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Re: Hydraulic Lifter, Operation and Failure
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 8/14/2013

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Usually true with aluminum heads, the head grows faster than the valve train. Usually on iron heads, the valve train grows more than the head so clearance decreases with warm up.

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