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FE Power Forums => FE Technical Forum => Topic started by: bn69stang on August 04, 2015, 07:41:30 PM

Title: Hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: bn69stang on August 04, 2015, 07:41:30 PM

 Getting ready to start my fe make over , and have a question on the lifters . Do i need to soak them in oil before assembly ? , this my first roller cam .. Bud

Title: Re: Hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: blykins on August 07, 2015, 08:30:59 AM

I don't.  They get washed and oiled before they go in the bores, but I don't soak. 

Title: Re: Hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: philminotti on August 07, 2015, 05:33:43 PM

I soaked my Crane lifters in oil overnight when I built my first motor.  Don't ask me why because I have no idea.  Unbeknownst to me, they filled with oil. After I installed them AND the intake and attempted to set the preload, I realized I was opening the valve and not compressing the lifter plunger.  Had to pull the intake and bleed all the lifters by hand.  Don't soak.

Title: Re: Hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: blykins on August 07, 2015, 06:29:16 PM

Usually when they do that, you can roll the motor over slowly and the lifters will bleed out.

Title: Re: Hydraulic roller lifters
Post by: bn69stang on August 07, 2015, 06:57:38 PM

Ok thanks for the feed back guys , im at the back of the car now and working my way forward and try ng to keep all my bases covered , but making major changes to the stang for sure ,, Bud