New Lifters Are Bled But Still Noisy?

[nicksamaniac]

Hi all, I've searched and searched but haven't found an answer that helps me!

BIt of leading info, built an rb30det (untouched bottom and pre vct untouched head), popped a head gasket (cheapy) pulled engine out and gave it a fresh set of rings/bearings and seals, got head reco'd (cut/grind valves and face head)

Put all back together and had noisy lifters,

I put up with it for a while as only a few, say 4 or 5 where ticking,

Finally had the cash to buy new ones and did all the stuff ya do to install them, soaked in oil for a week before hand, put em in and run them up to speed to run them in to the cams, used comp cams grease when installing,

All good but they still are noisy, and it's all of them! Knock is over 117 at idle on my pfc.

Took it for a drive, still no good.

Pulled my cam covers thinking maybe the valves where ground too short? And they had minimal to no collapse against the cams, but I can't even fit a 0.05mm feeler gauge under between cam and lifter on any.

So they are pumped out, plenty of oil to the head, as its full up everywhere and I didn't fit any restrictors in the block. All looks good but sounds terrible!

Please help as its doing my head in!!!! And can't go for a tune with all this head noise, (engine head not mine!)

Cheers.

Edited May 17, 2014 by nicksamaniac