Some lifters are packed in a thin oily fluid but not gas
at this point in time I would only use Febi lifters they the most compatible
with the cam and seem to be the ones that just work every time
try buying them from some one that uses the product not just sells them.
then you can have confidence that the product is the current best unit
available

Boston  Bob
Boston Engine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Leo Lee" <leo0365@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 9:01 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
>