At least the Van-O-Rama isn't the same week as Burning Man...  I should be
able to make it this year.  Woo Hoo!

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of BenT
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 5:44 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Loud clanking sound from exhaust - pushrod unseated?

Craig,

Van-O-Rama is tentatively set for 09/11/04. The Dept. of Park & Rec.
gave me THAT date. 9am-dusk.

BenT
http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 14:36:54 -0700, Craig Oda <craigoda@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ben,
> thanks for the information.  I have a spare cat and muffler that I
> plan to swap in this weekend.  I thought it might be the cat too.  I
> did have a problem with extremely rich, sooty, exhaust that probably
> killed my cat.
>
> Thanks also to Ken Wilford and Karl Wolz with their suggestions for
> loose nuts.  I did take the valve covers off and inspected the rocker
> assembly.  Looked okay on Sunday night.  At least, I thought they
> looked okay.  I will check again.
>
> I swap out the cat and report back.  It appears that I probably don't
> have to worry about a broken exhaust valve.
>
> BTW, what day is van o' rama?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Craig
>
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:32:07 -0700, BenT <syncro@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Clanking sound sounds like broken pieces in the catalytic converter to
me.
> >
> > BenT
> > http://members.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:43:03 -0700, Craig Oda <craigoda@gmail.com>
wrote:
> > > I'm trying to plan out my weekend and upcoming camping trips and am
> > > trying to get a feel for how much time I'll have to spend to get my
> > > van back on the road.
> > >
> > > I have a loud clanking sound from my engine.  It's not the tick from
> > > lifters.  It is considerably louder.  There definitely seems like
> > > metal is rattling around.  It appeared to sound  like a nut was
> > > rattling in the exhaust.  (I don't think there is one, but it sounded
> > > like this).
> > >
> > > The problem occurred 30 miles from home last weeknd and I drove home
> > > on the freeway with the loud rattling sound.  No power loss and no
> > > drivability problems.  However, the sound is really loud.
> > >
> > > Joel Walker was kind enough to suggest that one of the pushrods might
> > > have come unseated from the lifter.  This situation is possible since
> > > I just changed two lifters about a month ago and had the pushrods out.
> > > Also, I adjusted the exhaust valve on cylinder 3 considerably.  I had
> > > a problem with air in the lifter and the valve was about 5 turns too
> > > tight.  So, I loosened it up so that it was barely touching, then
> > > tightened it down about 1 1/2 turns.  I wonder if air was still in the
> > > lifter and somehow the pushrod became unseated.
> > >
> > > I may not have time to take out the pushrods until the weekend.  If a
> > > pushrod is unseated, what else should I inspect for damage.
> > >
> > > Also, do other people suspect a pushrod?  The problem began while I
> > > was driving on the freeway.  I continued driving for another 30 miles,
> > > so I don't think it's a valve clanking around in the exhaust.  I took
> > > off the u-pipe for the exhaust and there's no metal in there.