How do hydraulic flat tappet lifters fail?
Okay, I didn’t doubt anyone who said I needed to pull the engine apart, but since I did, here’s some proof I found that says it was indeed necessary. This is the #4 main bearing, and you can see a fine silt of cam and lifter material that has made its way throughout the engine. That **** is EVERYWHERE.
I’m confident that if I didn’t break everything down to get it clean, I’d be sealing my fate for either another failure right away, or at the very least, premature death to the engine.
The crank is at the machine shop being cleaned and polished, in the meantime I’ll be cleaning the block and prepping for reassembly.
Okay, I didn’t doubt anyone who said I needed to pull the engine apart, but since I did, here’s some proof I found that says it was indeed necessary. This is the #4 main bearing, and you can see a fine silt of cam and lifter material that has made its way throughout the engine. That **** is EVERYWHERE.
I’m confident that if I didn’t break everything down to get it clean, I’d be sealing my fate for either another failure right away, or at the very least, premature death to the engine.
The crank is at the machine shop being cleaned and polished, in the meantime I’ll be cleaning the block and prepping for reassembly.
