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Subject:Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
From:Eric Unrau
Date:Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:54:08 -0700

Well...I wondered the about that too until I found a posting by one of
our list members which said that he had contacted the manufacturer and
was told that the gas treatment and the oil treatment are the same
product.  So, I'm using the product that is labelled as "gas treatment"
in both.  A little nervous about that, but only going to run it for 200
km before an oil change.  If I'm wrong about this, please jump in and
tell me now...

~Eric~

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of John Rodgers
Sent: April 21, 2002 5:48 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.

Eric Unrau wrote:

> William,
>
> I have experienced the same problem (noisy lifters);   My search off
the
> archives
> turned up two solutions:
>
> 1) use a pint of Marvel Mystery Oil in the motor oil for last 100-200
> miles before your oil changes (don�t overfill)

I have to ask the question. Which of the Marvel Products did you
ACTUALLY
use?

There is a Marvel's Mystery Oil Top Lube, and a Marvel's Mystery Oil
fuel
additive, and then there is Marvel's Mystery Oil penetrating oil. Simple
application of term MMO has me confused?

Thanks,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver with an occasional Clack!!

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