<div dir="ltr">The lifter faces are not flat. They have a crown so they rotate in the bores as the cam lobes move across them. At low RPMs the lifters do not rotate so much.  It is absolutely essential on initial start up that the lifters are rotating so the cam and lifters can properly bed in. This is accomplished if the engine is reving at least 1500 RPM.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2:24 PM Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Why do I keep hearing on initial start up immediately get it up to approx 2000 rpm and run it 20 minutes to bed in the lifters and cam.  Old wives tale.  I have seen it done.<div id="gmail-m_-1252571381885206011gmail-m_-3196108504424182911yMail_cursorElementTracker_1589145805313">Mike MacLean<br><br><div id="gmail-m_-1252571381885206011gmail-m_-3196108504424182911ymail_android_signature"><a id="gmail-m_-1252571381885206011gmail-m_-3196108504424182911ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature" target="_blank">Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 20px"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,0,246)"> <div>On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 2:09 PM, Michael Salter</div><div><<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0px 0px 20px;margin:10px 0px 0px;border-left:1px solid rgb(109,0,246)"> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">Support Team.Net <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br clear="none">Suggested annual donation  $12.75<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Archive: <a shape="rect" href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys </a><a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Unsubscribe/Manage: <a shape="rect" href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rrengineer.mike@att.net</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"> </div> </blockquote></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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