[Vwdiesel] mkII diesel valve adjustment

[mark shepherd]

I see that Autohause sell shims for under $2 each... When they opening a 
shop over here?

Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian and Ruth Decker" <decker at toledotel.com>
To: "'Andrew .Libby'" <libbybapa at gmail.com>; "'William J Toensing'" 
<toensing at wildblue.net>
Cc: "'VW Diesel Fans'" <Vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] mkII diesel valve adjustment


>
> I would beg to differ with the hydraulic lifter is better assumption, The
> solid lifter with pucks and discs for adjustments is a much better way to
> adjust valves than hydraulic lifters. Once you set the valves right with
> solids you will probably be needing to do a new timing belt before you 
> need
> to adjust the valves. Since you don't depend on oil pressure to adjust
> valves the solids are much more reliable. I believe the only reason VW
> changed from solid lifters to hydraulic was to save on the cost of
> installation at the factory. Any moron can place 8 hydraulic lifters in a
> head with no learning curve. To measure clearance and use the right disc
> takes a good mechanic a fair piece of time. Solid lifters and A1's or B1's
> forever. I have at the present time a diesel Rabbit pickup, Two diesel
> Dashers, and a turbo diesel 1.6 I installed in a 1990 Fox. My wife has a
> 1983 Rabbit GTI with a gas 1800. All have solid lifters and all the 
> diesels
> get 50 MPG or close to that and the GTI on gas gets 30 MPG Why do I need a
> new car? Why would I want hydraulic lifters?
> Brian Decker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Just Joe
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 12:10 PM
> To: 'Andrew .Libby'; 'William J Toensing'
> Cc: 'VW Diesel Fans'
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] mkII diesel valve adjustment
>
> You make it sound like the MK2 diesel is the car to have....  Which brings
> up an interesting point.  The MK1 was produced in South Africa up until 
> the
> end of the 2009 model year.  The MK2 is still produced in China.  Is it
> finally time to give up on the MK1's?
>
> What do you think?
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Andrew .Libby
> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2011 9:32 AM
> To: William J Toensing
> Cc: VW Diesel Fans
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] mkII diesel valve adjustment
>
> Aside from the vanagon, the mk2 engines had hydraulic lifters that don't
> require adjustment.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Vwdiesel mailing list
> Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
>