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• '91 Carat - maintenance report
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2015 16:32:33 -0600
  ...The push rods, being squeezed extra hard by the lifters at the botton of the valve train and the rockers at the top, had...
• Re: Finding TDC (dumb question?)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:54:12 -0600
  ...Set your lifters per Boston Bob's recommendations. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:29:10 -0600 Jon...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:43:40 -0600
  ...I've got lots of FuFu air cooled parts, forged steel counter weighted crank, 96 mm piston set, 290 lift cam and solid lifters...
• just How COLD is it? Re: Ironic Vanagon sighting in Frozen Tundra
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 21:40:44 -0500
  ...didn't start any vanagons today but i always had a lot of complaining from the wbx lifters starting in cold temps.. alittle Lucas...
• Update on my '88GL restore project
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Apr 2010 21:26:11 -0500
  ...Replace the plug wires on driver side - engine smoothed out - but one lifter is clattering like crazy. Ran for about 20-30 minutes until...
• Re: '79 westy OR 83.5 westy fs
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 12:29:10 -0800
  ...Hydr lifters, poptop canvas > excellent, green/grn plaid, interior excellent, swivel pass seat, table, > sink/icebox, bed, sleeps 4 w/ bed in poptop, childs...
• Re: was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:27:36 PDT
  All Vanagon engines, both air-cooled and waterboxers, have hydraulic valve lifters. MM >From: "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM> >Reply-To: "Pollard, Matthew...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 14 Mar 2001 - Special issue (#2001-326)
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:39:37 +0000
  ...Engine diagnostic stethoscope for deciding which lifter is making noise (just used it). 3. 40 Year old 1/2 inch drive Penncraft ratchet. mark...
• Low compression (2.1 WBX)
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Fri, 3 May 2002 08:20:31 -0700
  The mechanic says "Either you need a complete set of new lifters, or a valve job. Compression is low." Compression numbers aren't in...
• Re: 85 GL still won't start
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:06:19 -0500
  ...loosen" some of the grud that is sure to be in there and give the bearings, lifters and such and fair chance at rotation?
• misfire - diagnosis of problem?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 10:02:01 -0700
  ...did not try wet About 3 months ago, I found a jammed lifter on cylinder 3 and replaced it with a new lifter. I...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 18:25:54 -0400
  ...Hydraulic Lifter Week << I used to just change the oil and filter once per year, since I only drove it about 10k per year...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:07:07 -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: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 16:46:54 -0700
  ...lazy or leaking down lifter? Once warmed up, it idles fine. - machine shop checked valve(s) seal using compressed air. Was test thorough? - I...
• Re: DaBoat 2-liter update - it lives! (long)availability of Cofap piston/liners
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 95 11:51:57 MST
  ...About your hydralic lifters, I got a kit from Weber cams (Not Web-cam) and the instructions stated to run them with air in...
• Fast German Auto
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:03:17 +0000
  ...the A/C vanagon 2.0 with NEW heads, P/C, lifters, bearings, etc. Or can you say $750 with rebuilt heads with strengthened...
• Re: synergy?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 5 May 2001 10:08:37 -0500
  ...It keeps the rings spinning free, keeps the lifters super-clean. I have used this stuff for years and have found it to be...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil - How to Use? Yes...I'm completely RETARDED!
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 21:16:21 -0600
  Drop it in your oil---free's up stuck Ca-Ca in your engine, keeps rings spinning free, and cleans out the lifter's...
• Oil Pressure = 0
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:14:46 -0600
  ...I started the motor and the lifters do not rattle, so I am hoping that it may be just a gauge or sending unit...
• Re: OHC heads on VW luftboxer?
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:31:53 +0200
  ...belt (direct drive from crankshaft) and no valve clearance adjustments (hydraulic lifters), Wouldn't it be a pity to give it all up? On...
• Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 19:35:17 -0800
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem > > This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with > some weakness in the...
• Re: Clutch Problems??? Comments Appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 22:03:32 -0500
  ...up over Easter weekend and it sounded like the > good�ol Lifter > problem, so around 1km of travel it�s usually gone, however this...
• Re: [T2] why it won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:15:53 -0700
  ...Re: [T2] why it won't start Bob, I know you say you have compression, but do you have valve action? If the lifters...
• Re: How much did you pay for a rebuilt engine, installed?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 09:47:22 -0700
  Engine with new AMC heads, 1.25 ratio rockers, 3-angle valve grind, new pistons/cylinders, new oil pump, new lifters, and machined/rebuilt...
• Push rod alignment
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 23:24:01 -0700
  ...Finally realized that the pushrod wasn't seated properly in the lifter. So I pulled the rocker and seated the pushrod; went to tighten...
• rebuilt head and rocker arm clearance
  Historical mailing list - Robert Tippey
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:39:51 EDT
  ...BTW the pushrods were definately seated in the lifters. Has anyone else run into this problem? If so, what was the solution? Can a...
• Adjusting valves on a 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:13:49 -0500
  ...I beleive the valves are noisy, (not the lifters). What is the correct procedure to check and adjust the valves. I would prefer to...
• Who can identify this weeks noise....
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:07:07 -0400
  ...It sounds like noisy lifters. The noise will go away after a few minutes but its there when I start it up every morning...
• Re: Aircooled Westy - fuel problems?
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:58:45 -0500
  ...Set them at .006 to pump up the lifters. The new Bentley will have Boston Bob's instructions for this in it. He is...
• Re: Post winter storage sticky valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Seurynck
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:44:45 -0600
  ...For whatever reason, > > virtually all the WBX lifters bleed down one time or another after > sitting > > a while, and sometimes from one stop to...
• Factory New VW Diesel Motors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:21:38 EDT
  ...I have 1.6l diesels with the solid lifters for $1700, and 1.6l with hydraulic lifters for $1900. Also have some of the...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 12:42:43 -0600
  ...After you've done the homegrown cleaning procedures and adjusted the lifters and not gotten the desired silence. Its best to do a compression...
• Re: Help needed - time to sue my mechanic ...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:07:48 -0700
  ...They confirmed that it was lifter noise and told me that I should take it back to the original mechanic as it should be...
• Re: Hydraulic lifter wear/cleaning question
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:03:36 -0400
  ...I guess I just feel like I have to explain why I just don't buy all new head studs, cap nuts, lifters, pistons...
• Re: Air cooled camshaft
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:13:10 -0400
  ...Basically, the lifters will start to collapse,(dish on the face) and the lifter walls will make those lovely grooves in the center of...
• Spark Plug Wire Shock
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Sun, 17 May 2020 16:44:15 -0400
  ...Stopped engine lifter noise, by adding "Sea foam" to the oil, prior to changing the oil. Doesn't stall now, but still idles a...
• ticking, you were right
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 22:13:07 -0800
  ...A related question on oil (which I just changed prior to the sticky lifter event). Eero VW in Juneau recommends 10W30 year around for...
• Re: Bummed and need advise about my 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 16:08:40 EDT
  ...I am almost postive that your problem is that the pushrod is not centered in the lifter properly. I bought a Vanagon that wouldn...
• Re: Bilingual PM/almost Friday(no VC)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Goodrick
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 20:12:38 -0500
  ...Valves lifter knocking > >Are you kidding? You're certainly bilingual enough to be Prime Minister. >In fact, why don't you become Prime Minister...
• Re: Fw: Re: Hydraulic valve lifter (mis)operation
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:09:12 EST
  I always set the valves to zero lash when first starting up the motor after rebuild, or head removal. Let the van run for...
• Re: Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 May 2002 16:19:50 -0500
  ...is that in my later 2.1 wasserbies, what with hydraulic > lifters, > there's not much that I can adjust. I am getting a...
• Re: Ever just repair one head? What happened?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:47:33 -0500
  ...Except for one leaky lifter that sometimes taps, it has worked OK for about 30-35k miles after the 2nd head was replaced. I...
• Re: WTB heater case clips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:18:29 -0600
  I've got my 90 down for new heads, lifters, power steering hoses, front end work, new long AC hose... dash is out, I...
• Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:49:34 -0600
  ...When the lifter pumps up, won't that make it even worse? Is that indicative of a bad lifter? Weak springs? Wrong interpretation of...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:33:04 -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 pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:28:39 -0600
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters, now emissions indicator lights.<BR>To: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" target=_blank>vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Bad heads and a noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 18:55:47 -0500
  Sounds to me like you have a bad lifter. Let the engine run for 20 minutes or so and than drive it slow and...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 23 May 2017 23:22:19 -0700
  ...The engineering for hydraulic lifters is to reduce noise, maintenance, consistent valve operation. They should never be touched until a true repair is needed...
• List of stuff for sale in Vallejo
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 18:49:22 -0700
  ...Good used cam & lifters, new double-thrust copper faced bearings, backlash set (+1 gear), lifters inspected and cut for better oiling, heavy duty steel...
• Re: VALVE COVER ADHESIVE
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 13:32:44 -0400
  ...After a 10 minute test run, the lifters seemed to adjust as they are supposed to do. Cold starts are good again and the...
• Re: Sucky Gas Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Thu, 2 May 2013 13:21:07 -0400
  ...This is even after injecter refurb at Cruzin' Performance and a top end rebuild with new water pump, heads, valves, and lifters. Pete O...
• Lifters- ahh it's strangely quiet and nothing is broken
  Historical mailing list - Susie Ingham
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:13:03 -0400
  KNOCK ON WOOD... we warmed the van up, put a little transmission fluid into the oil filler ran it for 10 minutes. Then we...
• Everyone must read! Re: Valve Noise
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:37:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...I > realize that my hydrolic lifters need to be pressurized with oil for them to > correctly "lift" the rocker armes to the correct height...
• Valve adjustment; Preliminary results.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 08:34:24 -0400
  ...If nothing else I am hoping it will reduce the occasional lifter leakdown. The engine has 230K miles on it, here are the results...
• installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 01:10:26 -0500
  ...The pushrod is centered in the depression in the center of the lifter. Should I just back off the adjusting screw and reset the...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 07:49:17 -0800
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters >> >> Isn't the low pressure switch .3 bar? 1 bar = 14.5 psi? >> >> Chris. >> >> Wysłane z iPhone'a >> >> Dnia...
• Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 16:02:15 -0600
  ...It will take a while for the lifters and everything to settle in so you'll have noise, smoke and stink. Don't just...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Week*
  Historical mailing list - stephen steele
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:09:49 -0700
  --- Jeffrey Earl <jefferrata@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > (*Hydraulic Lifter Week is the world's premier > upper-valvetrain event, attracting participants and > spectators from far and...
• Re: Synthetic Oil selection?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:42:48 -0600
  ...Compared to American V8s and especially racing engines our lifter faces and cam lobes are huge, the rockers are near 1 to 1 ratios...
• Head Job Finished - Van now running!
  Historical mailing list - Art Beutler
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 13:09:17 -0800
  ...1) Ensure that the pushrods are centered on the lifters. If they are not, the solid part of the lifter will compress the pushrod...