HYDRAULIC ROLLER VALVE LIFTER PRIMING NOTICE
(From G.M. tech bulletin) Notice: Ensure each valve lifter is filled with clean engine oil and the valve lifter does not tip over (plunger down) before the installation of the valve lifters. The loss of oil in the valve lifter lower pressure chamber or the dry stroking/ cycling of the valve lifter plunger will allow air to travel into the high pressure chamber of the valve lifter. Air in the high pressure chamber of the valve lifter may not be purged causing extensive engine component damage.

Thanks to Chris Straub
Straub Technologies
Piney Flats, TN
September, 2014