Sounds like a product that was returned to the vendor because it was 3mm too
long and the purchaser cleaned them with gasoline before he shipped them
back.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Lee" <leo0365@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: New Hydrolic lifters gasoline smell

> Hello All,
>
> I received my order of new hydrolic lifters and ready for the big job this
coming weekend to complete replacing the head job for my Westy vanagon. I
opened the package and a strong smell of gasoline coming out of the lifters
package. I was holding a lifter and wipe it with a clean paper tower, I
found some residual dirt came out of the lifter. Also these lifters are
about 3mm longer than those I pulled out from the engine block. I do not
feel comfortable installing this new lifters onto the engine, as you know,
it takes an awful lot of efforts to replace it if the lifters are not right.
I would greatly appreciate any suggestion about the gasoline smelling
lifters.
>
> Leo, 1991 Westy Multivan, 110,000mls
>
>
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