Matt, unfortunately the profs teaching your graduate courses in chemistry do
not go into the chemistry of Riselone.  When my '84 starts getting noisy,
and I have ruled out a leak where the exhaust pipes meet the heads, it is
off to Auto Zone for a qt of Riselone.  The first time this happened to me
with my '84, I thought that the engine was near death.  That was over 20K
miles ago.  I even made it from Macon to the Atlanta airport and back this
week w/o a failure.

John Lauterbach
Macon, GA
1984 DL
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 12:28 PM
Subject: noisy valves?

> I returned from a 400 mile round-trip trip last weekend. The bus ran
> great.  Yesterday i hop in her to run to drive a quick errand and once i
> started the old-girl up her valves where chattering. I waited about 15
> seconds to see if the sound would go away, but no dice, so i shut her
> off.  Then yesterday evening i changed the oil (20w50- dino, and mobile 1
> filter- only one that i can find in town w/ a back flow valve)- and noise
> is still there. What now? Should i add some engine cleaner stuff? Marvel
> Mystery stuff?  Could i have done damage by running it with this chatter?-
> Ahhhh- could i have jammed the pistons into the valves?? oh boy. i need a
> drink.
> thanks for the ongoing help
> -Matthew
> 84
>
>
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> Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
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