would letting the sludge covered push rods, lifter retainers, rocker arms and little circle things in the rockers sit in a gallon of carburator parts cleaner over night be a bad idea? i wouldnt think it would hurt anything but i just wana make sure

 

It won't hurt anything , assuming your saying the dog bones and have roller lifters. If they are slid get you will want to take apart all the lifters for cleaning and inspection.

 

yea i meant the dog bone things, i have roller lifters which i put in a coffee can full of motor oil about 3 months ago.... lol

 

Nope, nothing the matter with that, works fine... that's what a shop would do

 

With the lifters, you might want to use pb blaster and soak them down with that before disassembly. It is designed as a great penetrator but works real well cutting grease and even carbon build up on pistons, in cylinder heads ect.

 

tuned im not disassembling the lifters, why would i do that, they came out of the engine they are going back into that only had 68k on it? the only sludge in the whole motor was inside the valve covers and lifter valley, the rest looks super clean, theres pics in my project thread i believe...

 

This is exactly why you should clean out the lifters.

If theirs sludge in your lifter valley and all the associated valvetrain parts, then theres sludge IN your lifters, in your oil pan and on your rotating assembly too.


You dont HAVE to do anything, but if you care about the condition of the internals, you'll clean them.

 

iv never taken a lifter apart, how would i go about doing so? and when i had the pan and timing cover and chain ect all off to put a new oil pump in, eveything looked very very clean. tops of the pistons were even really clean, so were the heads

 

how does sludge build up like that in only 68k though?

 

Its usually from low grade conventional oil and infrequent oil changes.

Having a plugged up/non functioning PCV will add to it as well.

 

makes sense, im sorry i sound like an idiot but iv really never taken a lifter apart before, i usually buy new ones or just throw em back in, but with only 68k i want it to be right and last a long time... is it really necessary? whats the right way of doing so if i am going to take em apart and clean em?

 

I used diesel fuel, worked pretty well

 

diesel fuel is a great solvent!


just soak em in diesel? then back into the bucket of engine oil? without taking them apart?


why not let em soak in carb parts cleaner like the other parts?

 

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles.../photo_03.html

 

thats irrelavent tuned, maybe you should pay more attention, i ALREADY said they ARE and have been soaking in oil, which is all that link u posted states...... and mine are not NEW.

 

It shows how to take apart the lifters, Depending the spring tension you may have to make a tool for reassembly. Your engine your problem if a lifter doesnt want to pump up or gets stuck in its bore from the coked up oil. You asked for advice advice was given. Not a chance I would take on a used engine. unless you like pulling the intake and re-lashing valves for the what if scenario.

 

no actually i just dont like YOU nor do i want YOUR help, iv seen some of your posts and some history on you, i dont want your help, thanks Tuned

 

Um ok not sure what your issue is but good luck with your parts cleaning

 

Thanks pal

 

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