John Rodgers wrote:

[good description of lifter rattle and first part of how to fix, useful
to Vanagon novices like me, snipped]

>
> To fix, add a quart of Marvels Mystery oil to the engine oil,

Wouldn't you want to first drain a quart of oil out of the engine first?
I'm not being picky, I'm just assuming that the engine might blow a lot
of oil out if I were to just dump in a quart of oil without making room.

[second part of how to fix, useful to Vanagon novices like me, snipped]
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)"
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