how do you bleed the lifters

b13racer · 09-24-2003, 07:06 PM

i just rebuilt my engine and everything is fine except there is ticking in the head.i searched and i read that sometimes you have to bleed the lifters.how do you do that? and do you think this will solve my problem? thanks

SHAWNATGERBROCK · 09-24-2003, 08:50 PM

With new lifters or old ones that have been sitting for a while, let them sit in a container of oil for a few hours .... that will usualy get them blead out , but they should blead out in a few miles of driving or running at higher rpm ...( 2500 ) ...if they wont blead out or you are still ticking , then you have a problem with clearance ir a bad lifter ??

97SE-R C2 · 09-24-2003, 10:43 PM

Pump them by hand in a bucket of oil.

NismoSER · 09-24-2003, 11:53 PM

The FSM says you have to poke a thin metal rod (maybe a needle?) thru to the bottom of the lifter while it is submersed in oil while it is standing straight up. Do not let it lay on its side.