[Bob Carriere]

Hi Phil

That can't be right....... lifters should not leak down that easy or that fast..... unless the oil pressrue is tooo slow building up on start up.

My experience with Chev 6 goes back to the fifties.... all on 235 in cars with hydraulic lifters..... and even after parking the 58 chev for the Winter.... it never made a racket when staretd in the Spring... it might some a little from the oil in the cylinders but never noisy....... you might hear a clacking of valves for a few seconds.......but never more than that.....

Are you sure you didn't rebuild a diesel......????

Barry "Cherchez la femme" might have more practical experience with them...

Must be a lot of others running 235 with long shut down......

BooB