Have you been able to do a compression check?

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 17:22:08 -0600 Jon Joyce <okartguy@HOTMAIL.COM>
writes:
> Okay, let me start off by saying that I've spent a LOT of time over
> the last
> few days poring over suggestions from the list on how to address my
> 2.0's
> hydraulic lifter noise, and I appreciate very much all the
> assistance
> offered. The suggestion to mix ATF or MMO in with the oil was made
> by
> several of you; I just can't seem to shake the idea that this is a
> "snakeoil" cure for my problem (but that's just me). So, I went
> ahead and
> changed the oil last night, the first time since I bought the bus
> the last
> week in Dec. I used Castrol 10w-40 and a larger-than-stock capacity
> Bosch
> filter, because that's what I had on hand. A simple oil/filter
> change cured
> lifter noise on a previous vehicle, so I thought it might work here.
> Wrong
> again, of course.
>
> If it helps any more with diagnosis,here's more background:  The
> noise seems
> to be coming solely from the driver's-side cylinder head. It's a
> steady
> ticking no matter how long the bus runs (the motor now has just over
> 2k on
> it). The bus made a 400+mile round trip at highway speeds this
> weekend with
> no problems. It starts fairly easily hot or cold, and has a
> rock-steady
> idle.  Acceleration (such as it is) is normal/strong, and gas
> mileage has
> been surprisingly good (18-22 in town, 26-28 on the highway). So
> really,
> there are no symptoms of any problems save for the persistent tick
> of the
> lifters. I read the discourse on hydraulic lifters on
> bostonengine.com, and
> combined with the collective wisdom of the list I know this is a
> problem I
> need to fix. I'm still confused by the "pre-load" issue, as well as
> the
> number of adjuster turns, etc. I'm just afraid of trying the wrong
> thing and
> doing irrepairable harm to an otherwise fantastically-running old
> bus!
> Thanks for your time, your patience and your help so far-
>
> JJ
> '81 Vanagon 2.0
>
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