Lifters wont pump?

[TurboTalonAwd95]

Ok so after putting a rebuilt head in my car and it not starting after like 2500 in parts and labor from a mechanic, i was reading that you need to bleed the lifters...so i took them out cleaned them exactly the way the vfaq said to and when i put the paper clip into the hole to depress the valve and pump them they wont budge AT ALL!! i thnk maby a few move a 1/16 of an inch up and down but shold they be this hard to move?? and to top it all off the paper clip broke off inside the lifter.......damn.... so my questios are
1.) should they be this hard to pump and 2.) since i screwed up of of them will a set of
1g lifters fit on my 2g head? or should i just go 2g stock or revised...thanks for any help guys...this car is giving me HELL!!

 

[rcrullamas]

i picked up a 95 talon TSI 2 weeks ago and the person i bought it from said he just got the head done and one of the cylinders had a low compression..mechanic who did the work told him bad rings(if it was bad rings the car would smoke, but the wasnt smoking at all, bad rings ruled out but he didnt know that so he sold the car). i did a compression test and got #1-175, #2-25, #3-175, #4-175. I thought it was bent valves so i removed the head, no bent valves to be found anywhere..what i did find is bad valve seats, i just got done grinding them today and and will be putting everything back together soon to see if that fixes the low compression. i'll keep you updated on my car. let me know how yours turns out.

 

[AK_4g63t]

If it doesn't even turn over.... I would check to make sure your starter works correctly.
-Donny

 

[Talesin]

I think he may mean that the starter is turning the engine over, but he isn't getting sustained/repeated/any cylinder ignition. 'It cranks but it won't catch'.

Make sure all of your sensors and vac lines are hooked up.
Not sure on the fuel pressure for a 2G.. 1G are 36psi with the vac line disconnected. Know that the 2G is higher, but not sure by how much. It'd be in the factory service manuals though.

 

[TurboTalonAwd95]

yes, like talesin said, the starter works and cranks the engine over but it wont actually START and RUN. its sputters like its going to... but nothing...i found the fuel pressure needs to be set at 43.5lbs. thanks guys, ill re-adjust the fuel and double check all my vac lines