Jonathan, thank you for your excellent suggestion. I got my shirt dirty, but I found the problem. One of the two bolts holding the pipe to the left rear cylinder had fallen out. I had a new exhaust system installed in April. John Lauterbach ----- Original Message ----- From: Cooper, Jonathan R. <cooper@mbq.com> To: 'John Lauterbach' <jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 11:31 AM Subject: RE: tappet noise or worse?
> Sounds silly but make sure your exhaust gaskets are still sound. I had > this problem and it took forever to diagnose. One day someone just > looked up at the right angle and saw where it had blown out a little. > Just a thought > > > > Jonathan R. Cooper > Martindale, Brzytwa & Quick LLC > 900 Skylight Office Tower > Cleveland, OH 44113 > Cooper@MBQ.com > jonathanrcooper@worldnet.att.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Lauterbach [mailto:jhlauterbach@EMAIL.MSN.COM] > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 1999 9:01 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: tappet noise or worse? > > > My '84 (1.9L engine) has come down with an apparent case of tappet > noise. > However, another list member has suggested that it might be connecting > rod > noise. I added 1 qt Rislone last night and have driven about 25 miles > since > then. The noise has not gone away. The noise started last Thursday > night > when I was out grocery shopping. The noise gets louder when the engine > is > under load. Performance seems okay. I suspect that the van has 150,000 > + > miles on it although the odometer shows only 80,000. The heads are not > leaking and compression this time last year was 125 psig in all > cylinders. > I really don't want to have my mechanic do exploratory surgery unless > absolutely necessary. If it is connecting rod noise, how long will > engine > survive assuming better than average maintenance? > > > > John Lauterbach > Macon, GA |
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