Up to a pint of Marvel Mystery Oil will help clean up the lifter and make
everything happy for a while. Will probably need to be repeated for a few
hundred km before every oil change.

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]
> On Behalf Of Jens Jakob Andersen
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:33 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
>
> Hi all
>
> Took it for a drive, after 5-6 km the noise stopped.
>
> Phew - thank you all for the tip.
>
> Questoin - which oilfilter do you use?
>
> Bst regards
>
> Jens Jakob
> At 19:19 12-07-2006, Jim Felder wrote:
> >Jens,
> >
> >If the problem is a stuck lifter--not saying it is--then
> you'll find it
> >will take 15 to 20 minutes of driving to before it stops.
> Ten minutes
> >won't undo a lifter that's become stuck.
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >On Jul 12, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Jens Jakob Andersen wrote:
> >
> >>Bus had been still for 6 weeks.
> >>
> >>Dorve 120 km this weekend, no problem.
> >>
> >>Parked it again.
> >>
> >>Started it today, and then the loud noise was there.
> >>
> >>There is enough oil on the engine.
> >>
> >>Maybe I'll go out and take it for a drive around the block,
> to see it
> >>the noise disappears.
> >>
> >>But I tried letting it idle for 5-10 minutes, and that
> didnt make the
> >>noise go away.
> >>
> >>I do not like this...........
> >>
> >>/JJ
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>