Up to a pint of Marvel Mystery Oil will help clean up the lifter and make everything happy for a while. Will probably need to be repeated for a few hundred km before every oil change. Jim > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] > On Behalf Of Jens Jakob Andersen > Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 1:33 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Loud metallic knock from engine?????? > > Hi all > > Took it for a drive, after 5-6 km the noise stopped. > > Phew - thank you all for the tip. > > Questoin - which oilfilter do you use? > > Bst regards > > Jens Jakob > At 19:19 12-07-2006, Jim Felder wrote: > >Jens, > > > >If the problem is a stuck lifter--not saying it is--then > you'll find it > >will take 15 to 20 minutes of driving to before it stops. > Ten minutes > >won't undo a lifter that's become stuck. > > > >Jim > > > >On Jul 12, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Jens Jakob Andersen wrote: > > > >>Bus had been still for 6 weeks. > >> > >>Dorve 120 km this weekend, no problem. > >> > >>Parked it again. > >> > >>Started it today, and then the loud noise was there. > >> > >>There is enough oil on the engine. > >> > >>Maybe I'll go out and take it for a drive around the block, > to see it > >>the noise disappears. > >> > >>But I tried letting it idle for 5-10 minutes, and that > didnt make the > >>noise go away. > >> > >>I do not like this........... > >> > >>/JJ > > > > > > > > > > > |
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