Start pushing buttons and flipping switches... if it lifts off the ground or drops donw, starts jumping like a jack rabbit, then you have lifters. if you can't find any appropriate switches or buttons then probably not.
A 97 Chevy Cavalier uses standard hydraulic type lifters. They utilize oil pressure to control the height of the lifters and provide a small clearance across the camshaft.
reburton2@comcast.net You don't. Valve lifters are hydraulic, they automatically adjust for proper clearance.
yes it has hydraulic lifters.
It has hydraulic roller lifters.
The hydraulic lifters do not require adjustment nearly as often as solid lifters.
solid lifters at a 012-inch clearance
Hydraulic lifters would be STOCK from the factory. On the 84 engine.
how to adjust the lifters and tie rods
They all had hydraulic lifters. To determine if it has roller lifters, you'd probably need to take off the intake manifold and have a look.
Typically hydraulic lifters don't get adjusted, they just get tightened to the rocker stud.
lifters mate
a hydraulic fluid pushes parts to do what you want them to