Justin: I've encountered noisy lifters twice on my Vanagon, both times after major engine work. The first time this happened I just drove the bus around for a few days and eventially the noise went away. The most recent "noisy lifter" event was last week when I installed a new engine. I ran the engine at about 2,000 rpm for about 20 minutes and the lifters filled up within that break-in period. I was told that one way to help the lifters pump up quickly was to adjust them to "zero lash", which essentially means backing off the adjusting screw 2 turns. Then re-adjust once the noise goes away. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU Lafayette, CA 94549 '81 Vanagon --------------------------------------------------------------------- On Sat, 9 Nov 1996, j g shepard wrote: > My van sat for a few weeks getting painted and now the lifters are making > a racket? How long does it usually take for them to fill up? Any tricks I > should know about? > > Justin >
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