The Valve Lifters

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Who cares about “Valve

Lifters”?
Answer we do!
Things we will cover about
Lifters!
1.What is a valve lifter?

2.When it was created?

3.Why is it use?

4.Are there any problems?

5.The future!

6.
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 A Valve Lifter
 imparts a linear motion to some other
component within an assembly.
 Body of tappet made light metal Ex: Al
 Wear resistant contact surface w/ cam
Nobuo Hara is the daddy of
lifter!
 Purpose cylinder and resistant top
 Nobuo Hara
 Fuji Oozx inc.
 Maybe Ritter, Clyde G
 Japan
 Valve Lifters are used to
 valve follower
 Help open valves
 3 main types of valve lifters
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1.Mechanical lifter
 Has to be adjusted frequently
 Aka solid lifter
 noisy
 valve lash
 Higher spring pressure
 Maybe higher rpm
2.Hydraulic lifter
 Doesn’t need adjusting often
 Very quiet
 Oil
 Lower rpm maybe
 Use in most new cars
3.Roller type Valve
lifter/tappet
 Mechanical or hydraulic lifter
 Out performs flat
 Has a wheel that spins
 Reduces friction
 Higher rpm
 Reusable
 Higher spring loads
 Less wear
 Consistent today’s oil
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Problems with lifters
 Hydraulic
 A. valvetrain will rattle loudly on startup
B.pump up
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 Mechanical
 A. Needs adjusting too much
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 Roller
 A. Play
 The Future
 tappets may stop entirely as engines move
to variable valve timing systems.
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The end.