Right, after sitting a while, it's likely the lifter. It will take about 20
minutes of driving to "fix" it. If it wasn't making a noise before you
parked it, it would not have broken something with the engine not running.

Jim

On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Jake de Villiers <
crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey Susie,
>
> If the van wasn't making the noise prior to the exhaust work, its most
> likely that your lifter has simply collapsed.  My '84 used to do this
> regularly, my '86 less so. It will pump itself up again and all will be
> well!  ;)
>
> Jake
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Susie Ingham <dingham605@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >  We finally got the exhaust put back on without any leaks :) Now we have
> a
> > knock in the engine near  cylinder #2. We took of the outer cover and
> looked
> > at the rocker arms. The second arm from the back on the passenger side
>  can
> > be pushed down about 1/4 inch or so by hand. The others cannot be moved.
> Is
> > it a bad lifter?
> >  We also have a pretty good loss of power when the engine is warmed up--
> > Hubby was flooring it, and it had  very little response. :( We took it
> for
> > an easy drive , about 10-15 minutes,no change.. we had just put in some
> > Techron in the gas,as per our mechanic's recommendation, then fixed the
> > exhaust leak and now this. My husband and I were talking about ghosts the
> > other day, he said he didn't believe in them... today he said he'd
> changed
> > his mind.
> >
> > thanks for any  input!
> >
> > Susie
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
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>