nightferret

well i recently instaled brian crower 272 cams in my 03 evo 8 about a little over a month ago. within the last 2 weeks there has been taping, progressively getting louder and louder. it sound like it is coming from under the oil cap from the valve cover.

the tapping dosent seem to start getting loud or really noticeable until the car warms up. im no mechanic but that just seems a little odd to me.

it seems like the biggest problem when others install cams is that the lifters aren't bled correctly. are the lifetrs fixable once this problem happens or should they be replaced?

i was looking at replacing the lifters with the topline revised lifters. the dealership wants a little over $800 for all of the oem lifters. and i found a set of the topline lifters for 110$. and i have herd that the ble solid lifters arent worth purchasing.

any help or advice on this topic would be appreciated.

4WS Tuning

iTrader: (73)

Sounds like you just need to bleed your lifters... Thats not a common part to break.

Cheers!

red evo8

iTrader: (58)

i bled mine when i did my cams and they stopped ticking for a little bit but then it came back a tad bit.

nightferret

so just opening up my valve cover again and bleeding the lifters might fix my problem? also do the lifters need to be filed with oil or i have herd about desil in the lifters whats up with that?

apagan01

iTrader: (299)

after i installed my cossi cams 272's i noticed that the PVC valve the rear one ,, tends to opens and close making more noise that before and i thought it was my lifters,,,, however i umplugged the PVC and capped it and the noise goes away as soon as i uncap it it starts making the noise again and the noise is the noise of like a tapping almost sounds like a lifter.

remember the rear PVC is close to your oil cap and injectors ,,, noises can get mixed up quickly.....tripple check your self and do some testing

nightferret

i think tommrow im going to pull the valve cover off and re bleed the injectors and check everything.

and how can you tell if a lifter is collapsed or not functional?

also, when installing the lifters how should they be refilled with oil?

EVOLVEU

iTrader: (16)

if a lifter is collapsed, it will feel "spongy".

Skylineracer

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not to hyjack the thread but i was wondering if a almost knocking type sound that is coming from my engine under 3000rpms is need of the lifters being bled?? it started up after like a retard i tried mobile one 0w30 synthetic that can be used in 10w30 applications. TY

lightspeed1

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This is going to sound like a odd question, but no where have a found any instruction, or "how to" areas on how to bleed the lifters?

Skylineracer

iTrader: (21)

don't quote me on this but if u use search and click only in title option type lifters and it comes up the how to.