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Date:         Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:56:45 -0600
Reply-To:     Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Ingalls <ingalls_mark@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rod Knocking....
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The www.type2.com web site has a list of engine sounds from John Muir. The
lifter sound is there, as is the rod knock. The rod knocking one is worth
listening to just for the spoken intro....


What you are describing may be lifter noise. Use some Marvel Mystery Oil or
something else designed to loosen up a stuck lifter.




Mark Ingalls
85 GL




----- Original Message -----
From: wayout <wayout@IX.NETCOM.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 6:48 PM
Subject: Rod Knocking....




> Hello folks,
> I have yet another Vanagon ('84) in my sights...
> SUPER cheap, and the guy says the rods are knocking pretty hard...
> I am thinking about getting a Tiilco, so I just need to figure out whether
> I could patch it up enough to drive it 50 miles home...
>
> When the rods are knocking that means that something between the rockers
> and that cam is slack right???
> Assuming that, I should read up on hydro-valves / rocker adjustments?
> Or am I totally off?
>
> Please advise...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jason Loewenstein (Marysville / Tulalip)
> In search of Vanagon...
> 1993 Toyota 4X4 (for sale)
>
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