Uncle Tony says Gen III hemi has inherent lifter lubrication problems. Agree?
As promised. The lifter off of this lobe is fine. I'm not really disagreeing with Tony. If you take enough of these apart, you'll see a lot of scuffing of pushrod and valve tips. You'll also see exactly what he talks about on the lifter bodies. I wonder, with enough low pressure and idling, that heat builds between roller wheel and lobe. Thus, starting to "peel" up the surface. Kinda like taking a torch to mill scale on flat bar. The rest is history. But, as I said earlier, the wheel on this lifter was not damaged. IDK.
As promised. The lifter off of this lobe is fine. I'm not really disagreeing with Tony. If you take enough of these apart, you'll see a lot of scuffing of pushrod and valve tips. You'll also see exactly what he talks about on the lifter bodies. I wonder, with enough low pressure and idling, that heat builds between roller wheel and lobe. Thus, starting to "peel" up the surface. Kinda like taking a torch to mill scale on flat bar. The rest is history. But, as I said earlier, the wheel on this lifter was not damaged. IDK.