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• Lifter removal
  Historical mailing list - James B. Morris
  Wed, 2 Sep 1998 09:30:16 -0500
  I have a lifter that has come apart iside the engine of my 87 Vanagon GL. The pushrod was trapped between the lifter bore...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:29:00 -0800
  ...Water boxer lifters are hydraulic and the push rod is the weak link as you pointed out. These diesel lifters were solid but the...
• New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:01:39 -0800
  Hello All, I received my order of new hydrolic lifters and ready for the big job this coming weekend to complete replacing the head...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:41:15 -0400
  Dont know what your lifter problem history is, but I once had bad lifter problems. Against advice, I only replaced 2 lifters,and got...
• Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Performance limits
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 14 May 2003 06:57:00 EDT
  I was looking at the new CB Performance catalog and noticed that they have performance hydraulic lifters, that have a RPM limit of 6500...
• Re: Lifter Noise
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:23:11 -0500
  ...The lifters have a hole in one side for oil to drain out and lube the lifter bore. The lifters are lying on their...
• Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:46:01 -0500
  The lifter can usually be removed with a magnet. If that fails due to a carbon ridge or the lifter mushrooming, then a lifter...
• Re: New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 23:05:34 -0500
  Some lifters are packed in a thin oily fluid but not gas at this point in time I would only use Febi lifters they...
• Re: bent lifters
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Smola
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:00:47 -0600
  You cannot bend a lifter, but you can bend a pushrod. this of course is the link between the rocker arm and the lifter...
• Lifter retaining spring broke...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 28 May 2003 19:53:16 EDT
  Can another one be used or does a new lifter need to installed? I have a number of T4 lifters around. Can I just...
• Re: New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:18:04 -0600
  Leo, I don't know about the length issue, but I'm pretty sure that gasoline smelling lifters are reason enough to return them...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:29:24 -0500
  > would anybody else like to speak about there lifters not doing what the > theory says > they should > John I hope you dont mind I...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:31:35 -0600
  Its the fact that the thicker oil will "not" bleed down over night, hence the lifters don't have to pump up in the...
• Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 18:29:08 -0600
  ...If that fails due to > a > carbon ridge or the lifter mushrooming, then a lifter remover is > the > tool to use. A lifter remover...
• Vanagon lifter noise.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:50:30 -0500
  The discussions on lifters come up often and there is one thing that you need to remember about Vanagon and all flat four engines...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 11 May 2003 11:44:23 -0600
  where did I ever say I ran new lifters on old cams, and new cams on old lifters? I swear it's epidemic these...
• Re: Febi Cam Folowers
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:07:34 -0400
  Rey, the Febi lifters are not OE in design for the Vanagon (in other words if you sit a Febi lifter and an original...
• Re: Mushroomed out valve adjusters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:38:39 -0600
  ...AAG - Larry Word >Does this apply to hydralic lifters in Vanagons as well? >What year did VW go from manual lifters to hydralic lifters...
• Re: hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 05:01:55 -0600
  I also used solid lifters that were new, not some that came out of an old engine and were grooved on the surface. I...
• Lifters pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:21:22 -0700
  I seem to have the reverse of most lifter problems - my lifters pump down when cruising at a steady 60 mph and higher, but...
• Re: new or used lifters?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 14:35:05 -0400
  Ken the cost of lifters is way up try $12 each my cost Ken at vanagain has replacement tubes B Bob ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Lifter retaining spring broke...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 May 2003 08:20:28 -0700
  I'd put a new lifter in. It's pretty hard to diagnose that type of failure, could be anything from the spring grove...
• Re: What's the difference in Febi and Meyle lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:06:01 +0000
  Jim, the Febi lifters are OE and the Meyle are aftermarket. Both are excellent quality. The Meyle is actually built like the original lifter...
• Re: weak engine power after van sits - recently changed lifters
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 08:43:35 -0700
  Calle, I did not fill the lifters with oil during assembly. I soaked the lifters in oil prior to assembly. I also tried to...
• Re: Lifter removal
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 19:12:05 -0400
  to remove lifters, I 've use a nail with the head sharpened and attached to a vice grip tool. works every time. dan Bill...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:46:29 -0600
  ...All of this is in proportion to > lifter wear and engine condition in general of course. If the lifters are > badly worn and bleed...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 07:40:18 -0500
  Blake Thornton wrote Well, if soft lifters never go away, then should they be replaced? I'm not too concerned about it since it...
• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 22:39:43 -0500
  Mark, Check out the article on hydraulic lifters on www.bostonengine.com You CAN get a collapsed lifter to pump up again if it...
• Re: Lifter removal
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 17:01:47 -0400
  ...Lifter removal > > > I have a lifter that has come apart iside the engine of my 87 > Vanagon GL. > The pushrod was trapped between the...
• Re: Mixing Marvel and Redline?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 17:14:12 -0600
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > > Just letting the engine idle with or without the Marvel will allow the > lifter to eventually pump up. The reality here...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:05:58 -0400
  ...solid) lifters. Hydraulic lifters are commonly set using a number of turns beyond zero clearance.
• Re: new or used lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 11:33:01 -0400
  Scott, Lifters are relitively cheap. I think I found a set for $60 on sale. Lifters are in the top ten complaints on the...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:54:02 -0400
  ...what is it? And why? 1 1/2 turns in from a fully expanded lifter. Because it allows the lifter to adjust itself in...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 00:05:10 -0600
  >First everybody needs to know; Have you got hydraulic lifters? Or Solid >Lifters. >With this information we can crank up our argument again on...
• Re: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Performance limits
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 14 May 2003 08:51:21 -0400
  ...Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters - Performance limits > I was looking at the new CB Performance catalog and noticed that they have > performance...
• Re: VWC-022-109-309 - HYDRAULIC LIFTER from cip
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:24:16 -0500
  TC Most rebuilders use reground lifters in ther rebuilds. I have seen to many problems with reground and other brands of new lifters that...
• Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:48:37 -0800
  Low oil pressure can also keep a lifter from pumping up. Go to 20w/50 if you are not already using it, it helped...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:59:34 -0700
  if you are looking at the top end ( the end away from the camshaft ) of a vanagon hydraulic lifter...... I believe you will see...
• Re: sigh..... lifter adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:07:32 -0700
  ...In the case of a not-pumped up lifter that's in the engine, I adjust the rocker until the lifter is just making...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 12:49:36 -0500
  ...Honing just like any other operation removes metal and only makes your lifter bores larger & your lifters looser. If anything you need to measure...
• Re: Lifters pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:16 -0700
  How much have you done to clean the by treating the oil with a hydraulic lifter cleaner/treatment. I'd keep doing that for...
• Re: weak engine power after van sits - recently changed lifters
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 12:43:02 -0400
  From the first paragraph of my article (The symptoms of the lifter problems I am talking about in this article are low idle when...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 11:22:54 -0700
  ...includes a note that it may become necessary to adjust the lifters to .006 if the lifters become air bound. After which, they are...
• Re: The value of instrumentation
  Historical mailing list - dbeierl
  Sat, 27 Oct 2018 13:39:37 -0400
  > > that the lifters may be bleeding down after 4 or 5 days. Any lifter under an open valve at stop is guaranteed to bleed...
• 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 06:34:14 -0500
  I see hydraulic lifters for the 2.1 priced about $20 each. That's a lot of money when you consider that all a...
• Re: hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 04:35:50 -0600
  It has been a long time since I put in the regular lifters in place of the hydraulic lifters. My lifters were the ones...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 16:58:53 EDT
  ...it depends on how the new lifters fit. I have had to work on one lifter bore for an hour ( on a vw diesel...
• Re: New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:28:41 -0600
  ...New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell > Hello All, > > I received my order of new hydrolic lifters and ready for the big job this coming weekend...
• Re: 2.1 hydraulic lifter rebuild kit available?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:58:34 -0400
  At 07:34 AM 10/26/2012, Jim Felder wrote: >I see hydraulic lifters for the 2.1 priced about $20 each. That's...
• Re: Lifters pumping down at speed
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:57:51 -0400
  I had this happen years ago in a 1.9 engine when the oil level got low the lifter would clatter at the toll...
• 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...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 11 May 2003 10:58:16 -0700
  So, I guess when you get a lazy lifter on a flat 4 you just go ahead and rebuild the whole motor? Not me...
• Re: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:09:54 -0600
  Karl, you have to grab the lifters w/ one finger or w/ a screwdriver.....be nice & patient w/ the screw driver. It also helps...
• hydraulic lifter adjustment questions (sorry)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 22 May 2012 13:15:11 -0400
  ...Our engine has had no lifter noise. I don't even remember lifter noise on first startup but obviously I had my hands full...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:52:21 -0500
  There are a number of reasons that cause lifters to become air bound and clatter. A sticking ball check due to wear or contamination...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:04:56 -0500
  ...However then you would have >converted the hyd lifter into a solid lifter which would re-invent the >cam follower that we got rid...
• Re: 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 09:44:28 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: [VANAGON] 2.1 rebuild - hone lifter bores? Hi folks, should I hone, or scuff up my lifter bores? They...
• Re: bad lifters
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:44:09 -0700
  Mike, I discovered that I had another lifter that was spongy on a cylinder that had 180 lbs of compression. So my theory that...
• Re: lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:19:59 -0700
  ...lifter replacement > > > > >>Do I have to drain all the oil from the crankcase in order to replace a >>lifter? I ordered new lifters and...
• Boston Bobs history of vanagon hydraulic lifters and the bentley book
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:06:20 -0400
  Fellow Vanagon types I have been reading the posts on adjusting lifters with interest, as I am currently putting together an article on my...