Hydraulic lifters should have no play. Proper adjustment is touch, then two
turns in. Wait an hour before starting engine so lifters can bleed down if
needed so that valves can close.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Karl Wolz
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 12:33 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Tight valves!

Well, I finally got around to adjusting the valves in the '88.  Up till this
afternoon, I had been under the assumption (duh!) that the DPO had adjusted
them when he installed the heads.

They were all too tight.  Some just a little bit, but there were several
that were tight by several turns.

Before I go out and blow the darned thing up by driving it, it IS .006" of
play between the valve end and the rocker, correct????  I remember some
posts speaking of 6 mils, and I'm not quite sure how that translates.

Uh  .  .  .  this wouldn't, by any chance, be the reason it doesn't have
enough power to go down the road, would it?  and could this have something
to do with it running rich, too?

Karl Wolz