John Rodgers wrote: [good description of lifter rattle and first part of how to fix, useful to Vanagon novices like me, snipped] > > To fix, add a quart of Marvels Mystery oil to the engine oil, Wouldn't you want to first drain a quart of oil out of the engine first? I'm not being picky, I'm just assuming that the engine might blow a lot of oil out if I were to just dump in a quart of oil without making room. [second part of how to fix, useful to Vanagon novices like me, snipped] -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westphalia: "Mellow Yellow (The Electrical Banana)" KG6RCR |
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