garagelu
02-15-2009, 01:27 PM
Does anyone know if hydraulic lifter can be bled inside the head? The head is out of the engine bay and sitting in my kitchen. I have 3 out of 8 lifters pulled out of the head but the other 5 are impossible. The method I have tried that I think is most effective is using a vice grip with a piece of cloth around the lifter. Then wiggling the lifter back and forth while pulling and the same time.
This is on a s14 SR head that has pretty low miles on it. I believe the head has sat out in a garage for about a year or so. My other idea is to use a air compressor and blast about 100 psi into that lifter oil hole and see if it will budge. Has anyone tried this before?
I also saw this forum when I was on google: http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-how-requests-questions-tips/396613-how-bleed-your-lifters.html
But nowhere in the thread do I see the reasoning behind why he did it this way. It just doesn't make sense to me why you want to push all the oil out of the lifter. If someone agrees with this process, I should be able to flip the head over and bleed them this way.
NOTE: you can tell me to go back and yank on those lifters all you want but the fact is they won't come out. I would rather just leave then in there and hope they bleed out themselves rather than break one in the head.
This is on a s14 SR head that has pretty low miles on it. I believe the head has sat out in a garage for about a year or so. My other idea is to use a air compressor and blast about 100 psi into that lifter oil hole and see if it will budge. Has anyone tried this before?
I also saw this forum when I was on google: http://forums.evolutionm.net/evo-how-requests-questions-tips/396613-how-bleed-your-lifters.html
But nowhere in the thread do I see the reasoning behind why he did it this way. It just doesn't make sense to me why you want to push all the oil out of the lifter. If someone agrees with this process, I should be able to flip the head over and bleed them this way.
NOTE: you can tell me to go back and yank on those lifters all you want but the fact is they won't come out. I would rather just leave then in there and hope they bleed out themselves rather than break one in the head.