You should be able to tell quickly by popping a valve cover, and looking at the pushrods.
Hydraulic pushrods are more or less pencil thick, where as the older solid type are about 3/8 thick not to mention that both are made of different material.......... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Coghlan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [T2] '76 FI engine? > Hello all listees, how would I tell what my engine is? A few weeks back, > (no flames here pls. ;) while driving on the highway I noticed white smoke > pouring out the back of my bus. Well, dumbass am I, I forgot to torque my > oil drain nut enough so it wouldn't shake loose, etc. Well, it did & was > lost on the highway along with a good deal of oil. So there I was in > farmtown nowhere where no store had metric bolts, etc. > I found one eventually but it was not the fitting which was specified in my > Bentley & the mechanic's manuals. How do I know if I have hydraulic > lifters? I've inherited a '76 with 84K & the engine's very strong & makes > no clattering & hasnt' had a valve adjustment to my knowledge & according to > paperwork in over 15K. > > Help anyone? > > Thank in advance listees. > > Sean Coghlan > '76 Anishnawbewagon > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To email the admin for list help only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands send any e-mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Donations help keep the list going. http://www.type2.com/donate.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------
