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• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:32:39 -0700
  Over the 14 years I had my 50 degree I4 digifant in my westy I noticed that i would get lifter clacking on start...
• Re: Adjusting valves on '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:07:30 -0400
  ...What gives? Tom to get the push rod into the lifter socket you need to lift the push rods with a screw driver as...
• Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:00:04 -0600
  ...1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. Question: Valve setting .006 do these things ever get real quiet or should...
• LVC Recommending diesel forums
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:42:01 -0400
  ...Rabbit? I don't think they changed much, except using hydraulic lifters in the later ones, before going to the TDI. Thanks, Ed in...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:29:30 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Again the OBDII systems test many of the systems. They know if a catalytic...
• Re: Oil Suggestions
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 18:00:47 -0800
  ...Why? Since I started using Delo 400, > > there is been *no* lifter noise. Plus, Delo 400 still has Zinc in > > it. Zinc isn't...
• Bob Hooverisms
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Nov 1996 01:54:32 -0800
  ...I kinda chuckled, but didn't reply, at the post from the guy who was pissed that the lifters he got were flat on...
• 82 westy for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:22:00 EDT
  ...82 California mdl air cooled with 130,000.0 miles some engine work in the past, lifters, tube seals starter, exhaust is tight and...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 23:36:59 -0800
  ...Check lifter > preload and the lifters aren't holding valves open. I am saving $$ for new > heads, and decided to slap in these "good...
• Re: Wanted - Battery Box Lid Retainers
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:33:18 -0700
  ...Or there's those battery lifter tools. James V 86 Syncro Westy
• Re: It's Friday (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 04:09:13 EST
  ...apart my '78 this weekend to statistically determine if I got screwed paying $250 for this beast of mixed lifters (that is my hypotheses)
• Re: You're killing me with this Boy & Girl stuff....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 20:22:39 -0700
  ...Tires, adding a battery, lifter noise, the dangers of removing the 'chrome' strip from around the windows. The list goes on and on.... On...
• Re: cam follower bores
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 5 Jun 2001 08:58:18 -0400
  Bradley I have done a couple of diesel heads in my time some had shatered adjuster cups and compromised lifter bores. It has been...
• Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 00:09:39 +0000
  ...I was told that the hydraulic lifters have re-adjusted themselves. One solution was disable the fuel and spark and crank the engine until...
• Re: Engine won't rev up
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:48:13 -0800
  ...Loud noise in the engine, mechanic friend says bad lifter. Drove it around the block and it ran just fine [except for lifter noise...
• tired 1.9l question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:45:23 -0500
  ...He thought it may be lifter issues or fuel injector trouble. After going through the archives I found at least one really knowledgeable guy...
• Re: replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 19:37:04 -0500
  ...replacing noisy lifter for 91 multivan > > Don't you need to follow the firing order which is not 1-2-3-4? > > Jay > > > > > This...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:02:28 -0400
  When I was running a 2.1, lifter noise was an occasional issue, but after switching from Castrol GTX 20W50 to Mobil 1 15W50...
• Re: Lifter adjustment... How can I tell if they are really hydraulics?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:49:45 -0400
  At 07:42 PM 3/23/2009, Mike S wrote: >Can this be done without removing the push rod tubes? Even then, is >there...
• Re: We all have our demons (was "2.1L Vanagon engine still possessed by demons")
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sat, 17 May 2003 01:05:55 -0400
  ...What is that noise, sound like a lifter problem to me! How is oil pressure? Who won the 100$, i need money. Ben (on...
• Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:39:05 -0600
  On Apr 25, 2011, at 6:13 PM, Susie Ingham wrote: > Then we changed the oil and filter, put in 5/30weight... drove it...
• Oil press. relief valve
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:08:22 -0700
  ...But is it adjustable or what role may this play in my lifters not being able to bleed down suddenly. Is it stuck, or...
• Re: Sticky or noisey Tappets
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 26 Aug 94 12:42:17 CDT
  ...Any suggestions, help etc.? >How'd you fix this? i guess you could replace all the hydraulic lifters and it would be 'better', but...
• Re: The gutted cat girl...who knew nothing
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 12:33:48 +0100
  ...Make sure valves have .006 clearence to avoid the lifter preload issure with VW lifters. > > I could not pass emmissions and when I set...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 2002 14:31:38 EDT
  ...then in '78 they added hydraulic lifters to the 2.0L FI. then in '79 they used the square port vanagon style heads on...
• Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - David Robertson
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 17:09:25 -0400
  ...I do have a lifter that makes a lot of noise when I startup sometimes. Sometimes not. The noise can last anywhere from a...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:45:11 -0700
  ...How would a valve that kept the lifters from bleeding > down work? It would apply oil pressure. Where does oil pressure > come from? The...
• Re: Engine bearing rattle at warm restart
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 20 May 2006 11:40:22 -0700
  What you might be hearing is some lifter noise, though you should probably hear it when the engine's cold as well. I don...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 10:53:11 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters You still don't have it right. 1 bar = 14.5038 psi 14.5038 X 0.03 = 4.35...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 00:07:22 -0800
  ...Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter? > Interesting. My local VW Guru says the Mobil One synthetic in a 15W50 is > the way to go. That...
• Re: oil problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:35:47 -0400
  Oil flows through the hole in the lifter, through the bore in the pushrod tube, through a hole in the rocker arm cup to...
• Bent push rod.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 7 Aug 1999 19:13:05 EDT
  ...Make sure the far end is seated properly in the hydraulic lifter. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60...
• replacement for skylight gliders
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 17:27:21 EDT
  ...It looks like you would have to replace the entire lifter just to get the plastic gliders. I think in past postings someone used...
• Re: Oil change frequency?
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:32:30 +0000
  ...It is > inevitable. > > Well, relax, it is only "The Vanagon Lifter Syndrome". It just occurs at > random, there is no permanent fix but it...
• Re: Ran out of gas & now won't run
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:38:43 -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: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:56:51 -0400
  ...If it was we would have nosy lifters after every oil-filter change. Now let's talk filter quality and strength. Back in the...
• Re: Replacing pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 17:25:12 -0700
  ...Make sure that the rods don't fall off the >inner seat (help me with the part name; valve-something) Hydraulic valve lifter? >while...
• Pushrod removal, 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 17:53:20 +0000
  ...The Bentley book says that lifters can be removed without engine removal or major engine disasembly. Surely, the book must account for this pipe...
• Re: Easter van playing.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Apr 1995 09:44:21 -0700
  ...End could be embedded in the lifter, eh Sherlock? Maybe you could see it with a flashlight. wOW, definitely a teardown job. Could these...
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:39:13 -0500
  ...But if only one cylinder is dead, i would suspect a faulty lifter or/and bad valve adkustment (even with hydro lifter you can...
• Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 5 May 2017 09:10:44 -0700
  ...I ran it before the compression test, heard zero lifter noise so I assumed the lifters were fully pumped up. If I recall, it...
• Puzzling valves...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 7 Jan 2004 17:26:11 -0800
  ...I was wondering if the valve lifters got pumped up and could not release to spring pressure at all. Of am I assuming wrong...
• Re: Wild -just about EVERYTHING for T1/T2/T3
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:41:57 -0400
  ...com main source :) > > all their body panels, heater blower motors , hydraulic lifters > > and that is just stuff i got in last 3 mths > > > > > > > > Just...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:44:54 -0700
  ...This is because oil is not compressible. > > Thicker oil has higher viscosity and thicker oil will not bleed out of your > lifters as fast...
• 83-85 (and later) survey
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 07 Sep 94 12:21:16 CDT
  ...occassional valve lifter ticking when cold or parked overnight on incline. 5. air conditioning housing fell down and hit me in the head. :( repaired...
• Re: rod knock ? 1.9 ....is this is sign of impending doom?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:39:04 -0400
  ...Works good,so far.Remember me complaining and whining,and griping about this last winter? Maybe you just had a leaky valve lifter or...
• Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 19:51:28 -0700
  ...2011 7:17 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken Wow!! Waaaay to...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:28:22 -0800
  Brilliant, Jolly Rodgers! Can you really see which finger I'm wagging? Remind to 'share' with you on my Fakesbook page.😈 BenT sent from...
• Re: internal EngineCleanerUpperStuff ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Fri, 21 Jun 2013 13:52:26 -0700
  ...I do use hydrualic lifter cleaner additives sometimes. Seafoam is a great product , in general. On 6/21/2013 7:47 AM, OlRivrRat wrote...
• TAPPING SOUND
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:57:06 -0700
  To all that furnished advise on how to cure a noisy stuck hydraulic lifter, Marvel Mystery oil did the trick. I added about a...
• Re: engine conversions (more)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:44:41 EDT
  ...there were some early vanagon transporters offered in europe w/ the 1600dp w/ hyd lifters, but they were rare, and were road slugs..) chris
• Re: 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:21:07 EDT
  ...COM writes: << Since I started running Mobil 1 15W50 oil, the lifters have been behaving much better. >> Here, here! I can provide a consensus...
• Re: Anti-Drain Back Valve in Oil Filters??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 May 2005 05:28:29 -0500
  ...the Mahle and Mann >filters work so much better at keeping lifters >from clacking? > > >tabe johnson/87 westy/vancouver bc > >______________________________________________________________________ >Post your free ad...
• Re: Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:47:55 -0500
  ...Hydraulic lifters are not bleeding down as expected. I > >now > >tell my customers that they need to do a compression test before and > >after...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:22:09 -0600
  William Said: I first cleaned out my engine by adding Gunk engine flush and running the engine for 5 minutes as per instructions on...
• Re: WTB: NOS or never rebuilt CV Type IV Case for up to $300
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:45:31 -0600
  ...Lifter bores can be tested by hand fitting a lifter in the > bore. I of course will pay more for method #1 than #2...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:39:52 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem I've used BMW 10W60 aka M3 synthetic oil with very good results. Chris. Wysłane...
• Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:11:38 -0500
  Vanagon Leaking Valve Lifter Syndrome - discussion of this is all through the archives. Not serious. You may want to get a beter quality oil...
• Re: Vanagon Disaster Prevention
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 23:48:25 -0600
  ...Perhaps your cooperative VW dealer could help you on the collapsed lifter, after all this was noted as a common problem. Donald Baxter dbax...
• Re: AVP Engine for 88 WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:25:25 -0600
  ...As for a collapsed lifter. The WBX lifter/valve clatters like crazy if the lifter is flat. You will know it instantly, /There is...