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• Re: Craigslist engine
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 23:44:50 -0400
  ...and therefore would warrant the inclusion of a new or used/machined crank, cam, all new bearings, pistons/rings, heads, lifters, seals/gaskets, etc...
• Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:17:12 -0800
  ...and if it's stock 82 it's not hydraulic lifters...though someone could have put a hyd lifter engine in.. it's easy...
• Re: Still won't run right
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:32:25 -0400
  ...Probably what has happened is that one of your push rods has gotten uncentered from the lifter and it holding a valve open. Don...
• Re: 1986 Wasserboxer making Clack clack clack sound? AND power steering fluid
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 00:24:45 -0500
  ...what > is it? what do i need to pull and fix? ANY ideas? Look up in the archives (online vanagon.com) for valve lifter...
• Re: Re-useable oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:43:15 -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: More Newbie '81 Hyd. Lifter questions... (Aircooled)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:11:11 -0600
  ...and see if it will not farther quieten the valves and lifter. (Do not over fill the crank case, remove some oil to get...
• parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:22:44 -0400
  ...Set of 8 brand new in the box and each lifter still in the plastic from supplier Meyle German made lifters 100.00 Mostly...
• Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 10:05:46 -0700
  ...Yup, more than a couple of lifters had bled down. Makes you think you’ve done something radically wrong. I’ll get some pics...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 17:36:31 -0800
  I agree with Dennis, it's a "time to replace the engine" buzzer, or at least to add a real oil cooler. Then if...
• Re: 1.9L Tick, Tick, Tick - A question for those who know more than me
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:51:27 -0400
  ...Mike - My past experience with lifter noise on my old 2.1 is that it took a good 15-20 minutes for the sound...
• Re: A3 engine in Westie / PS pump disable?
  Historical mailing list - J. Andersen
  Mon, 11 May 1998 20:56:43 -0700
  ...sedan engines, their sizes, horse power rating and features(like injection, lifter types and valve configurations). It helped answer my question about what year...
• Re: Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 17:10:50 EDT
  We used one of those push rod tubes on our '84 GL 'cause it had a pin hole leak in one of the tubes...
• Re: Tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - gregory
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:14:08 -0700
  ...are we still talking about the same thing? lifters, valve seats etc...? could the results i got still point to a more serious problem...
• Re: Red Flag! was need engine for '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:36:38 -0800
  ...Wolfvan88@aol.com wrote: > > >>Vanagon engines do not "warp." They leak, crack, blow >>gaskets, and have > >>noisy lifters but don't "warp." > > The heads...
• '85 1.9 engine for sale in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Brian Bylenok
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:33:32 EDT
  ...One occasional sticky lifter which pumps up OK after running a while. Oil consumption about a quart per 1000 miles or less. This engine...
• Re: Help Vanagon stuck in Chico, CA
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 15:38:42 -0500
  ...was because the pushrods were not possitioned correctly in the hydraulic lifters. This was keeping the valves open. I made it back to Sacramento...
• Re: Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:19:16 -0700
  ...Further downstream are the lifters which need oil pressure to maintain zero lash, and through them oil goes up the pushrods to lube the...
• Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:16:10 -0500
  Hi folks, Similar to Todd Last's collapsed lifter that he shared a video about, I've got a similar situation on my 91...
• Vanagon Westalia luggage Rack
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Fri, 28 Sep 2012 19:27:10 -0600
  ...I thought I did an adequate job of oiling the lifter before I installed them. They are making lots of noise? I drove the...
• Re: ATF for hyd. valves
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:27:47 -0400
  ...carb? Never tried that, but for sticky valve guides (not hydraulic lifters, mind you) pouring a quart of diesel fuel down the carb with...
• Loud Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kazman
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 07:26:57 -0700
  ...I thought it was the lifters needing to pump up a bit, but it never stopped. I am wondering if this is a very...
• tapping sound
  Historical mailing list - gregory
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 20:19:05 -0700
  ...are we still talking about the same thing? lifters, valve seats etc...? could the results i got still point to a more serious problem...
• Re: [Marvel Mystery Oil Muffler Warning...]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 17:29:46 MDT
  ...Now that I have used Marvel to fix up my lifters the gunk is gone and the mufler has now separated itself from the...
• Re-Adjusted Valves Again
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:00:26 -0400
  ...My only complaint was slight valve train noise, kind of like an OHC engine without hydraulic lifters. So I decided to go back over...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks ( New Question)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:12:24 -0800
  ...Curves (no Vanagon content) Second would be on whether you can run hydraulics on a solid lifter cam and visa versa. Third has to...
• Re: Noisy lifters, rockers, at startup, etc (long)
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 11:42:13 -0600
  <Tom Young said:> >You're at the point of rebuilding that engine, pure and simple. Yea Tom, I tend to think you are correct...
• Re: Help needed - time to sue my mechanic ...
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 20:44:16 -0400
  ...They confirmed that it was lifter > noise and told me that I should take it back to the original mechanic as it > should be...
• Listmember David Jaffe
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 12:30:44 -0800
  ...P> <P>The engine is a 1986 Scirroco with a solid lifter head. At this point the plan is to try a head gasket...
• Re: Engine still not start!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 6 May 2002 09:20:04 -0400
  Two turns on the lifters is your problem. The valves are probably not closing--no compression, no vacuum, no start. Go back to zero...
• Re: Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Dec 2011 23:28:13 -0800
  ...Vanagon engine noise - collapsed lifter? > Scott, I know you have recommended high zinc oils before, but the > recommendation confuses me. The Vanagon has a...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 16:36:29 -0800
  This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with some weakness in the 2.1 ignores the fact that VW began fitting...
• Re: German way, the engine comes out easy
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Wed, 20 May 2009 10:00:13 -0700
  ...But it's not when you don't have a fully equipped shop with lifters and tons of tools and employees. Z ----- Original Message...
• 91 GL HEAD GASKETS/WATERPUMP
  Historical mailing list - marti
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 12:27:24 -0800
  ...ENDED UP WITH HEAD GASKET,WATERPUMP (3RD ONE),LIFTERS REPLACEMENT TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $3K, NOT TO MENTION THE 3 DAYS OOUT OF...
• One last comment about Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 16:26:52 -0400
  When I cranked up our Westy today, the #3 exhaust lifter had drained...this happens when the van sits for more than four or...
• Re: New Engine Question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 06:58:12 -0400
  ...Jason sounds like the installer backed off the preload of the hydraulic lifters after I last spoke the him. the ticking is the lash...
• Re: Heads, lifters, the usual..
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 4 May 2002 23:06:16 -0400
  <snip> whether to remove the cylinder barrels and replace the lower o rings <snip> Of course the final decision ... and the risk is yours...
• Re: rebuilding a 2.1 engine. tips, suggestions wanted
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:58:41 EST
  ...I would spring for the main bearings for sure and maybe the hydraulic lifters if I can find a good deal on them. AVP...
• Re: Just interesting observation
  Historical mailing list - Stew
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:13:39 +0000
  ...it up, summer or winter, regardless of the oil >of choice. Lifters or whatever are really loud. > >I am used to it, and what...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:16:22 -0500
  ...scrub >all the components which includes using tube brushes in the lifter bores. >George >---------------------------- Clip --------------------------------- >I've run in many rebuilt VW engines on...
• Re: Additives and Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 16 Nov 94 10:28:55 PST
  ...My question is what > are your opinions!, specifically about oil thickners that quiet lifters and > reduce oil loss. > > > JOHN 70 bus and looking after...
• Success and clunk question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 1 Jul 2022 14:27:44 -0400
  ...After about 4 miles the lifters pumped up and the van ran quiet and strong. O2 is disconnected and van is running good like...
• Rebuilt 2.1 for sale reduced price
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:02:57 -0400
  ...Rebuilt per their specs with new heads,pistons,liners,lifters,ect... I'll take 1,500.00 firm plus paypal fee's if used...
• Re: diesel engine replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 09:37:28 +0000
  ...Late '86s came with hydraulic lifters - there will be a sticker on the valve cover indicating this. Other than that engines should be identical...
• more on lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:22:23 +0000
  I should mention that unlike Brad's experience (see http://www.med.umn.edu:8853/cgi-bin/msg?m=msg05952&a=/v97/vanagon.97...
• rebuild or 5 cyl?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:13:42 -0400
  ...I have 87,000 and am debating whether I should rebuild and have the heads polished and ported, the crank balanced, better valves lifters...
• FS: Used 2.1L Engines
  Historical mailing list - Richard M. Myers
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 00:31:26 -0800
  ...1988 2.1L, miles unknown, but runs good and new head gaskets/lifters 17k mi. ago. Totally complete with all F.I. components. New...
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:17:36 -0800
  ...It's not the sensor, the lifters rattle. > Removing the oil filter mount and priming the pump makes it work again. > For some reason...
• Re: Clacking in engine!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:53:59 -0500
  Rual; Double check the seating of the pushrods into the lifters. It is VERY EASY to get one hung on the lip. You need...
• Re: Engine bearing rattle at warm restart
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 22 May 2006 15:10:38 -0400
  Sounds like you are talking about a bottom end problem(main or rod), as opposed to an engine top end problem(valves or lifters...
• Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:51:14 -0600
  ...I've seen radical flushing the engine and running Mystery oil free-up rings, quieten lifters and improve compression. On an engine running under...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 24 May 2014 14:55:00 -0600
  Do some WWW research on "AirBound Hydraulic Lifters" ~ Interesting stuff ~ Here is 1 find ~ go to "My conclusions" near the bottom for the Brief...
• Re: engine recommendations
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jan 1996 14:12:02 -0800
  ...full flow oil filter, sand seal, (Why a sand seal?) cd >ignition and hydraulic lifters. Stock carb (?), 009 dist, stock displacement >(1600), stock exhaust...
• Re: Van update and spring perches
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 8 Aug 2021 20:04:13 -0400
  ...Yup, more than a couple of lifters had bled down. Makes you think you’ve done something radically wrong. > > > > I’ll get some pics...
• Re: Now what have I done.... Flashing oil light??
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 7 Mar 2010 12:21:04 -0500
  ...the oil light promptly went out and the noisy lifter sound is gone. Thanks everyone for their assistance. I am much relieved that I...
• Re: 1600 DP in a 82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:18:52 EDT
  ...guy who has a stock '80 transporter kombi with a 1600dp w/ hyd lifters. stock vw..from the factory...... ps, its for sale.. chris
• Re: Oil Filters: Fram vs Others?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:49:52 -0700
  ...like moving it in the driveway, the next start often had lifter noise for about 5 minutes. I accepted that as normal. In the...
• Re: Gear lube, now thanks
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 28 May 2001 20:03:18 -0700
  ...of the engine after shutdown, which in turn keeps the > hydraulic lifters on the WBX engines pumped up so you don't get valve...
• Re: Loud "Knocking" Started in my 2.1L...any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 17:48:53 -0500
  ...of oil or filter? The usual suspect is a worn-out lifter, which you will know because the knock will go away after 15...
• Re: Synthetic oil......sceptic no more!
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Wed, 21 May 2003 17:08:08 -0600
  ...The Vanagon, the 16V Scirocco, and all the cars with VR6 engines would get 2 seconds' worth of lifter noise if they hadn't...
• Adjusting Valves on '77
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 May 1995 11:04:39 -0500
  Greetings Volks, My '77 does not have hydraulic lifters (I think they started in '78) so it's time to adjust the valves. I...