Well I do not think a its compression or valve issue..couldn't get to them all because of the headers but the ones i tried builds pressure and takes a long time to leak down..all around 200 to 210 psi
exhaust valve are doing their work...getting air blowing out of the plug hole
I'm off tommorrow. ..i am taking it all back apart and checking everything
09-19-14, 08:00 PM (This post was last modified: 09-19-14, 08:04 PM by 4264door.)
That's
why I asked if the lifters had been bled of air. I always do the same thing with new hydraulic lifters. I put them in a flat pan of fresh oil and push the plungers individually many times. Leave them over night completely covered in oil and do it again and you would be surprised how much air bleeds out of them. Do this a few more times, it is worth the effort. Glad to see you got 'er ferociously running!
Castles made of sand slip in to the sea....eventually
this one had me baffled, I primed the motor last week so thought they would have been pumped up. I called Don @Crutchybilt and he said to prime the motor again, did that for a second time (sat on the drill this time for a solid 3 minutes) BAM fired right up.
They will but not for a few minutes assuming there is enough oil to start the engine inside of them, meanwhile the cam/lifter surface is clacking away and causing pre-mature wear on the lobes and the push rod to rocker arm contact points and the valves won't open/close at the proper specs. Make sure the oil you bleed them in is absolutely new clean fresh in a perfectly clean container because even a little speck of dirt can enter a lifter and gets lodged in a bleeder hole and plug the lifter. It also helps to heat the oil up somewhat to help the oil flow through those new lifters.
Castles made of sand slip in to the sea....eventually
