Definitely. The 'best way' to get your lifters to be noisy, is start up the
engine, move the van a few feet, then shut it off.
Do that a few times and you get noisy lifters, and it seems to take 5 to 10
times as long driving time to get the quiet up again.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Lewis" <kdlewis@NORTHSTATE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 7:08 AM
Subject: Lifter observation.

> Greetings all,
> I have noticed the lifters are most likely to clatter if the day before
> the
> truck was started from cold and only moved a few feet. Just a data point.
> Ken Lewis
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> in statu viae