Friday, January 9th, 2015 AT 6:36 PM
I have a 2008 Suzuki SX4 with a 2.0L engine, and understand that the lifters need to be shimmed every 30,000 miles. I also own a 2002 Suzuki Aerio with a 2.0L engine that has hydraulic lifters that never need adjustment. Rather than shimming the SX4 can I change the lifters over to the hydraulic ones. I am looking at both and they are the same in size. Both heads have the same oil passages as well. I attached pictures of the oil passages in the SX4 head, also the solid lifter and a shim. If this modification won't work I will need to know how to shim for valve clearance. I have two sets of solid lifters with varies sizes of shims. It seems you would have to install and remove the cams several times to get the shims correct.