Thread: Advice on lifter replacement

Well, the time has come to replace my lifters.There yellin at me whenever i start the car on a cold day.So i was wonderin if anyone has some doos or donts or general advice that a first timer might not know.I have the 78 dollar felpro gasket kit and the lifters i got from summit.I have built 2 motors b4 but they were both old ford v8s.I also have had a look at the lifters in 33 min video on here (without sound lol) so ive got the general idea.But any advice would be helpfull, Thanx!

A couple of suggestions is to make sure you actually have a problem, *I believe* yours are like most later models and are roller lifters and not flat tap it. With these it's not uncommon to get a bit of tapping cold and oil pressure hasn't come up yet on an engine with some miles. Automatic timing change can cause a bit as well. So there maybe nothing really wrong other than some minor lash adjustment and making sure the lifters are/aren't okay in general.

If you do verifiy you've got warn lifters it's likely they've worn on the cam as well. In anycase a partial fix on these assemblies could cause more harm than good.

As you've got some rebuild experience I'm sure a lot of this rings a bell or two.

Thanx for the input, and you are right about the roller lifters.I dont like to use that stupid like button so THANK U I am pretty sure its the lifters but i understand i may run into other worn parts that need 2 be replaced.