Mike, I discovered that I had another lifter that was spongy on a cylinder that had 180 lbs of compression. So my theory that the first spongy lifter I found was causing lower compression was wrong. I also noticed that the sponginess went away as I preloaded the lifter with the 2 turns as per Bentley. So, as a result of your input, and my futzing I have decided to leave well enough alone. No new lifters. The engine is actually running great, and I think the rebuilt injectors solved the slowly increasing idle speed problem. Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Collum" <collum@verizon.net> To: "Steven P Smith" <kewsps@HOTMAIL.COM> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 6:01 PM Subject: bad lifters
> The only "Bad" lifters I've experienced were ones that bled down too > easily and quickly and pumped up slowly. I've personally never had one > that simply wouldn't pump up. Sorry I can't help you there. > > Mike > |
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