<VV> Re: VirtualVairs Digest, Vol 30, Issue 104

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Mark wrote:

>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.
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Probably the lawyers made 'em write it that way because somebody bent 
something 'cause they were a klutz putting their engine together and 
there wasn't room for the lifter to leak down, so they sued (and won).  
Maybe it is just boilerplate and covers the new hydraulic roller 
lifters, etc., all with one handout.  And, in the short term, it works 
-- what it is/isn't still doing at 125,000 miles is out of waranty ...

Bill S