993RS

After talking it over with Steve Weiner (thank you Steve ), I have decided to go ahead and get new hydraulic lifters.

Question to those of you who had them changed: how much did you pay? Thanks and Merry Christmas...

Mike J

You want labor costs or parts costs? Porsche parts or third party? Exhaust only, or the entire set? Do yuo need new valve cover gaskets? All these can vary it quite a bit.

As for replacement, the procedure is simple but does take time. Each valve cover needs to be removed, and the engine rotated to offload each rocker, and the rocker removed/lifter changed/installed and torqued, and then the valve cover put back on.

To do an entire NA engine, top and bottom, should be 4-6 hours of work I think, or at least that is how long it would take me. Not sure what a shop would actually charge, you know how long it really takes and what they charge are often not related...

Parts seem to vary from under $30/lifter to over $75, depending on sources and if sales are on. You need 12 for the entire engine - only other parts are new gaskets for the valve covers, and perhaps new bolts if you want them and the existing ones are really corroded.

Cheers,

Mike

993RS

Mike, my mechanic is going to replace my hydraulic lifters. So I want to know overall cost of having it done. Just wondering what garages in the States are charging...
Merry Christmas...

Quadcammer

Bloody hell how many threads are you gonna make about lifters

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Does it really matter??

Phil asks honest questions that deserve reasonable answers.

That's precisely what this place is for and why John Dunkle created it.

cgfen

The Swiss are very thorough!

e3photo

I would think your mechanic would give the best answer for time charge. Mike summed it up pretty good. I think from the dealer they were $75 a lifter,and it took me a couple hours to install everything,but Steve installed new lifters when he resurfaced the rockers. :thumb up:

Happy Holidays
Emerald

Ed Hughes

The question I'd have is: do you need any other work done, or just lifters? They're a lot easier to get to with engine out, and if you had more than one need-could justify a drop.

Quadcammer

its just silly to have 14 threads on the same topic (including not one but 2 polls).

i know you guys seem to have discussions...so im not sure why he didnt just ask you

993RS

This is exactly why I have been away from Rennlist for several years. Some things never change...

NP993

Tend to agree....we're talking about lifters here. This topic has been covered a hundred times in the archives. It's not that complicated.

IXLR8

But then the same could be said about suspensions, exhaust systems, shift linkages...and even engine and transmission lubes.

CalvinC4S

Depends if you need to split your crank case or not.

therossinator

Its like my subscription to Men's Health. After about a year I realized they were addressing the exact same problems over and over again. There's not really anything new, just people talking.

Quadcammer

like 6 threads about something covered in maybe 3 bullet points.