 2.1 have started making very loud >noises...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:44:14 +0200
  ...knock fromthe engine, righthand side. > >Sound to me like a stuck hydraulic lifter, or a stuck valve.............. > >Any good suggestions on a quick diagnosis...
• LVC Recommending diesel forums
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:42:01 -0400
  ...and Rabbit? I don't think they changed much, except using hydraulic lifters in the later ones, before going to the TDI. Thanks, Ed...
• Re: oil filter for 2.1 l WBX?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:10:26 -0500
  ...On the inline 4 that filter is made for, sure, makes a hell of a difference keeping stuff up in the hydraulic lifters, on...
• Lifter settings 83 Aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 06:28:03 -0500
  I've been in a general off list discussion about the proper settings for the hydraulic lifters on my 83 Aircooled 2000 cc TypeIV...
• Re: Removing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:56:33 -0700
  ...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: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:45 -0400
  At 07:42 PM 3/23/2009, Mike S wrote: >Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even then, is >there...
• Re: Sticky or noisey Tappets
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 12:42:17 CDT
  ...Any suggestions, help etc.? >How'd you fix this? i guess you could replace all the hydraulic lifters and it would be 'better', but...
• RE:Roadtrip ends w/ BANG! Clatter..clatter....(+ 2 questions)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:29:15
  ...GD." This is 2 liter with solid lifters ('76/77). "GE" would be 2 liter hydraulic lifters ('78/79). >2. There is a mystery...
• 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...
• Bent push rod.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 7 Aug 1999 19:13:05 EDT
  ...Make sure the far end is seated properly in the hydraulic lifter. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 22:36:05 -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...
• engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 21:40:16 -0400
  ...hydraulic lifter and the lifter pushes back after you release it. #1 exhaust is rock hard at TDC with no give from the hydraulic...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:26:20 -0700
  ...Yes, I could remove them easily in order to get the lifters out for checking or whatever. They leaked oil all the time. I...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:25:06 -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: Wild -just about EVERYTHING for T1/T2/T3
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:41:57 -0400
  ...cip.com main source :) > > all their body panels, heater blower motors , hydraulic lifters > > and that is just stuff i got in last 3 mths...
• How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:32:41 -0500
  ...A hydraulic lifter has a piston in a very closely fitted cylinder. It is meant to have the space under the piston always full...
• Re: removing lifters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 15:33:14 -0800
  ...removing lifters > 1982 air cooled Westy hydraulic lifters > > This weekend I am going to be dropping the engine and transmission out of my van...
• Re: maybe too much information is worse...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 17 May 2006 22:16:12 -0700
  ...Before the inline engines had hydraulic lifters, > those engine ran at 90 psi hot! I would not worry about excessive oil > pressure until you...
• Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Mon, 8 May 95 11:04:25 PDT
  ...hydraulic lifters out. Are they now dry after moving the engine up and down so many times? Do I need to take the lifters...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:16:56 -0700
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Week > . <<They way far exceed anything that the engines of the 80s were > designed for. Far more stabilizers for low and higher...
• TAPPING SOUND
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:57:06 -0700
  To all that furnished advise on how to cure a noisy stuck hydraulic lifter, Marvel Mystery oil did the trick. I added about a...
• 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: 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:03:38 -0800
  > I have been having problems with the hydraulic lifters loosing there > oil fill on my 84 westy 1.9 liter water cooled engine.The...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 09:35:09 -0500
  ...version of the hydraulic lifter availible for proformance cams in V8's that acts the same way as some vw lifters they can take...
• Re: First Valve adjustment: report and questions.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2005 09:11:14 -0400
  ...That completely defeats the purpose of the hydraulic lifters. After that many miles, the tips of the adjuster screws and valves stems were somewhat...
• Re: short-lived rebuilds
  Historical mailing list - THOMAS CARRINGTON
  07 Apr 1995 00:09:00 GMT
  ...One hydraulic lifter refused to pump up. GEX FEDEXed me a lifter, and offered to pay for a shop or a VW dealer to...
• Re: From flickering oil light to valves clacking
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 12:37:46 -0400
  ...I used to have an issue with lifters bleeding down on the highway for a long time in one of my 1.9 Westies...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:33:02 -0700
  ...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: Clacky new(ish) lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:16:35 -0800
  ...We pretty much determined that the lifters all came from the same batch, and that batch was FUBAR! The design of hydraulic lifter in...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:37:55 -0400
  At 08:26 PM 3/23/2009, David Kao wrote: >Unless there are telescoping push rod tubes that are much better >than the ones...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 02:53:41 -0500
  David, How can something with the precise tolerances of a hydraulic lifter produce such adverse & varying results ? Regards, JP Yours works the way it...
• Re: Poor fuel consumption 81 aircooled- aux air reg bad?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 23:56:53 -0600
  ...I've never heard of adjusting solid or hydraulic lifters to zero. Am I missing something? Mark Ingalls 85 GL 75 Beetle _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement - I'm looking at the 1.9 NA
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 19:22:03 EDT
  ...Also be aware that you will need to use a hydraulic lifter head; the stock diesel vanagon head is mechanical. Good luck, Ken Hunter...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter noise ?
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:53:48 -0400
  ...say it's unlikely a spring inside a lifter is broken. > > get a good 'hydraulic lifter cleaner additive' and put some in the oil...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 22:10:45 -0400
  At 16:52 4/8/99 -0700, Robert Capra wrote: >I've been a list member for a couple of weeks. I've had...
• 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: Quick intro and a question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:29:16 -0800
  ...on a air- > cooled Vanagon? > > I've heard that these have hydraulic lifters so there's no valve- > adjusts?! > > Thanks and glad to be...
• Re: How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 02:05:45 -0800
  ...why to do two turns, or any for that matter. > > A hydraulic lifter has a piston in a very closely fitted cylinder. It is...
• Re: sticking lifter cure?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 1 Sep 2003 13:42:16 -0700
  ...with my '85 1.9 WBX. > > The problem is that the hydraulic lifters lose oil when the > van has been standing unused for a...
• 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...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 21:45:30 -0700 (PDT)
  ...WRT hydraulic lifters, they must be okay if the last 20 years production of VW busses have them, no? Not trying to drag this...