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Date:         Tue, 6 Mar 2012 13:13:58 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: The New Vanagon Bentley Manual is Awesome!
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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At 12:47 PM 3/6/2012, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >This confuses me a bit. My '91 waterboxer has "a little clacking" >on startup, especially if it has sat for a couple of weeks (I try to >get it out and drive it a bit at least that often to keep up with >what might go wrong, and keep it running). It is my understanding >that that is not a problem, since the lifters fill and the noise >stops. I let it idle until that happens.

That's different, happens to a lot of them. Sounds scary but goes away with a little driving. No harm in driving it.

Yrs, d


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