I do have lifter noise if I don't use the van for a week or so... I add
half a quart of Marvel Mystery Oil when I change the oil... There's still
some lifter noise at startup but it quiets down sooner than without the MMO.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2021 at 12:21 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:

> Wow!  Great job.
>
> You will be out enjoying late summer and fall weather soon.
>
> Yes, that lifter noise does make me a bit crazy at times.  Even with my
> fully rebuilt engine I sometimes get it.  For a couple weeks it happened at
> every start up.  Last three start ups it was almost not there.  So I’m
> hoping for more quiet start ups.
>
> So glad to hear the Alistair van is up and running again.  Now to hear
> about some camping adventures!
>
> Eric
>
>
> > On Aug 8, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > And Eric, pmail coming soon!
> >
> > Got my van back together and running. Boy I hate initial start up of
> engine that’s been out of van and fooled with. Yup, more than a couple of
> lifters had bled down. Makes you think you’ve done something radically
> wrong.
> >
> > I’ll get some pics of the things I’ve done posted to the blog in a bit.
> But one thing unexpected was finding a separating spring perch and broken
> lower bump stop on drivers side. Maybe the spring shifting was causing that
> mystery clunk I’ve been hearing once in a while?
> > I’ll find out as I’ve made new spring perches.
> >
> > See here on blog
> > https://shufti.blog/2021/08/08/vanagon-new-rear-spring-perches/
> >
> > Alistair
>