Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 08:14:18 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1.9L Tick, Tick,
Tick - A question for those who know more than me
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No problem Jeff. That giant CLACK-CLACK-CLACK is alarming but not
damaging. My '84 has been doing it occasionally for ~85,000 miles and the
engine still runs clean and strong.
When the engine is turned off it stops with a piston on the compression
stroke and there will be some valves in the other cylinders left partway
open. The oil gets pushed out of the relevant lifter and so you need to
re-fill it when the engine restarts.
Some are slower to fill than others, that's all.
Seeya, Jake
On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so we returned on Sunday from a 600 mile trip to Buses of the Corn - no
> mechanical problems at all - no weird sounds, temp right on, no flickering
> lights - nothing but smooth sailing.
>
> Same goes for Monday an Tuesday during my daily 40 mile round trip commute
> to work. All is well.
>
> I get in this mornign and start up the bus and I hear TICK, TICK, TICK,
> TICK
> - loud terrible sounding. I turn off the engine and check the oil - all is
> well (20/50 Castrol changed just before our Corn trip).
>
> So I think it could be lifter noise - I've heard that before and it's
> pretty
> horrible. So I drive it a bit. Other than the tick nothing strange at all -
> no loss in power, no smoke, not odd idle, nothing.
>
> So after a short bit of running the engine the ticking did go away (it may
> still be there just faintly). So I carefully proceeded to work.
>
> My question is this: If it is the lifters why, after having no other
> instances of this, would I suddenly have this issue? Is this a sign of some
> other impending doom? Should I be checking something else?
>
> I guess I don't want to assume all is well and blow up the engine tomorrow
> or the next day on the way to work. Again all seems well now but it just
> seemed odd. I think I am going to drive it by the local VW expert at lunch
> and see what he thinks. I'd still love to hear your thoughts an opinions.
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor)
> '86 (We call this one Scrap)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>
--
Jake
1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'
Crescent Beach, BC
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