I am one with a positive MMO story. My 84 1.9 did this every time I started it, not just after a long sit. I added about 1/3 of a quart to the oil and I have not heard it since. It's been a couple of months and a few thousand miles. Patrick On Saturday, April 11, 2015, Jason <uberhare@gmail.com> wrote: > My last waterboxer always took 20-30 minutes of highway driving to pump up > a few lifters after sitting for a few months. Sounded pretty terrible > until it did... > > Jason > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 1:26 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > This is the infamous Vanagon Lifter Syndrome. For whatever reason, > > virtually all the WBX lifters bleed down one time or another after > sitting > > a while, and sometimes from one stop to the next. They rattle until > they're am one with a positive !mM > > pump up again. Harmless enough. Just drive the thing a half hour or so or > > some distance until they pump up. The noise goes away! > > > > John > > On Apr 11, 2015 11:52 AM, "Richard Smith" <richard_smith@gnwc.ca > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > Mine developed this noise, too, after a long storage the winter before > > > last. It would *sometimes* go away if I got the engine warmed up > > > completely and then shut it down for 20-30 minutes. A more experienced > > > engine person than me attributed this to different metals all getting > to > > > the same temperature and then cooling together. > > > > > > I was assured by the mechanic that it wasn¹t harmful (the noise is > valve > > > ³lifters² not the valves themselves), and lived with it for quite a > > while. > > > During a recent major tuneup and oil change, the mechanic added some > > > Automatic Transmission Fluid to the engine oil and let the engine idle > > for > > > an hour (!). Then he drained the oil and replaced it. The noise has > > > (almost) completely gone away. > > > > > > You may find that your noise goes away by itself after driving it for a > > > few days. I would certainly try that first before doing any more > serious > > > things. And the Automatic Transmission Fluid ³fix² may or may not have > > > been a real thing, but it cost next to nothing and seems to have worked > > > for me. > > > > > > The best way to keep it away is to drive it regularly, if find. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2015-04-11, 9:01 AM, "Stuart Fedak" <ve3smf@YAHOO.COM > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > >I just picked up my 1986 Vanagon Westfalia GL 2.1 from storage, where > it > > > >has been for the past six months. The engine started up fine, but it > > now > > > >has a sticky valve type sound on the driver side of the engine. This > > > >noise was not there last fall when the Vanagon was put into storage. > > > > > > > >Is this something that has to be corrected right away, or is this > > > >something that will go away with time? What could cause this noise > from > > > >happening, right after longer term storage? > > > > > > > >Your thoughts? > > > >Stuart > > > >Ottawa, ON > > > > > > > >Sent from my electronic umbilicus > > > > > >
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