Hi all...
I have an 82 diesel converted to inline 4  with CIS injection about ten
years ago- just before I bought the vehicle.
I've just had a local VW shop install a replacement 1800cc inline  motor in
my van.... I believe they are a good well experienced shop.

They are having an issue with the replacement motor. If the motor is left
for a few hours, apparantly there is no compression, it won't start and the
mechanic is thinking this is the hydraulic lifters leaking.
My old motor had hydraulic lifters ( well, at least that's what the sticker
on the valve cover said and I have no reason to believe otherwise) and I
never had an issue with it.

Here are some questions:

Has anyone else out there had experience with hydraulic lifters in I4
setups-  when tilted at 52 degrees?
Are the lifters in a waterboxer  the same as the ones used in an inline4 ?
Did the 82 vanagon deisel motor use hydraulic lifters? If so were they the
same as the ones used in more upright deisel motors?

Is  there anything  I should suggest to the mechanic that would help him get
this thing fixed?

btw current oil filter is a Mann - the black one - and I think they have
10-40 oil in the motor.

Thanks all

Bill M
82 I4 GL