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• Re: Hydrolic lifters- 81'
  Historical mailing list - R.D. Robertson
  Fri, 10 May 1996 15:04:32 -0500
  ...If lifter moves or feels spongy, go on to the next valve. If no movement is felt and lifter feels solid, adjust as follows...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:12:11 -0600
  David Kao wrote: > Setting lifter adjustment to 0 turn the lifter will not be able to self adjust > to take up the valve clearance...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:03:59 -0600
  David, from what I know about hydraulic valve lifters, you are pretty much right own. Most of my experience is with aircraft engines and...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 22:06:16 -0600
  ...This event means you need to readjust the valves again. It often takes ten minutes for the lifters and valve train to quieten after...
• How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:32:41 -0500
  ...Now think about the valve train. Camshaft pushes on the lifters, lifters push on the pushrods, pushrods push on the rocker arms which reverse...
• Re: How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 02:05:45 -0800
  ...How lifters work and Two turns to set valves? > At 09:10 PM 3/7/2012, HotelWestfalia wrote: >>But how do I know, the...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 20:53:48 -0500
  ...The valve spring should be strong enough to overpower the lifter spring, and the valve will remain closed. When you operate the engine, if...
• Re: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:09:54 -0600
  ...like you would for mechanical lifters. The flat lifter will have a valve alot more than the required spec for hydraulic lifters ( I think...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 17:27:25 -0700
  ...adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters Fellow listies: Need to adjust my lifters, 2.1 water cooled. Bentley, 15.29 doesn't say hot or cold...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 17:22:03 -0500
  ...touches the valve stem..... > > frank wrote > The .010 or .020 "real measurements" are for mechanical (i.e. solid) > lifters. Hydraulic lifters are commonly set...
• Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:48:37 -0800
  ...2000 rpm keeps the lifter "floating" off the lobes rather than keeping full valve spring pressure on them as exists during idle, which can...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:31:03 -0500
  ...This event means you need to readjust > the valves again. > It often takes ten minutes for the lifters and valve train to quieten > after...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:58:49 -0400
  ...That might open the valve until the lifter again adjusted to the new setting (maybe hours). The lifter may have sucked in air to...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:06:01 -0700
  ...Put that lifter under tension from the adjuster screw and the oil won't compress but the valve spring will and the valve will...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Jose Rosado
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 20:34:16 -0700
  ...I assume it is caused by a leaking >hydraulic valve lifter. >I thought about replacing all the lifters on spec, but wonder if anyone...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 00:00:41 -0500
  After setting the valves two turns in, you must wait if the lifters were pumped up. The better condition of the lifters, the longer...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:54:32 -0700
  ...Put that lifter under tension from the adjuster screw and the oil won't compress but the valve spring will and the valve will...
• Replacing broken valve lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Capra
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:10:24 -0700
  The local VW dealer says I have a broken hydraulic valve lifter on cylinder number one. This was after I asked them to diagnose...
• Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 19:22:13 -0500
  ...the lifters holding the valves open when hot, what wayward mechanics causes that? >From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@juno.com> >To: ingalls_mark@hotmail.com...
• Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - easoars
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:59:34 -0800
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation > Richard Bias wrote: > > > > All, > > The whole thing about adjusting to 6 mils of lash was and is only a...
• 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 adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:20:13 -0400
  ...Put that >lifter under tension from the adjuster screw and the oil won't compress >but the valve spring will and the valve will...
• weak engine power after van sits - recently changed lifters
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 30 Jun 2004 17:17:14 -0700
  ...I recently changed 2 lifters and adjusted the valves. I'm wondering if I have a problem with air-bound lifters. I'm a...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 13:28:47 -0500
  ...I tell my customers they preload the lifters at there own risk the valves just dont close all the way. so yes .006 ths...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 18:05:58 -0400
  ...touches the valve stem..... frank wrote The .010 or .020 "real measurements" are for mechanical (i.e. solid) lifters. Hydraulic lifters are commonly set...
• Re: Valve lifter
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 8 Mar 2015 19:28:33 -0700
  ...Valve lifter Could be a broken spring/check valve, but I'd give it an hour of driving before you replace it. I've...
• Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - Kenn Draymon
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 15:09:58 -0800
  ...I assume it is caused by a leaking hydraulic valve lifter. I thought about replacing all the lifters on spec, but wonder if anyone...
• Bentley vanagon manual on CD
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:51:55 -0500
  ...When air is present in the lifters it may be necessary to set the valve adjustment screws to .006 inch (0.15 mm) clearance...
• Re: Checking Hydraulic Lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Oct 1995 00:11:57 -0500
  ...But there's still some clatter, and it seems like the #4 >intake valve is kind spongy. I think the lifter has been bad...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 19:03:32 -0400
  ...working on the engine, because the lifters got pumped up so hard, I had to adjust the valves to zero turn. If I just...
• Re: Valves Adjust???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 May 1997 01:23:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...lifters?? >> yes hyd lifters, no valve adjustment. chris
• Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:01:17 -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...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:15:28 -0700
  ...Put that >>lifter under tension from the adjuster screw and the oil won't compress >>but the valve spring will and the valve will...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Jan 2000 04:31:57 -0500
  ...When the valve pushes back, the lifter acts like a solid unit b/c the oil can't escape through the check ball. The...
• lifters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 12:38:35 -0500
  ...One other thing, I noticed when I last did the heads that upon adjusting the valves most lifters had a springy free play feel...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:23:45 -0700
  ...Put that > lifter under tension from the adjuster screw and the oil won't compress > but the valve spring will and the valve will...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:07:14 -0500
  ...Took the ‘oil pressure relief valve’ out and can’t find anything wrong. Had to use the lifters without any turn on it. Now...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 10:38:49 -0800
  ...Took the ‘oil pressure relief valve’ out and can’t find anything wrong. Had to use the lifters without any turn on it. Now...
• 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: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:15:44 -0400
  > As I adjusted the valves for each cylinder a second time I could feel a > difference in the lifter action as I made the...
• Re: 83 wasserboxer - valve adjustment advice
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sat, 20 Feb 1999 09:51:44 -0700
  ...specs on valve clearance (adjusting valves and measuring gap w/ feeler gauge, e.g)" because these engines have hydraulic valve lifters. There is only...
• Re: Valve lifter
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 8 Mar 2015 14:26:51 -0700
  ...Valve lifter > > How would one positively identitfy a lifter that refuses to pump up? > > I have a bad one and need to replace it...
• More Valve Lifter Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 17:24:08 -0400
  ...We've been getting alot a valve clatter on one lifter. Figured it made sense to adjust all valves as a follow-up to...
• Re: adjusting Hydraulic Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 21:46:40 -0400
  ...for a few days or when replacing lifters I have recommended the following. Set the valve lash to .006" (I.e. no pre-load...
• Re: Was: Hydraulic lifter. Now: more accurate version of question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:55:50 +0000
  ...travel > > internally in lifter so that it will keep "self > > adjusting"? i.e. it won't start keeping the valve > > partially open if it...
• Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:55:54 -0700
  ...It made a slight valve noise constantly. the valve tip was slightly smashed like the pictured one. But after taking the lifter out for...
• 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: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:28:28 -0700
  ...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: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:55:27 -0500
  ...The hydraulic lifter was a significant improvement over the solid lifter, as it maintains proper clearance and tension in the valve train automatically throughout...
• Re: Why are the lifters so hard?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 5 Apr 2008 15:14:36 -0400
  ...The adjusters must have been improperly set, if the lifters pumped up to the point where the valves were unable to fully seat. Now...
• Re: sigh..... lifter adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:52:10 -0700
  ...I was in doubt as to how to adjust the valve on the lifter in question. I did this: Ran engine until lifter was...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:52:21 -0500
  ...Remove the valve covers, and setting the engine like you would for a valve adjustment, the soft lifter is easily found. Just replace it...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:23:11 -0700
  ...This compression force comes from the valve spring. If the pluger is too low oil will be pumped into the lifter body. So lifter...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 07:03:37 PST
  ...Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation >Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 06:08:45 PST > >David: Thanks for the explanation. I was loosely following the...
• Re: valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:35:05 -0800
  ...At least two things are important to set the valves. The valve springs and the valve lifters are working against each other and what...
• hydraulic lifters ... some info/opinion ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 04 Jan 96 20:16:26 CST
  i thought this might be of some interest to those of us with hydraulic valve lifters: from Road & Track, February 1996. Technical Correspondence ... Heavy...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 13:43:51 -0400
  It is possible to have a defective lifter. A stuck ball valve or clogged port or even a broken spring. Lifter ticking after start...
• Re: Lifters don't compress ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 18:32:34 -0500
  ...Took the ‘oil pressure relief valve’ out and can’t find anything wrong. Had to use the lifters without any turn on it. Now...
• Re: Valve confusion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:05:25 -0500
  ...What this accomplishes is it pushes the valve open. Why would a lifter preset have the valves open during a compression stroke? What am...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 01:02:56 -0500
  ...adjusting valves properly, they will lift off thier seat. You must wait 1/2 hour or so before starting engine to let lifters bleed...