Let it idle for a longer time...until the clicking goes it away.  It
will.  I've had to let mine idle for 10-15 minutes before the lifters
are charged up with oil and clicking stops.

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Laurence Smith
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
90 Westy (fanumbos)
87 GL (Subaru conversion in progress)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Steven Gross
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:47 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: loud valve ticking
>
>
> I let my 87 Westy sit unused for a couple of months.  When
> I started it up I
> heard some loud valve (I assume) ticking that I expected to
> go away after a
> few seconds, but did not.  Later I let it idle for awhile
> to get up to
> "operating temperature" and it still didn't go away.
>
> Any suggestions for the mechanically challenged before I
> take it to my local
> Mr. Fixit?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> --
> Steve Gross
> 86 Westy RIP
> 87 Westy
> 90 GL
>