Valve lifters - again

[Radek]

They look clean on the outside, is there a way to take them apart?  Or flush 
them with a solvent?
Radek.

>Dunno. I'd focus on making the ones you have work right - there's not much 
>to them; two halves, a valve.  If they aren;t >badly worn, and they are 
>clean, they should work.  I expect they are not so clean

>Grant
>On Oct 6, 2012, at 4:37 PM, Radek wrote:

> OK, so it looks like softness, especially after the engine hasn't been run 
> for a while, is OK?
> I wonder about putting in used ones from another engine.  Bentley 
> specifically advises, when removing lifters, to put them back in the same 
> place. That, I suppose, because they "settle" in their place.  If I were 
> to replace the soft ones on the 90Q with used but hard ones from the EV, 
> wouldn't that cause problems because the old ones were "settled" for a 
> different engine?  Just curious.
> Thanks for your advice guys.
>
> Radek.
>
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