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• Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 08:42:48 -0700
  Thanks to all on mail list for their input on my stuck lifter problem. This week-end I tried the advice of some members...
• Gonna do it! (Was Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment?)
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:45:57 -0400
  Hey Volks, Thanks for all of your input on my lifter adjustment question. I've decided to go ahead and adjust them before the...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 13:42:00 -0400
  ...So you credit the performance improvement on the solid lifters? What did it do to valve noise? -- Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Ted Baird
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 02:48:46 +0000
  I just fired up my 87 Westy after two weeks in chilly Boise storage with no lifter noise. Maybe this is going over ground...
• Re: Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:37:46 -0700
  ...Noisy lifter?? > re, lifter noise, > > <<...I haven't heard it since I switched to better oil filters and > started using Mobil 1. Don't...
• Re: '78 Hydraulic Lifter Reassembly
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 May 1996 09:48:41 -0400
  I'm removing the lifters on my '78 while the engine is out for head work and new rings, rod bearings etc. One was...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:20:53 -0600
  ---- Ted Baird <tbaird@MERIDIANCITY.ORG> wrote: > I just fired up my 87 Westy after two weeks in chilly Boise storage with no lifter noise...
• Re: Tight valves!
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:15:39 -0600
  ...In theory, with perfect lifters, "0" would be correct. I'm going to stay with 1/2 turn in because I have 7 lifters...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:12:07 -0400
  a hydraulic lifter may take up the extra .006" and more when engine is running due to being pumped all the way up with...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil vs Rislone (lifter noise)- Canadians pls reply
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:15:40 -0400
  ...Marvel Mystery Oil vs Rislone (lifter noise)- Canadians pls reply > Hi again guys > I thank all who have given me advise on lifter noise...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:10:28 -0400
  ...Read what the book says about not letting the pushrod catch on the lip of the lifter when you put it back... -- David Beierl...
• Re: lifter problem...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:28:42 -0700
  > Just drive the van a bit--the lifter will heal itself. Sometimes; but not always... Wouldn't feel good about going more than a...
• Re: sticky lifter
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Thu, 8 May 2003 23:48:36 -0700
  ...It cured my noisey lifter that the mystery oil didn't. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
• Checkin Z Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 23:12:16 -0500
  ...im on the lifters now. i know with the type 1 solid lifters you can put them face to face and make sure they...
• Re: Lifter question - in reverse
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:23:32 -0400
  ...Lifter question > > >>I have a set of almost-new lifters that came out of a running 2.1. I am >> about to put them...
• Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 08:17:18 -0700
  > The second thing i wanted to ask is about lifter noise. I've heard a lot > about it here over the years but have...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 23:26:45 -0500
  ...Noisy Valve lifters I just fired up my 87 Westy after two weeks in chilly Boise storage with no lifter noise. Maybe this is...
• Re: Valve lifter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Mar 2015 16:18:12 -0500
  ...Valve lifter > > How would one positively identitfy a lifter that refuses to pump up? > > I have a bad one and need to replace it...
• Noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Nov 1996 19:15:49 PST
  My van sat for a few weeks getting painted and now the lifters are making a racket? How long does it usually take for...
• 2.1 lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta 1990 Vanagon GL
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:32:22 EDT
  Does anyone know if you can replace the hydrolic lifters on a 1990 2.1 waterboxer without removing the cylinder heads? I will be...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 13 Mar 2003 - Special issue (#2003-294)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 20:52:17 -0800
  Boston Bob, I have read and PDFed your information. "preloading the lifters can be tricky " is an understatement. What is the best way to...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - John Patton
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 01:12:00 +0000
  Hi Blake, I love a mystery!!! If the pushrods are centrally seated(see Bentley caution) in the lifter and rocker arm, no "adjustments" are...
• Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:00:35 -0500
  Mike- Collapsed lifters are a very common Vanagon problem. Don't go ripping your motor apart just yet. They are caused by two circumstances...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 09:40:00 -0500
  ...the engine oil to clean out any dirt/gum in the lifters. -Larry > Hi Chad. I had the same problem when I picked up...
• Re: What if we combined the Lifter Week with Vanagon Names threads?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Witz
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:05:25 -0400
  ...What if we combined the Lifter Week with Vanagon Names >threads? >> >> What would we get -- names for lifters (ooh, 8 names >> instead of one...
• Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - easoars
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:59:34 -0800
  ...Ensuring the lifter was not collasped and the push rod centered I took 1 1/2 turns versus 2 like the bently states. Now...
• Re: 85 1.9 L Won't Start (Rebuilt Motor)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jun 1999 21:15:38 EDT
  ...Run it like this for a little while (couple hours at least) until the lifters pump up. Then readjust the lifters to One full...
• More info on; Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:32:24 -0800
  ...I had no problems with the lifters before. But after I replaced the heads exactly as they were before, and installed the engine the...
• 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...
• clickin lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rob WIlke
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:26:39 -0700
  If I don't drive my 87 syncro for a week or so the lifters click till she's warmed up and sometime more...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil vs Rislone (lifter noise)- Canadians pls reply
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:34:07 -0500
  I cured lifters, measles, mumps and shingles with MMO. Great stuff. Stan Wilder More Power with Performance Coatings http://www.engineceramics.com -----Original Message...
• type 4 vs 1.9l cam followers
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:34:54 -0400
  Hi all got another goofy cross referance question does the type 4 lifters and 1.9L lifters interchange?? I pulled apart a 1.9L...
• Hydaulic lifter bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Klender
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:40:00 EST
  ...When I fired it up ,the lifters sounded like a tin can full of bolts. I pulled both of the lifters from #2 and...
• Re: Lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:34:01 -0400
  If the coffee can had oil to the tops of the lifters to keep them full and the lid was on to keep them...
• Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:39:12 -0800
  ...I seem to have a problem with my lifters not getting compressed. I can’t tell why. I can think of the oil pressure...
• how do i remove lifters w/o removing the (L)head?
  Historical mailing list - Kurtis Thomas
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 22:38:27 EDT
  In my 87 vanagon (waterboxer) I think my (L) head lifters are going bad 2 of the 4 sink when I push on the...
• Re: Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:42:45 -0400
  re, lifter noise, <<...I haven't heard it since I switched to better oil filters and started using Mobil 1. Don't know which...
• Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 08:56:33 -0700
  Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other valvetrain components? I seem to...
• Vanagon lifter noises - adj. hydralic lifters?
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 02:22:08 -0400
  ...What I think I would do first thing is to adjust the rocker's so the lifters ain't banging, then do the Dick...
• Re: Lifter retaining spring broke...
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Wed, 28 May 2003 17:06:07 -0700
  If you have a good used lifter I would just rebuild (clean) pump up and install it. Phil __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 00:06:41 -0400
  ...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: sticky lifter
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Wed, 7 May 2003 14:34:12 -0400
  ...New lifters, new oil pressure relief spring, VW and K&N oil filters, Marvel Mystery Oil, Motor Flush and auto tranny fliud. On the...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:46:09 -0400
  ...Noisy lifter Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other valvetrain components? I...
• Re: Collapsable Pushrod Tubes?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:40:05 +0000
  ...But I need to dig in there to swap out a > lifter that is stuck. (Yes, tried all of the known ways to unstick...
• flat lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 17:28:00 -0500
  Hi, If adjusted properly, will flat lifters fill with oil? If you think they should, and they don't, must the lifter(s) be...
• Re: give me that old time religion, that old time lifter
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:39:42 -0700
  Does that third pushrod from the right look distinctly bent to you, too? -Damon --- gary hradek <hradek@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > that old time lifter...
• Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 22:34:15 -0400
  Yo guys, i wonder how you adjust your lifters??? 1 turn, 1.5 or prr bentley, 2 turns. Just an open question for Roadhaus...
• Webcam #107i for sale with lifters
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:01:31 -0400
  First $60 and shipping gets it and matched lifters. Iused it about 5k miles........I pulled the lifters and have marked them for each...
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:39:01 -0700
  ...high oil pressure forcing the lifters to hold the valves open, giving no compression. ( Scott's initial suggestion!) Mechanics suggested cause: additive he'd...
• Re: Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 17:56:45 -0700
  ...I also took the time to pull out the lifters, clean them and refilled 3 of the 4 lifters on that side. Got it...
• Re: LOUD Engine
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Long
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 02:06:55 -0400
  In a message dated 97-09-09 00:19:38 EDT, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes: << 2) I have a stuck lifter which is causing...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 08:11:19 -0800
  ...Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco >> filters >> >> Hey guys, try to be positive! >> >> We talk to our car when it has...
• Re: Noisy Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 19:20:00 -0500
  I recently tried the ATF in the oil trick on my '86 Jetta with noisy lifters. I just put a swig of ATF in...
• replacing lifters
  Historical mailing list - joe lucca
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:25:32 -0400
  ...the mechanic says the lifters in my van are worn out and need to be replaced in order to get rid of horrible ticking...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:12:05 EDT
  In a message dated 9/12/05 12:10:45 PM, wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET writes: << It has also been mentioned that often lifters...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:05:29 -0800
  ...Ever since VW introduced the hydraulic lifter in for the horizontally opposed engine (1978 2.0 air cooled--same lifter), this has occurred. It...
• Thanks be to the list !!! and Ron Salmon @ The Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - James morris
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 09:27:54 -0500
  ...It totaled out a entire lifter and pushrod ! So I got the lifter removed over the Labor Day holiday and ordered the new ones...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:14:41 -0400
  ...Noisy lifter Can the hydraulic lifters in the 2.1L motor be removed and replaced without having to replace any other valvetrain components? I...
• Re: vanagon why not to reuse lifters
  Historical mailing list - Derek
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 01:20:15 -0700
  Hi Scott, This is my understanding of why not to reuse lifters. Apparently they develop a micro wear pattern specific to the cam lobe...
• Replacing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 21:50:10 -0400
  Hi John, The lifters themselves are easy as pie to replace. Cost is an issue though. What you have to do is take off...