<VV> last note on lifters

[mark at noakes.com]

What you say definitely seems to make sense, but at the moment I'm more focused on trying to understand why lifter manufacturers (Federal Mogul) and cam manufacturers (Crane) woudl specifically say not to do it.  It's hard for me to call manufacturer recommendations BS...they must have some reason/logic.

Mark





----Original Message----

From: BobHelt at aol.com

Date: Jul 25, 2007 14:30 

To: , 

Subj: Re:  last note on lifters



In a message dated 7/25/07 2:07:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mark at noakes.com writes:



The following is the answer I got back from Clarks on why they say that 

lifters should not be primed, direct quote by permission:



"The manufactures use a special thin oil in these for start up so that 

they will be easily adjustable. They tell us that if you prime them you 

run the risk of overfilling it and causing it to become basically a 

solid lifter which could then cause more problems than you want. we 

have double checked with other lifter manufactures and they all say the 

same. Priming lifters is old school and should not be done."



This is very close to what I found digging around the internet on the 

Crane Cams site as well.  



Mark Noakes





Mark,

You realize that this is just pure BS I hope, and that a pre-filled lifter will get oil to the rocker box sooner than an empty one.

Regards,

Bob Helt


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