Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 21:29:08 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: Friday Story
Why do you think engine have "oil level"?
I won't tell you why, i will let you or the other do so! (Dennis, don't say
anything :-)
Now, take an oil pressure gage, a good one, do a pressure test at 90F and do
it at 3500+rpm and wile driving, with both oil grade... after, come back to
the list and tell us the result.
I have NO problem filling the case at the top line on the dip stick, that is
fine, but no more.
Now, why do lifter go empty... that is the real question.
Do any of you had a valves adjustment lately, be honest, how many??? You
should! Yea, Hydro lifter van go out of adjustment, big news on friday!
Lifter are older, and it's perfectly normal for them to empty a bit more
often, and that is NOT a big problem. If they empty each days, start by
checking your valve adjustment and is the problem is still there, think
about some new lifters. Ho, and i so hope your running 20W50 :-)
Also, wile i'm on the subject, lately, i have see quite a few bent
pushrod... that doesn't help at all!
Many will think that i hate Wasser because i now have a Subi, not really, i
nice wasser engine is a good engine... but THEY ARE OLD! that is different.
Benny
On Fri, 25 May 2007 16:33:27 -0700, David Kao <dtkao0205@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
>OK, I must tell this Friday story, which was from a very wise man on this list
>back at least 10 years ago.
>
>This gentleman said if we park our vanagons on a slope over night. We would
be much
>more likely attacked by the extremely popular lifter noise problem which
would go
>away after 10 minutes of reving the box at 3000 RPM.
>
>This gentleman's words had me thinking. What if I jack up the rear of my
vanagon whenever
>I park on my drive way? My Vanagon would be level. Or... I decided to fill
more oil into
>the case and see. The effect of more oil when parked on a slope may be
equal to parking
>on level ground with correct oil level.
>
>Yes, it is. When I put my 84 in non operative for 4 years I overfilled oil
to slightly
>above the oil stick's upper limit mark. For 4 years I only started the
engine once every
>2 to 3 months. I never lost compression out of any lifters. The Vanagon
never left the
>drive way for 4 years.
>
>Now my 84 has been back to service for a while. I always fill oil to the
max mark on
>the stick. Not a single lifter noise problem yet with daily parking on the
same drive way.
>If the oil level is between the marks the problem would attack at least
once a month.
>Dino 20w-50 made no differences. I will be back to 10w-40 to get 22 MPG
instead of 20.
>
>David
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