learned about viscosity breakdown today

[westofb]

Originally Posted by OleBlue79

Your lucky you didn't round the cam lobe. Good luck!

I would be shocked if your cam is okay...if you ground that much off the lifter, I would bet the cam isn't in a one condition.
When you soak the lifters overnight, are you using a push rod to pump them up prior to install? I usually soak them too, but once they are submerged in oil, I take a push rod and slowly push on the tops of them, you will see air bubbles come from the lifter, it doesn't take a lot of pressure. I then let them sit overnight and repump then again just before installing them, they will get to the point that no bubbles come out of them. I sure everyone has opinions on how to do this, this is just the way I have done it with no problems.