In a message dated 3/3/03 11:40:04 PM, flub@ADELPHIA.NET writes:

<< sounds like
the engine is coming apart.. >>

Brad, my man, you have arrived at the point in your life as a Vanagon owner
where you meet the Doctor of Quietude, the one with the cure for your valve
train blues, the miracle elixir in the quaint red and black can . . . Marvel
Mystery Oil.  Before you start removing rocker arms in search of a queefed
out lifter, dump some MMO into the crankcase and go for a ride.  Only if the
valves still clatter after the Doctor has had a chance to work his magic do
you have a problem.

George