its been happening to my van since 2001 and I am still going strong..i park with the front end higher than the back end---seems to keep the engine oiled up and helps prevent the monday morning clackety clack...

John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:  Adam, ya got tha' Vanagon Lifter Syndrome!

Be sure you have the right oil -1)20W50 dino oil, or a good synthetic,
personally I use 15W50 Mobil One Synthetic, 2) be sure you have a Mann
or Mahle oil filter(available from our list vendors if not available to
you locally)
, and you may want to run a bottle of Marvels Mystery oil through it for
a couple of hundred miles before an oil change.

What happens is when sitting, the lifters leak down and must be pumped
up so the clearances are correct. Experience of many van drivers has
show the above to be true.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Adam Thacker wrote:

>Hi all I hope I am not in for a major overhaul but here is what happened. I
>parked my van for about 3 months, it was running good when I parked it and
>the other day I went out and started it up and there was a loud ticking
>noise that would not go away. At first I thought it was dry in the top end
>from sitting but it kept doing it. Any Ideas? Is this a simple fix? I am
>freaking out since I parked it early to save any wear and tear on the engine
>and now it's doing this. Just my luck.
>Thanks for any insight.
>
>1987 Westfalia GL
>Automatic Transmission.
>
>
>./athacker
>
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