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• new engine from VW
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Aug 1994 13:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Loss in oil pressure, clanking sound from the right side > (possibly a collapsed hydraulic lifter under the valve cover?) ... > > Or, possibly the engine sucked...
• Clutch Problems??? Comments Appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Mundy
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:34:36 +1000
  ...I started the van up over Easter weekend and it sounded like the good�ol Lifter problem, so around 1km of travel it�s...
• Re: lifter leakdown (was oil change)
  Historical mailing list - David Most
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 18:05:30 -0500
  ...The last time that I had lifter noise was after leaving the vanagon sitting for three weeks. David On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14...
• Re: Complete 1.9 for sale - Best Offer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 16:30:11 -0600
  ...Both >previous owner and I have run the 20w50 oil. > >Has a little lifter knock on one side. I tried to run straight 30...
• Adjusting lifters preload
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:34:45 -0700
  hi all, after installing new rocker arms and adjusting the preload by a mechanic, the valves on my 2.1 WBX are noisy when...
• Re: TDC ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:30:31 PST
  ...You do not adjust the valves on a motor with hydraulic lifters; if that is what you are trying to do. Ken On Tue...
• RE: Coolant loss over....but for how long?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 3 Jun 1997 07:55:12 -0700
  ...Knud, Perhaps a valve lifter. A fairly common noise on Vanagons, especially after the next start after running the engine only for a short...
• Re: Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:54:27 -0500
  ...Just kidding, but what we have here sounds like a stuck, or dirty lifter, which could be easily rectified, by changing your oil and...
• Re: Noisy Lifter Solution, nothing great, just FYI
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 19:26:15 -0500
  Maybe change the oil soon afterwards. I think thist 12 ounces of solvent is rather nasty stuff.It will probably evaperate out ,but the...
• Re: 81' New Owner To Do
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 May 2004 23:17:11 -0500
  ...I don't bleed the lifters, I've never to my knowledge had air locked lifters. If the above procedure doesn't quieten your...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 10:49:12 -0600
  ...These steps will extend the time between periods >> of lifter flatness. But - it will run great, no no probs - until you >> park it wrong...
• Re: Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 15:21:05 -0400
  ...Yes, that lifter noise does make me a bit crazy at times. Even with my fully rebuilt engine I sometimes get it. For a...
• Re: replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 09:13:22 -0500
  ...When you put it back in the engine you must make sure the pushrods are seated firmly in there lifters. It helps to put...
• Re: Cold idle speed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:38:33 -0500
  ...Cold idle speed >All the hydrolic lifters I've seen are self adjusting. Sounds like BS >to me. > > >
• Re: Unkown Engine #GD000861
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 4 May 2000 10:32:03 -0400
  GD would indicate a '76-77 2-liter solid lifter engine. Therefore it will need periodic valve adjustments unless someone converted it to Hydraulic...
• Re: stuck in Dallas
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 21:03:33 -0500
  Might just be a stuck lifter. Trying to pull a head on that with the engine in place might be rough. I have done...
• 2.0l engine tech Q?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:59:22 -0400
  ...gas mileage/grade needed? 3) ditto a better cam? for hydraulic lifters and stock FI, not a carb conversion. 4) finally, Mark Stephens Performance...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:36:02 -0700
  1) increased stroke doesn't increase cylinder pressure (it increases displacement and leverage). 2) increased bore increases displacement and allows the potential for valve...
• Usable Parts--Aircooled 83 to Watercooled 84
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:41:37 EDT
  ...Ditto rocker arms, pushrods and lifters? TIA, John Houser, Jr. 84 westy
• Window Lifter, new engine
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Sat, 2 Jul 2005 12:42:18 -0400
  After fixing the window from falling into the door several times, the rectangular part broke off the cable (and of course it started raining...
• Re: Opinions Please
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Sun, 21 Jan 2007 10:12:29 -0800
  ...This was my thoughts, exactly! Even a wrong valve adjustment, perhaps because of a soft lifter, can cause low compression on a cylinder. Find...
• Re: '91 Carat - maintenance report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 18:47:38 -0500
  A valve sticking in the guide will cause the same symptoms as a lifter not pumping up. You need to check that. If you...
• message for stan
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Tue, 14 May 2002 09:15:37 -0600
  ...I don't bleed the lifters, I've never to my knowledge had air locked lifters. If the above procedure doesn't quieten your...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 07:59:44 -0500
  ...Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter? Far better to use an authoritative source for this info: http://www.mobiloil.com/Search/Search.aspx?site=mobil...
• Re: knocking noise
  Historical mailing list - MDC Vanagon
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:37:38 -0800
  I was thinking that it may have been the lifters- but it seems that it is so rare that the lifter ever get mentioned...
• Re: cams and lifters and more power wasRe: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:52:57 EST
  Bob, <<<... Other options to make an engine breath better would be to add a cam with bigger lobes. But I have gotten more than...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 11:25:28 -0500
  ...During this startup period you may hear a clittitttickiicktity sound as the lifters re-fill from a slight loss of oil, then silence. One...
• Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:45:03 -0400
  ...The lifters push on hollow tubes called pushrods. They're hollow because oil gets pumped through them to supply the valve train with oil...
• Strange clacking (valve Lifter?) noise.
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:45:48 -0700
  Every so often after my 1989 Vanagon GL has sit for about a day or two without driving I hear an odd tapping coming...
• What shape is my 2.1 engine in?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 13:41:24 -0500
  ...What oil pressure should I hope to get with Castrol 20-50 ? At the moment all is quiet except for a little valve lifter...
• Re: Cylinder Types
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:02:11 -0500
  ...I used to run a VW repair shop, and I assure you I saw > > Leather straps for rod bearings. > > Wooden lifters I've heard...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:52:14 -0600
  ...This link started out as Aircooled lifter noise and proliferated into second year engineering scenarios about what causes heads to fail. As I necromance...
• Re: Summer Syncro project
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:20:53 -0600
  ...heads, new pistons, new rods and bearings, new oil pump, new > lifters. > I last did this level of work 20 years ago so I...
• Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Jul 94 10:21:08 CDT
  Having just taken all of my lifters appart, I must agree with most of the discussions so far. Except, I don't think they...
• Re: Driveability Problem/Clunking Noise - 82 Aircooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 24 Sep 2006 21:03:10 -0400
  ...From what I can tell, the problem is likely related to a valve, valve seat, lifter or push rod. Could a cracked head be...
• Re: need help with engine assembly
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 20:21:18 -0600
  ...can someone > help? > > also, i forgot to keep track of the lifters when i pulled them out. i've > read that if you dont...
• Re: westfalia pop top cables
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 2019 10:37:14 +0000
  Skip the cables and install the gas shock lifters.  Check the vendors in your area for them.  I installed a set and never looked...
• Re: Engine Flush
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 00:35:15 EST
  ...and still running! >> USE CAUTION!!!! a friend of mine used "engine flush" on his '87 Vanagon w/ 50k mi and collapsed the lifters.... chris
• Re: valve clatter
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 15:43:08 -0400
  The hydraulic lifters an Vanagon engines tend to "stick" until the engine is warm and more hydraulic pressure is built up. Mine did it...
• Push rods change?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:28:55 -0700
  ...pull the push rods out? Can I also take out the lifters if I want? I know this is basics, but I havn't...
• '72 1700 rebuild, I laughed, I cried?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Jul 1995 22:06:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Apart from the rusty heater boxes, the camshaft has worn divits in the tops of most of the lifters. I had pulled the push...
• Re: Know any good, fast mechanics in Austin Texas?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 17:44:35 -0600
  ...You might have a solid lifter cam if you have a carburetor engine. #8) You might have condensation in the tank (there is 1...
• Re: Oil change frequency?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 08:28:05 -0500
  ...Well, relax, it is only "The Vanagon Lifter Syndrome". It just occurs at random, there is no permanent fix but it can be minimized...
• Re: Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 19:16:57 -0700
  ...One lifter down sound bad. More than one sounds worse, I think I had majority down when I started van last weekend after engine...
• 2011 Syncro de Mayo
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:45:08 -0500
  ...Professor, Longtime Tour-leader and SdM All Around Hand Peter Buettner - SdM co-Founder, Spaten beer Meister, long-time heavy lifter at SdM, SdM...
• Re: Engine won't rev up
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 07:23:54 -0800
  ...my older 1.9l did this on the drivers side clacke, it frees up deposists, but if your lifter is wore out just talk...
• Re: A Startling Discovery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:07:58 -0400
  ...This will over pressure the system causing filter failures, valve float from the lifters extending and at some point even a shears off pump...
• Re: V6 Nissan Engine...maxiwesty
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:42:07 -0400
  ...find the head "knocking" problem(S), injection remove and replace, Hydro lifters replaces, cam check and replace.....grrrrrrrrrr, i still have that noise and...
• Re: 81 Westy 2.0 Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 17:45:12 -0600
  ...If you've got a 2000cc Type IV engine, set your hydraulic lifters at ONE TURN from just touching the lifter. NOT the two...
• Re: 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:09:54 -0700
  ...or could it have been a sticky hydraulic >> lifter >> holding open the intake valve and sucking oil in? or something >> else? Should >> I check...
• Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:48:30 -0500
  ...It's going to, no matter what, and sooner or later you will have a noisy lifter episode, but such episodes will be less...
• Re: WBX throwing rods?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 22:46:42 -0400
  I don't think the tapping valve lifter would have any bearing (ha ha) on throwing a rod. My '86 2.1 AT with...
• Re: hydraulic lifter article
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 10:42:10 -0500
  ...I think > I'll double-nut those studs to get them out. > > Warren Warren the lifters can sound like this. You can put your...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 12:10:49 -0700
  ...Check for collapsed or > spongy lifters. > > Ken > > > On Mon, May 14, 2012 4:11 pm, Alistair Bell wrote: >> when engine on bench? >> >> I had...
• Re: Post-waterpump replacement - wires and noises
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Thu, 24 May 2007 19:39:13 -0700
  ...the waterpump, shifter, deal with the jammed lower speedo cable, etc.. Lifters: ATF/Mystery Oil/Light oil-solvent to add to my oil temporarily...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 08:21:54 -0500
  Any lifter noise? My '85 would do this when I had oil pressure problems. The lifters would just collapse. No power and the cat...
• Re: insulation for vanagon engine cover? BEWARE of FIRE
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 9 May 2005 22:27:55 -0500
  ...Couldn't get the shims out of the lifters without heat. Took a small torch to the lifters and INSTANT FIRE all over the...
• Re: calling redline lube heads
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 21:33:24 -0800
  ...I found Mobil 1 15w50 was pretty good at quieting lifters for up to 8-9 months or 10-15k kms, then it went...
• Re: Loud Ticking In engine after sitting for 3 months
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:40:07 -0600
  Adam, ya got tha' Vanagon Lifter Syndrome! Be sure you have the right oil -1)20W50 dino oil, or a good synthetic, personally I...
• Re: Vanagon engine rebuild cost
  Historical mailing list - Don Kane
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:29:29 -0800
  ...I think there rebuild kit includes gasket set, lifters, pistons, cylinders,(i assume ring set), main cam and rod bearings. Not sure if it...