Just a Note About New Lifters

TT5.9mag said

I’ve said it many times on this forum and been preaching it for years, I don’t care what lifters you buy or what reputation a lifter manufacturer has, disassemble EVERY hydraulic lifter and clean them before using. If I use a hydraulic lifter in any engine I screw together, it gets disassembled, inspected, and cleaned prior to use. It’s easy to do and saves big headaches later.

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Yeah it's much akin to disassembling an oil pump, yet, people just will NOT do it. Our auto shop instructor hammered that into us when we were kids in school. Take everything apart and inspect it. It does two things. First, it teaches you how things come apart and go back together. Secondly, it enables you to find any possible defects or metal shavings and such. There's just no down side and lots of people are just too STUPID to take the advice and do it.