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Posted by: shane Sep 10 2015, 08:36 PM
I have a 1.8 that the po swiched to hydraulic lifters, what's involved in switching back to solid. Engine runs good just starts up and runs loud if I let it sit for a few days.Would rather deal with adjusting valves then hear that noise one more time. Thanks in advance!!!
Posted by: bdstone914 Sep 10 2015, 09:21 PM
I have a 1.8 that the po swiched to hydraulic lifters, what's involved in switching back to solid. Engine runs good just starts up and runs loud if I let it sit for a few days.Would rather deal with adjusting valves then hear that noise one more time. Thanks in advance!!!
New cam, pushrods and lifters. Complete tear down.
Posted by: porschetub Sep 11 2015, 03:02 AM
I have a 1.8 that the po swiched to hydraulic lifters, what's involved in switching back to solid. Engine runs good just starts up and runs loud if I let it sit for a few days.Would rather deal with adjusting valves then hear that noise one more time. Thanks in advance!!!
Have you tried clearing the lifters with a couple of oil changes,don't know about the T4 but this has worked for me on several VW Golf engines.
Posted by: larryM Sep 11 2015, 12:20 PM
cheap solutions first
add some "engine elixir" & run it awhile - lots of canned stuff on FLAPS shelves
- or ya can just pour in a Qt of ATF or Marvel Mystery Oil which will usually accomplish the same thing
i most recently, solved this problem on a 1.6 miata with ATF & letting it idle for an hour
and then do an oil & filter change 
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X2 on the cam issue - what ya don't know (or tell us) is if the P.O. changed the cam to a hydro grind when he did it - if not, ya got a bigger problem 
do a search on The Samba, where there are lots of Type-4 hydro guys
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Posted by: rjames Sep 11 2015, 04:27 PM
Have you adjusted the lifters? A misnomer is that once adjusted they never need adjusting again, but that's not true. If you haven't done so already, get the lifters pumped up and readjust. It may shorten the amount of time it takes for that clacking noise to go away.
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