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Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 2000 09:02:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
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From:         Tobin Copley <tobin.copley@ubc.ca>
Subject:      Re: Dead again??
Comments: To: james peters <rickenhacker@hotmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <20000711143843.22541.qmail@hotmail.com>
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At 7:38 AM -0700 7/11/00, james peters wrote:
>I thought I posted this message early this morning but now I don't see it,
>so I'll describe what happened to my 80 Air Cooled Vanagon again.
>I went to start it yesterday, after it sat for the weekend, only to notice
>that is has a loud deep tapping sound. It's coming from 3&4 side of the
>engine. I recently had my upper end rebuilt back in Nov 99. I dread that it
>may be a rod knock. I can't afford any major repairs right now, do I was
>hoping for another cheap explanation. I haven't checked anything on it,
>except the oil, which is good.


Your '80 has hydraulics, right?  Perhaps you have a collapsed lifter?
Try a compression test on the 3/4 side to see if that sheds any light
on the situation.


T.


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Tobin Copley   Bowen Island, BC, Canada              tobin.copley@ubc.ca


'82 Westfalia 1.6L NA diesel ("Stinky")
'97 son Russell                                   =============
'99 daughter Margaret                            /_| |_L| |__|:| clatter
1995: 'Round US, Mexico, Canada 15,000 mi       {.            .| clatter!
1996: Vancouver to Inuvik, NWT   7,400 km        ~-()-==----()-~
Previous buses: '76 westy deluxe (Daisy), '76 westy standard (Mango)
http://www.sfu.ca/~tcopley/vw/
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