Valve lifters - again

[Al]

Try this website. I got a set (8), for my 1990 80, for under $60.

http://www.jimellisaudiparts.com/productSearch.aspx?doSearch=1&ukey_make=1081

Al
Honolulu

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From: "Grant Lenahan" <glenahan at vfemail.net>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 2:37 AM
To: "Tony Hoffman" <auditony at gmail.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>; "Radek" <radek at uniserve.com>
Subject: Re: Valve lifters - again

> now THAT's an answer.
>
> I learned too
>
> $8 huh?
>
> Grant
> On Oct 8, 2012, at 6:59 AM, Tony Hoffman wrote:
>
>> Radek,
>>
>> Yes, you can take them apart. BTDT with plenty, they are generally gummed
>> up and some good brake parts cleaner will clean them nicely. There are 
>> five
>> parts IIRC. The bucket, the small insert part in the bottom, and then a
>> keeper, spring, and small ball valve. Clean everything and reassemble.
>>
>> To take them apart, put it the way it goes in the engine, and hit it HARD
>> on a piece of wood. The bottom insert piece will come out. I wrap it in a
>> rag to do this, make sure you use one that can go in the trash after, as 
>> it
>> will have holes in it from hitting (remember the HARD comment?).
>>
>> However, having done this on my personal cars several times, I'd say I've
>> still had three or four that did not quiet (out of probably fifty I've
>> done). So in the end it's not worth the effort for me. I just buy new 
>> ones
>> for a V8 these days. about $8 each, well worth it for my time of removing
>> the cam.
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Radek <radek at uniserve.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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