---- Ted Baird <tbaird@MERIDIANCITY.ORG> wrote:
> I just fired up my 87 Westy after two weeks in chilly Boise storage with no lifter noise.  Maybe this is going over ground already covered here, but I found that after I stopped using Bosch oil filters I don't get the clackety-clack because the Mann and Maile filters have a check valve that somehow prevents the lifter noise.  Have others had this same experience, and does anyone have a better explanation of why this makes a difference?   Boise Ted.

I use the Mann and Mehle filters that I get from online vendors, sometimes one sometimes the other.  If I leave my camper parked for a while, the lifters clatter on startup.  How long before they stop is a function of how long the van has been sitting.

mcneely

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 2:09 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Noisy Valve lifters
>
> Sitting for long periods often contributes to noisy lifters for a little while after you start it up.
>
> I have also seen very short periods of operation do that too...like run it just enough to back out of a garage say ..
> do that a few times and it can make lifters noisy too.
>
> what do the engine builders say ?
>
>
> On 2/3/2013 9:08 AM, John Goubeaux wrote:
> > Howdy Folks,
> >
> > I've  got a 2.2 GoWesty engine that has roughly 6K miles on it. It's
> > running fine -but because I am not driving it a lot, it can sit for a
> > week or more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have
> > clacked on several occasions while the engine is cold. After several
> > miles and higher RPMs the noise eventually goes away. I've seen this
> > on older Waterboxer engines I have had ( with lots of miles on them),
> > BUT the question is: Is this something to worry about at all given
> > it's a new engine OR b/c it often sits for longer periods IS this normal ?
> >
> > -john
> >

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David McNeely