Lifter update: '86 4kq

[Kneale Brownson]

A number of folks have reported removing the rod  and driving thereafter 
with now observable detriments.  It's like the pump is a typical Audi overkill.


At 12:37 PM 06/24/2001 -0700, Steve Arbaugh wrote:

>Hi all: a quick update on my noisy lifters. On the suggestion of several
>listers (sorry I didn't get to you all earlier, but thanks!), I removed the
>actuating rod from the vacuum pump, and that appears to have been the guilty
>party making all the racket. I had actually started to question if it was
>the lifters, as the noise was much sharper and louder than the typical
>lifter noise. Of course, this brings up another set of unknowns to me: what
>won't work now that the vacuum pump isn't pumping? Does the cruise control
>need this (it was working intermittently, sorta)? The brakes appear to be
>fine, but is there going to be some nasty surprise sometime?
>
>Glad not to have to pull the thing apart. Again, sorry I didn't get back to
>the individual responses I received, but they were much appreciated.
>
>Steve
>'86 4kcsq, now running quietly
>kent, wa
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