Testing Lifters

[cookmeup272]

Ok so I know i have a bad lifter...I can hear it tapping. So im going to skip all the BS and get straight to the point. I have the lifters out but what I want to know is, how can i tell if a lifter is bad if they have not been ran in a long time (i.e. they have already been drained and obviously because of this you can push them in and out with ease). If I drop them in a can of oil....push them down and then let them spring back, they will fill with oil correct? And then once they do this, if I can press them in they would be trash? I just want to make sure I dont throw a bad lifter back into my car.

 

[killer_eclipse]

yes you can fill them with oil by submerging them in oil and compressing them by hand.. you can check out how by looking at my tech article on how to clean them.http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/articles-engine-fuel/365986-diy-lash-ajusters-lifters-cleaning.html

And yes if when full of oil they still compress they are trash.

 

[cookmeup272]

I thought so but when i had them sitting in oil, and i compressed them, no oil entered the lifter. I compressed, turned upside side, and then when i compressed again nothing came out. My new lifters will be here tuesday anyways

 

[killer_eclipse]

alot of the time you have to pump them a bunch to get them to fill up.