Do new lifters need to soak in oil for awhile?
06-29-2011, 12:26 AM
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I soaked mine for a couple hours I guess before I put my engine together.. I also put oil on everything that moves when I mess with it alittle down the pushrods, rockers everything so it atleast has some lube for the initial startup.. Do not want dry start
06-29-2011, 12:35 AM
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Lol Assembly lube is a must or some sort of lube, for the bearings and what not.. As for the lifter, it is getting almost instant oil supply.. There are also people that say you shouldn't run the **** out of a fresh engine.... Thats why I said it is a good practice to do, but is it 100% a must, imo no.. Not trying to start a pissing match or be a ***..
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06-29-2011, 12:36 AM
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on a brand new engine it def is require because it helps seat the bearings and such but on a engine that say your just swapping cams I think making sure everything gets a bath in oil is fine because everything is already got a coat of oil in the engine.. just don't want that first second or two of the startup to be metal on metal
06-29-2011, 01:01 AM
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Sorry, wasn't trying to be an *** either.
Every engine I've assembled has the lifters soaked, and the oil pump packed with lube. But on any first startup, there is air in the oiling system. Quite a bit of it. In the old days, we'd pull the distributor & spin the oil pump drive to prime the system. Can't really do that on these crank snout driven oil pumps. Even if you disable the spark & fuel, and crank the engine before starting, it's usually not fast enough to build oil pressure, AND the parts are moving inside the engine without oil pressure, the only lubrication is from your pre-assembly. It takes most engines 10-20 seconds after the first fire to build oil pressure, even crate engines that were ran on an engine dyno before shipping.
If I came off as an ***, I apologize. I've been a bit cranky all day. grumblegrumblegoddammotherfuckin4L60Epieceofshit.. ...
Every engine I've assembled has the lifters soaked, and the oil pump packed with lube. But on any first startup, there is air in the oiling system. Quite a bit of it. In the old days, we'd pull the distributor & spin the oil pump drive to prime the system. Can't really do that on these crank snout driven oil pumps. Even if you disable the spark & fuel, and crank the engine before starting, it's usually not fast enough to build oil pressure, AND the parts are moving inside the engine without oil pressure, the only lubrication is from your pre-assembly. It takes most engines 10-20 seconds after the first fire to build oil pressure, even crate engines that were ran on an engine dyno before shipping.
If I came off as an ***, I apologize. I've been a bit cranky all day. grumblegrumblegoddammotherfuckin4L60Epieceofshit.. ...
06-29-2011, 01:08 AM
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LOL no not at all, I just didn't want to come off like a ***. Yah have a few of the old tools that would spin the oil pump in old gen engines... I agree with everything you say, besides that soaking the lifters is a must.. 
BUT BUT IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE, yes I even do it it..
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BUT BUT IT IS A GOOD PRACTICE, yes I even do it it.. grumblegrumblegoddammotherfuckin4L60Epieceofshit
06-29-2011, 04:25 PM
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I never soaked lifters either. I mean its not like its going to absorb oil or anything. Besides they will get pumped with oil fairly quickly. I just use assembly lube on the lifter bores and install the lifters as is.
