In reference to the clicking sound, I get that usually when I go to the
grease monkey and they (for reasons unknown) overfill the engine oil.  The
cliking I've dealt with sounds like a lifer tap and is remedied with less
oil.  I don't have an explanation to offer, but my mechanic tried to explain
it to me and the crux of the matter seemed to be the detergent in the oil
can bubble up if ovefilled and this somehow leads to the lifter tap.
Hope this helps!

Scott Paddock
'87 Vanagon Wolfsburg "Rolf"
'93 Eurovan GL "unnamed"

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Joe Lucca
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 1:31 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: oil question...

In a message dated 4/3/99 2:53:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, JLucca8410
writes:

<< there was too much oil in my van, so i drained some out. i'm experiencing
a  subtle clicking sound and when you first start it up it will stall unless
you put it in reverse or drive. is this an idle adjustment, something wrong
because of the excess oil? any help would be great....

 joe
 1986 vanagon gl >>

loud clicking sound when accelerating. keeps stalling and isn't running that
well. so far in the past month i've had the distributor cap and rotor, fuel
pump, and vacuum hoses replaced. i have no idea what the problem could be.
lately it seems to run okay for a week or two and then s#@% the bed. excuse
my french.

joe