Thread: primeing lifters????

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what is the best way to prime lifters?

these are a brand new set of crane cam hydraulic lifters?? I've been told to soak them in oil for a day and put them in. any other ideas.

Thats what I have heard and it's what i do.

Originally Posted by DennyW

Lube the outsides of the lifters, install them. Adjust them, then, prime the system. Other wise you have to go through the running of the engine to properly set the valve lash. Either way will work. It just depends if you want to be done, or have oil and smoke.

when you say prime the system..are talkin about taking one of those tool that you attach to a drill and spin the oil pump driveshaft with?

i took mine and soak them and took a push rod and pump the while they was in the oil and they got real hard that was the way i did ours

Originally Posted by big_block

i took mine and soak them and took a push rod and pump the while they was in the oil and they got real hard that was the way i did ours

That is the best way then you know every lifter is full of 710, another way is to get an oil pump can and squirt the oil in through the side bleed hole until the oil comes out through the pushrod cup on top. Just make sure that you smear plety of cam break in lube on the bottom of the lifter and cam lobe before installing.

I always do as big_block mentioned. Dump a quart of oil into a clean plastic bowl and cycle the lifters with a pushrod to fill them with oil. Simply "soaking" them does nothing to fill them with oil.
Mark

I made my oil primer from an old distributor. Wouldn't do it anyother way. That way you can set them before they are pumped up.