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Date:         Fri, 4 Mar 2005 18:01:39 -0800
Reply-To:     Leo Lee <leo0365@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Leo Lee <leo0365@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell
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Hello All,


I received my order of new hydrolic lifters and ready for the big job this coming weekend to complete replacing the head job for my Westy vanagon. I opened the package and a strong smell of gasoline coming out of the lifters package. I was holding a lifter and wipe it with a clean paper tower, I found some residual dirt came out of the lifter. Also these lifters are about 3mm longer than those I pulled out from the engine block. I do not feel comfortable installing this new lifters onto the engine, as you know, it takes an awful lot of efforts to replace it if the lifters are not right. I would greatly appreciate any suggestion about the gasoline smelling lifters.


Leo, 1991 Westy Multivan, 110,000mls
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