tried adjusting my tappets last night and made a complete hash of it and did not find the haynes manual much use.
just wondering if someomne could write a clear explanation of how too too do it properly so i can print it off and give it too my mechanic friend. cheers
ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
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Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
think theres a piece in the wikki but being hydraluic they should nt need much
if my vans a rocking dont worry fixing it again lol
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Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
The hydraulic tappets should not be adjusted.
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Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
See your other thread... 

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Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
Found this usefull when i did a couple of mine
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=331065" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=331065" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: ohow do i adjust my tappets on my 2 litre Aircooled
phade wrote:The hydraulic tappets should not be adjusted.
Not strictly true

Esp if someone has been "at them"
Our wikki has a link that explains it all at = https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Hy ... _explained" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
This is assuming it has hydraulic tappets - the first thing to do is check if it has

Got a new van, but it's a 165bhp T4 [shock horror] Accurate LPG Station map here