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Date:         Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:57:42 -0500
Reply-To:     Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Stann <ChrisS@INFORMS.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
Comments: To: "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
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> Get in it--and run the hell out of it--you just have a collapsed lifter > from sitting--it'll pump back up, and everything will be OK---

> Ok let's hear the con's, on this verdict--

That's exactly what I do on the rare occasion a lifter fails to pump up. I wait for the engine to warm up first, then I leave it in 2nd and cruise at near redline until she's quiet. Since I started running Mobil 1 15W50 oil, the lifters have been behaving much better.

Chris.


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