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• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:59:03 +0200
  ...I can replace the hy-lifter without pulling more than the pushrod tube, valve train, pop new hy-lifter in, put incollapsible pushrodtube, replace...
• Re: 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:57:42 -0500
  > Get in it--and run the hell out of it--you just have a collapsed lifter > from sitting--it'll pump back up, and...
• Re: hyd. lifter adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:22:53 -0600
  ...Read the above on adjusting lifters or go to Boston Engine Excfhange and read his method. Stan Wilder On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09...
• Re: Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:06:26 -0500
  I had one '85 Jetta that did this valve lifter sound every time I started it for the 142,000 miles I owned it...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 19:55:16 -0800
  larry, these very special lifters suggests that it may be a moving target and require a dynamic setting. not baad not good just not...
• Lifter observation.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:08:51 -0400
  Greetings all, I have noticed the lifters are most likely to clatter if the day before the truck was started from cold and only...
• Lifters knocking
  Historical mailing list - David G. Hobbs
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:01:01 -0600
  ...Can someone please email me off-list with the oil additives that are recommended to quiet lifters. Thanks David David Hobbs Dghobbs@siu.edu
• Re: Bent lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:30:23 EST
  ...Time, Tintman@HOME.COM writes: << Is it possable to bend a lifter? >> I have a question on this.... HOW!?!?!?!?! Was the incredible hulk doing...
• Re: valve adj. 90-2.o
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:39:13 -0500
  ...The stock 2.1L WBX engine has a valve lifter issue fondly referred to a the "WBX Lifter Syndrome". The hydraulic lifters, sometimes when...
• Re: [Replacing broken valve lifter?]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:48:53 MDT
  ...The local VW dealer says I have a broken hydraulic valve lifter on cylinder number one. This was after I asked them to diagnose...
• Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - easoars
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 17:14:06 -0800
  OK folks I adjusted my lifters to one complete turn after double checking... that lifters were completely pumped up. I left the engine running...
• Re: Noisy lifter update
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 20:41:26 -0500
  I don't know why anybody is surprised when they have lifter noise. The lifters have a hole in the side that allows oil...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 13:59:53 -0700
  ...I think it's a problem with worn check valves in the lifter, but replacing the lifters is expensive and potentially can create worse...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 13:51:34 -0800
  ...Having the lifters knock on startup after a car has not been driven for awhile is fairly normal (especially as an engine starts to...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:10:30 EST
  ...the TPI of the adjustment screw working though the rocker arm ration puts the lifter EXACTLY in the center of it's travel..where...
• Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 18:04:02 -0600
  I'm still new to aircooled motors in general; how much lifter noise is normal in a Vanagon motor? I know my 2.0...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 07:45:38 -0500
  On lifters I was taught two things: First, replace not rebuild Second, if not replaced, return it to the same location it was removed...
• 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: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:34:53 +0000
  ...If your lifters are soft you should adjust the valve screw until you can just feel the lifter start to compress as this will...
• Re: lifter removal
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 29 Jan 2002 10:16:09 -0800
  ...Jones" <jones@COYOTE.COLORADO.EDU> wrote: > Stan Wilder wrote: > > >>Lifter remover: A coat hanger wire with a little hook on the end. > Put the...
• lifter's sticking
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 09:18:04 -0500
  Steve, the best place to get info on the sticky lifter problem is to go to boston bobs web sight. He has written a...
• stuck lifter
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:45:53 -0500
  so what to do with a stuck lifter? it's not stuck all the time and it loosens up after about 1/2 hour...
• Re: Valve Lifter Removal tool?
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:08:58 -0700
  Thanks Mike, Do you have an opinion about this lifter being bad? I noticed that when I took up the slack, to start the...
• Re: Removing Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:56:33 -0700
  ...Removing Lifters > Ben is your friend: http://www.benplace.com/heads/engine_rear3.jpg > > Remove rockers, pushrods, pushrod tubes, use magnet retrieval tool to...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:02:14 -0700
  Ken, It probably has more to do with the cam grind than the solid lifters, but it looks like a cheap way to squeeze...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 02:17:12 -0500
  ...New Lifter, MMO, black filter, 20W50 oil. Hmmm. The only thing I can think of that is adjusting that particular valve again. If that...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter link
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:54:12 -0500
  ...It helped me to further understand how works the hydraulic lifter. Cheers, Neil. --- Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > Folks, for all those who...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve adjustment - when is "contact"?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 16:32:05 -0500
  If your lifters aren't clogged with crap / sludge / carbon then they'll extend fully and have approximately 3/16" of soft play at...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 31 May 2005 20:44:19 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Damon Campbell wrote: >I have kind of a weird anti-vanagon lifter problem. >Most times when i park...
• Re: Checkin Z Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:34:56 -0500
  Jonce, BD has new,German lifters for $11.29; http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=022109309MY With all the trouble they cause (leaking...
• where did it go
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 01:23:29 -0800
  ...bearing allowing it to tap on the lifter bosses.Breaking the lifter boss with the lifter still in it on the intake for #1...
• valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 08:50:17 -0800
  For solid lifter there is a gap at tdc but with the hydralic lifter the valve is set slightly open at tdc???? Is the...
• Broken hydraulic lifter '86 Question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 15:13:57 -0800
  ...Now, while putting it back together, I noticed a keeper is missing out of one of the hydraulic lifters, and a chip is missing...
• Re: hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 May 2012 11:07:22 -0700
  ...When you adjust the lifters to some number of turns in, how do you know the lifters were already pumped to their full length...
• Re: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 13:57:48 -0700
  ...They also said >changing the lifter did not require a major effort if you extract it through >the >push rod tube. > If the lifter...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Mar 2003 (#2003-281)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:09:01 -0800
  ...valve adjustment question > > For solid lifter there is a gap at tdc but with the > hydralic lifter the valve is set slightly open at...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:14:41 -0800
  Matt, I think the lifters are in good shape but they get filled with oil and take time to bleed down. I went from...
• Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:09:29 -0500
  Started my van today and I suddenly have a tapping sound that sounds like a sticky lifter. Are there any fixes for this, the...
• 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...
• Re: [Lifter Thoughts]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:00:35 MDT
  ...Thinking the oil would work threw did'nt quite it down, so i shutdown 2 times and restarted and the lifter un-stuck itself...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 17:40:35 -0700
  Eric, I've notice the lifter chatter happens more often if you run the van for very short time then stop. Ie. Moving the...
• Re: Loud valve noise on startup
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:53:21 -0600
  ...I presume that a lifter is sticking as this has happened a couple >of times before and it usualy goes away after a few...
• '85 1.9L Lifter Knocking
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:07:40 -0400
  ...I was told that it may be a problem with one of the lifters. If this is the case (which I don't know...
• Re: Oil Level Lifters With Mann W 719/30 Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 1 Mar 2015 10:00:49 -0500
  ...What Vanagons like to do is have lifter that will clack away for minutes or even miles. These are likely lifter with a ball...
• 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...
• Archives?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 14:02:12 -0400
  ...Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter adjustment? Thanks Matthew, Glad to hear that the lifter adjustment may be called for and not just a couple...
• Re: noisy lifters
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 19:35:24 EDT
  My '84 Westy has from time to time a very noisy lifter. I put about half a cupful of Marvel Mystery oil into the...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:23:01 -0400
  <snip> > Yo guys, i wonder how you adjust your lifters??? > 1 turn, 1.5 or prr bentley, 2 turns. <snip> On both my engines...
• Re: Valve adjustment suggestions and a question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:31:01 -0700
  ...This was with engine cold. > > To get a more accurate adjustment, I adjusted all except the soft > lifter, (engine cold) put noisy lifter back...
• Re: '85 lifter noise, steering pump too.
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 13:03:45 -0600 (MDT)
  On Mon, 16 Oct 1995, John Foster wrote: > Apparently lifter noise is common and likely harmless when vans sit a long > time...see Technical...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:21:29 -0500
  The problem might not be the lifters. I'd run a compression check before I took the heads off. You could have something as...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil vs Rislone (lifter noise)- Canadians pls reply
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:58:43 -0500
  ...Marvel Mystery Oil vs Rislone (lifter noise)- Canadians pls >reply > >"Has anyone "cured" the lifter noise with Rislone? If not MMO, or Rislone, >then...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  I believe Boston Bob only does this on rebuilds when the lifters were removed or replaced. Old dirty lifters may take several rounds of...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:54:53 -0700
  Well, mine sounded pretty loud.....louder than what I thought a lifter should....if it's coming from the head, I would think it...
• Re: Noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:08:10 -0400
  ...Noisy lifter?? > Started my van today and I suddenly have a tapping sound that sounds > like a sticky lifter. Are there any fixes for...
• Re: What if we combined the Lifter Week with Vanagon Names threads?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 23:24:13 -0700
  ...What if we combined the Lifter Week with Vanagon Names threads? > > What would we get -- names for lifters (ooh, 8 names > instead of one...
• Broken lifter. Replacement processors
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Fri, 12 Nov 2010 07:18:25 -0500
  ...Removed a sizable chunk of lifter from top of cylinder cover. Hopefully easy to fix. Your experience in this replacement is requested. Thank you...
• Re: Old Hydraulic WBX Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 19:41:35 -0500
  Back in the old days of engine rebuilding lifters were rarely replaced. The only real wear item is the face which in many engines...
• Valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:55:46 -0400
  On a '91 Wolfie - over 60 mph at operating temp hydraulic lifter clacks. Sometime pretty good. Back off or in congested traffic no valve...
• Lifter's sticking
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 22:12:51 -0800
  Has anyone ever had a problem with their lifter's sticking temporarily?It's happened to me a couple of times,but it always...