How to tell if lifters are bad

[jpdsm92]

I have my lifters out and I bleed them all* before bleeding i couldn't move any of them*

now i can move them between my thumb and index finger easily. I cleanned them out with seafoam soaking them over night.

How can I tel if i need replacement ones. I know before I pulled them i did have a little chatter up top.

here is a picture of them.

 

[92AWDHX40]

When in doubt i would grab some new ones off ebay around 90 bucks, reinstall them and you could have some lifter tick, i never tested mine just replaced them and saved a headache later.

 

[Sik95TSI]

If you hear ticking while idle or driving there going bad. Mine were so bad you could hear them while driving to wasn't just at idle. Honestly since you took them out yourself just buy new ones man extremepsi has them for 100 bucks!EXTREME PSI : Your #1 Source for In Stock Performance Parts save yourself the headache and just replace them!

 

[Maikus08]

Why do you guys say to " save ourselves a headace". If later on, those lifters start ticking, then maximum there would be noise... it's not like the engine will broken because of that... its just noise.. of course its telling you that they are not properly oil loaded but, again, the engine will not suffer.

Can anyone give an opinion on those extreme psi lifters vs the oem???
dispite the price... (oem lifter :35 dollars each) And does anyone knows the oem brand of the lifterS?

 

[92AWDHX40]

I got mine from extreme psi EXTREME PSI : Your #1 Source for In Stock Performance Parts


topline great are great ones oem, idk, i threw those in and never looked back its a great brand. EXTREME PSI : Your #1 Source for In Stock Performance Parts



or spend 40 for one, i got all new ones.

 

[jpdsm92]

i know i got A LOT of chunks of stuff and oil coming out of them after i soaked them and re bleed them several times with sea foam and keep getting cleanner and cleanner.

Went from one pump dark black to light and light till almost went clear. I used 4L of sea foam doing this.

 

[Sik95TSI]

I got mine from extremepsi and they are good! No problems I've heard a lot of people run them. Good replacement over oem!

 

[jpdsm92]

I'm gonna run these see if it cleaned them out because they don't have that tacky sticky feel anyone when i release it in my fingers.


if it works good I have pictures and everything I'll do a how to.

 

[boost97gst]

It;s worth a shot bud. Give it a go and please, report back with results! I think youll be surprised, that tick will be gone.

 

[Maikus08]

I'm gonna run these see if it cleaned them out because they don't have that tacky sticky feel anyone when i release it in my fingers.


if it works good I have pictures and everything I'll do a how to.

PLeasee!!!! if you do a how to, start from the taking off the valve cover!!
i will apreciate so much!!

ps: noone answer my questions!!!

 

[jpdsm92]

PLeasee!!!! if you do a how to, start from the taking off the valve cover!!
i will apreciate so much!!

ps: noone answer my questions!!!

People say they are topline repackaged to oem name

 

[HaveBlue83]

when they go CLACK CLACK CLACK they are the older gen ones.....and those look like gen 1's. gen 3's have a MUCH larger oiling hole on the top.

I used toplines from extreme and they are DEAD quiet. just get a new set and never worry again.

 

[Captn]

GSC zero tick lifters all the way!!!

 

[Maikus08]

I change my oil from, castrol gtx to german oil brand LIQUI MOLY LIECHTLAUF 10 W 40 semi, and the noise went out..

 

[alex209]

^^^ X2 I changed to 10w40 and noise was gone

 

[Maikus08]

^^^ X2 I changed to 10w40 and noise was gone

well, not gone forever, in cold, or some times, not sure when, u can hear a little... but significantly improved with the oil change specially the one i putted that has MoS2 dioxide of Molibdeno

 

[98spyderboost]

GSC zero tick lifters all the way!!!

Link??



To the OP. I see no reason they won't be just fine but like some others here, those look like the old school style. I have Redline revised VLAs and they don't make a bit of sound. The revisions have different oiling hole sizes which will just allow oil to freely pass through for longer before clogging up and tapping again... I got mine from STM. Let us know how well the cleaning job works.
STM: TOPLINE REVISED LIFTERS | 4G63 DSM EVO | 3000GT 6G72

 

[bryanwheat]

Diesel fuel is what the fsm recommends to clean them. I usually soak them for a few days than pump them up in the diesel fuel a few times than rinse them with clean diesel. From there you can prime them with oil and install. The bigger hole in the revised lifter doesn't help the lifter be quieter. It is just there so that the less crud will remain in the lifter. If you look at the size of the hole in the rocker and that it is so small than the bigger hole in the lifter shouldn't make much of a difference.

 

[Maikus08]

How come a single oem lifter worth 35 us dollars and some aftermarket entire set cost from 50 to 150 dollars?
does no one doubt its quality? or the oems are overpriced?

 

[Greedy Pimp]

Just buy some new revised lifters and your set. You don't want to throw them and still have lifter tick or throw back in a bad lifter.

 

[Maikus08]

Just buy some new revised lifters and your set.

is there a step by step guide on how to???

 

[jpdsm92]

is there a step by step guide on how to???

Easiest way is when your doing your timing.. pull the cams.. put new cam seals in. Replace the springs and retainers well your in there too. BOOM one shot done.

 

[Maikus08]

Easiest way is when your doing your timing.. pull the cams.. put new cam seals in. Replace the springs and retainers well your in there too. BOOM one shot done.

im not a mechanic, dont know what torque strength to use... what RTV... theres no how to for dummies? haha

 

[boost97gst]

im not a mechanic, dont know what torque strength to use... what RTV... theres no how to for dummies? haha

Theres a book though . Itll tell you how

 

[BogusSVO]

If you want OE 3g HLAs, hit Ebay and find Engnbldr, the ones he sells come from the same plant in Canada that made them for mitsu.