Thanks to these recordings--(http://www.ratwell.com/technical/EngineSounds.html) I'm thinking I have valve problems, or lifter problems I should say
________________________________ From: Richard Jones <jones@colorado.edu> To: beer_eighty@YAHOO.COM Cc: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> Sent: Monday, June 1, 2009 6:54:13 PM Subject: re: '82-2.0 teardown. help me find the knocking please
> A ticking progressed to a knocking my final trip of last summer.sounds like front end of the left side case. I have an '81 air-cooled, non-California. It ran too hot around Bishop and Lone Pine one September and started knocking. I drove it home to Boulder. Teardown revealed the noise was piston slap. The cylinders were all scuffed up. Cause: poor sealing of the engine tin to the body, so heat was coming up to mix with the cooling air, which then didn't. Good luck! Richard |
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