2g lifters

[The_Big_Weave]

I got my hands on a set of 2g lifters came out a 99 gst and they have the 3 mm port on the top. is that normal? this car was bare bone stock. did they do something with the 99 lifters that were any better? JW if i should put them in the VR4 while the head is off. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[prove_it]

It's possible in a 2g. There are differences in the 99 models. Maybe that is another one of them. if they are clean and you can bleed them down first then I'd say use them.

 

[gvr4ever]

They sound like the revised lifters that people often call 3g lifters. If the whole in the top is bigger, then it's better.

They still end up ticking though. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif

 

[prove_it]

good point. I rebuilt my engine and kept my stockers cause either way it's noisy just not as bad.

 

[The_Big_Weave]

how do you bleed lifter?

 

[1990ggsxnj]

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[prove_it]

Quoting The_Big_Weave:
how do you bleed lifter?



get a whole box of paper clips, when I did mine i broke several. Just bend a clip so it's long and poke the center of the hole. you'll feel it pop and you should be able to move the tip. It's not much, but oil will squirt out.

This will prevent the valves from opening too much and bending your valves. It will be noisy for a few minutes bet it will quiet down.

 

[The_Big_Weave]

When do you have to bleed lifters?

 

[prove_it]

anytime before you install them. It's not common to bend valves, but it takes about 20 minutes to bleed them so why chance it.

Anytime you install new or different adjusters, I highly recommend bleeding them. If your just pulling them out and reinstalling them right away and you didn't change them or their locations then you should be fine.
Also when changing cams it's a good idea too. Lifters can extend while they sit without pressure against them and that's how valves bend.

 

[1990ggsxnj]

Yea, I usually always bleed them if they've been out. Get them all nice and clean inside as well to break up whatever may have build up. Usually first gen lifters have to be soaked for a while to break up any larger sludge that may get caught up, but 3g lifters are less prone.