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• Re: Mechanics in LA?
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:15:33 -0500
  ...Mechanics in LA? > > > Visiting LA - any good shops down here? My lifters might need > replacing.... > > Thanks, > > Andree > Andree Hurley Viewit.com, Onwatersports.com Store...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:21:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...IMHO, dual springs will just add wear and tear on the valvetrain and lead to premature cam or lifter failure. I once built a...
• Re: ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 19:28:47 EDT
  ...The good filter will prevent >the >oil >from draining out of the lifters overnight. >After all of that is done, run a compression check...
• Help... Engine troubles, rapid backfiring under load.
  Historical mailing list - Nate Saylor
  Tue, 28 Jun 2005 18:07:10 -0700
  ...Collapsed lifter(s) as valves won't hold adjustment very well. Please god don't tell me it's: Burned valves, cause I'm...
• Re: Bottom end reassembly?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:22:13 -0700
  ...I also use a special cam lube on the cam lobes and lifters. Lately I have been using Red Line synthetic assembly lube, but...
• it's a mystery to me,
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:11:59 -0500
  ...Oil" that a list member mentioned in connection with his noisy lifters. I think probably the only connection was in the typo. But, Mystic...
• Re: bio based motor oil (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:00:27 -0500
  ...I also discovered an added bennie after switching oils- my old WBX's occasional lifter noise went away for good. George/ATL
• FS: 1987 Vanagon GL - $750
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 18:24:18 -0700
  ...so good (no center seat) -Transmission feels good -Engine runs okay, lifters rattle, looks like a recent AVP rebuild -Engine wiring looks a like...
• FS '80 Rusty Westie
  Historical mailing list - Dan Johnston
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:04:58 -0400
  ...One lifter gets bad if she sits for a few months, but does pump up. 4 speed that work perfectly. no rips in the...
• Re: Points Glazed hard starting 81
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 10:28:20 -0500
  ...Low manifold vacuum can also contribute to hard starting hot this can be due to hydraulic lifters holding the valves open. Bob Donalds http...
• Re: V6 Nissan Engine...maxiwesty
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 29 Jul 2004 22:04:35 +1200
  ...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: LVC Recommending diesel forums
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 19:29:53 -0600
  ...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: dead cats as fuel source or dead dogs
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:32:29 -0700
  ...they are bigger, and make much more noise. :-) On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Evan Mac Donald wrote: > Cats are like the lifters in our...
• Re: Valve cover oil leak..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:52:19 -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: Synthetic Oil for 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 09:02:34 -0700
  ...Once it starts, run the engine at 2000 rpm for 20 minutes (no idling), this lets the cam and lifters bed in as well...
• Re: Engine won't rev up
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 07:28:31 -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: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward Morrell
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:40:05 -0500
  ...My own experience- I have had lifters that were continually noisy with conventional oil, that were quiet with synthetic, and then were noisy again...
• Re: Van idle over winter
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Sat, 21 May 2011 09:30:05 -0400
  I have found that a good 1/2 hour drive with some highway speeds will quiet the lifters and make everything OK. We have...
• Re: mechanic's creepers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:31:19 -0600
  Perhaps a tongue-in-cheek variation of latissimus - as in "latissimus dorsi" or in the weight lifters world - "lats". The latissimus dorsi is the...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA - What to do when you stop receiving posts
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:38:33 -0700
  ...Then apparently a final collapse > into an unreasonable fear that without the vanagon list posts, your > engine will suffer terminal lifter clatter, your tires...
• Its running! Its running!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 09:22:05 -0500 (EST)
  ...YAAAAA! Now I have to get that one lifter to quiet down. Thanks again to everyone who helped! Sean Roberts E-mail: roberts.355...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:37:51 -0500
  ...On the inline engines it is common for the lifters to hold the valves open and the cam and the oil pump-distributor shaft...
• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:41:22 -0500
  ...If I pre-compress the lifter with one or two turns the van runs funny for a few minutes, then the lifters soon settle...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 20:01:22 -0800
  I know of engines that suffered a rapid oil loss that resulted in the single switch detecting the lack of pressure and alerting the...
• Re: Back from my road trip, nothing to report
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:18:13 -0600
  ...I did have one lifter collapse overnight, which is weird. Pumped back up per normal in the morning. Didn't re-occur so I...
• Re: FFRiday: short takes ...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 10:00:47 -0500
  ...my own personal favorite, Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF LIFTERS, later made into the Julie Andrews movie. Ah, memories... Mike Wright, who...
• Re: New owner of 91 Westy -- sticky valve
  Historical mailing list - Fonni Chang
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 18:36:09 EDT
  Thanks very much for many of you knowledgeable folks who provided expert advice to this sticky lifter problem. I am now completely clear what...
• broken skylight lifter
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 15:59:48 -0700
  Well, did the dumb thing today and forgot to close the skylight on my '90 Westy. Got a quick reminder driving into the garage...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jun 2012 13:55:28 -0700
  ...I've had all the valves out just to be sure . ..plus the cam and lifters are worn ...doing a freshen-up to a...
• loud engine noise/water in the tail pipe
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:15:12 -0700
  ...doesnt sound like lifters... why is my van crapping out all of the sudden????? anyone wanna buy an 84 GL ? haha C~
• Re: VW Crafter
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:11:21 -0500
  ...DId you get a chance to get a window lifter for my friend?? VW Doka wrote: >With the success that Mercedes (Dodge) is having...
• Re: Found motor for Swap, need advice
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 5 May 1998 17:24:45 -0700
  The Scirocco motor is a 8.5:1 compression ratio 1.8L, a solid lifter head with 33/40mm valves (largest factory). Stock power...
• Valve Adjustment Report
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 08:19:48 MDT
  ...I now know which cylinder has a bad lifter. When I replace both lifters (don't know which one) I will adjust them to...
• Re: home engine repair happenings: final fixes and oil presssurelight woes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:20:39 -0800
  ...Lifters are in the "oil path," they need oil pressure to operate properly (this is one of the reasons for the chronic "going flat...
• Re: water pump bearing noise
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:03:49 -0500
  ...You sure it's not lifters? Chris Dnia 22.12.2016 o godz. 19:29 Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > sorry I...
• Oil & filters &
  Historical mailing list - Michael Hart
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:00:49 -0800
  ...filter fits exactly), immediately solved bad valve noise (though no hydraulic lifters in this engine) at start-up, another low oil pressure issue. Mike...
• Tink,Tink,Tink goes the valve!
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Sat, 21 Sep 1996 23:03:29 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I wonder if it is a) a sticky set of valves, b)bad lifter, c)bad spring d)bad tappet )ebad cam lobe. Any...
• Re: ticking sound from engine
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 08:02:53 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It had sat at about an eight percent (snip) YOu have a lifter that lost it's prime. Run it until hot, (about 20...
• Re: ATF treatment for stuck lifters/85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 13:37:17 EDT
  ATF is oil so you can leave it in there indefinately and it will not hurt anything. The only problem you might run into...
• FS Type IV counter balanced crankshaft with balanced rods.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 15:35:53 -0500
  ...1 high lift cam, hydraulic grind with mating gear for crank gear. (unknown manufacturer, check out a number 520 H) 8 hydraulic lifters. These...
• Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 5 May 2017 12:32:50 -0400
  ...I ran it before the compression test, heard > zero lifter noise so I assumed the lifters were fully pumped up. If I > recall, it...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 10 Apr 2015 to 11 Apr 2015 - Special issue (#2015-9)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 21:49:57 -0600
  ...The sticking lifter problem on Vanagons is quite normal and usually will go away after some driving. No damage will result due to the...
• Re: Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 20 Apr 2014 16:07:13 -0400
  ...Did the Lifters Over Charge to make the compression go to "0" I have had that happen on a 1.9L Water box. but...
• Help needed - time to sue my mechanic ...
  Historical mailing list - Julian Burden
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:38:47 -0400
  ...July 2003, while driving around eastern Canada, engine develops lifter noise. Once back in Montreal I took the car to another garage. They asked...
• Re: New engine - Oil lite is red
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 08:42:11 -0500
  ...That is how long it took for the lifters to load up with oil and > self adjust. After that all appeared well. Ran really...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Sat, 18 Dec 2004 00:16:36 -0700
  The issue of the clacking lifters has long intrigued me, as I know about it, I have had it for a long time, and...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:45:32 -0500
  ...anti drain back valve, >but I havn't had the noisy lifter issues either even when the Van >has sat for over a week...
• Re: exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 1999 00:48:09 -0400
  ...exhaust leak > Hi All, > the problem that I thought was noisy lifters turned > out to be an exhaust leak...not too severe at this...
• Re: MMO sale---
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sun, 12 May 2002 13:08:31 -0400
  ...Since I switched from Castrol to Mobil 1, lifter noise after sitting unused for a while are a thing of the past...not even...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:30:03 -0700
  That's fine; but making unfounded accusations are inappropriate IMO. I'm not going to take it without defending myself. Everyone has a right...
• Re: Newbie - Getting Ready for Cross Country Trip
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:54:54 -0600
  ...That is what hydraulic lifters are all about. Frequnet oil > ................... I was waiting for someone to say the valves don't need adjusting on...
• FS: High-mileage 1.9L WBX with good heads/exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:59:35 -0400
  ...It does have an issue with lifters pumping down at high speed. Engine passed GA emissions in June. Exhaust system included. Will sell cheap...
• Fw: 62 bus question- NVC My $.02
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Fri, 23 Nov 2001 03:11:14 -0800
  ...If you get a real made in Mexico for hydraulic lifter case then don't fret valves. I don't know anyone who's...
• Web Cam update After market cams for the 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:06:01 -0500
  ...I had to ask what if we go with a solid lifter then could we use a selection from bug cam list? Wait while...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:58:49 -0500
  ...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: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:15:49 -0400
  ...However, low manifold vacuum can also result from air bound or poorly adjusted lifters. This topic is covered in Boston Bobs article on hydraulic...
• '84 GL still for sale
  Historical mailing list - wkendall
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:06:40 -0800
  ...Valve adjusters were replaced years ago (noisy valve lifters) and I've had no problems since. I am no longer able to do work...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 15:31:18 -0600
  Hello Damon, You will have to replace the pistons. When you change the stroke (making it longer), the rod travels farther in the cylinder...
• Re: Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:37:56 -0700
  ...This often results in the "clattering lifter" syndrome that plagues the WBX engine.
• Anyone have Pushrods to Spare?
  Historical mailing list - ccc1
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 03:28:04 -0600
  ...Despite listee advice to be extra careful about installing the rods into the center of the lifter, I have managed to bend some more...