Sounds to me like you have a bad lifter. Let the engine run for 20 minutes or so and than drive it slow and the noise should disappear. The lifters can be replaced with out a major tear down. A good mechanic should be able to find the bad one or two and just change them. VW sells 2 piece push rod tubes so the job can be done without removing the heads. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Clark <clarkman@MAIL.ISERV.NET> To: Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU <Vanagon@GERRY.SDSC.EDU> Date: Saturday, December 06, 1997 2:09 PM Subject: Bad heads and a noise
>Hey folks..this is my first post! Am the proud owner of a '90 Vanagon >that's got lotsa seats and the fold down bed. Pretty plain but has A/C >(needs a recharge of freon or something, tho..) > >But unfortunately, I seem to have developed the classic bad heads at 103k >miles ( I just got the bus back in May at 97k ) and to top things off, >there's a badd tapping sound that keeps time with the revs of the engine. >Speculation has been that the valves are getting hit by the piston, and it >does kinda have that metal-hitting-metal sound. What's gonna happen? and >does a reputable shop's price of over 2000 smackers to fix the head thing >sound right? > >I want to keep this bus; I like the way it fits me and drives..but I just >started making payments on the 4000 buck loan I took out on the thing and >can't really afford the engine work right now. If I WERE to sell..what's it >worth as it sits now? (Body wise no rust to speak that much of, and its >rather clean, but not perfect) > >Thanks in advance for any glimmerings on these issues > >Dan Clark >90 Vanagon > |
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