Subject	I assumed that before. But what if air trapped in the
Posted by	flashstar on June 21, 2015 at 4:35 PM
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In Reply To	great topic.... posted by wickdGSXR on June 21, 2015 at 12:09 AM
Message	lifters cannot be purged even by oil pressure? I've heard that some lifters cannot purge themselves of air. I submerged a squishy lifter in oil overnight but it did not purge itself. I also manually actuated it for a couple minutes in the oil, yet it still did not purge itself of air. I don't know if these lifters are air-purge capable or not. If someone does, that would be a hugely important insight!
Follow Ups	Air in Lifters- What to Do? - flashstar 02:27:18 06/20/15 Maybe I just received a bad batch of ITM lifters with - flashstar 02:43:05 06/20/15 Tough one. I would start by disassembling the lifters that - Tanley 17:38:58 06/20/15 Links inside, check those out. - Tanley 18:00:39 06/20/15 great topic.... - wickdGSXR 00:09:17 06/21/15 I assumed that before. But what if air trapped in the - flashstar 16:35:15 06/21/15 damn, hope mine will work. (n/m) - wickdGSXR 03:28:17 06/22/15 Apparently aftermarket lifters can be a crapshoot - flashstar 14:32:56 06/22/15 I broke in with Rotella T6 5w-40, then switched to RP 10w30 - flashstar 16:31:58 06/21/15
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