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Originally Posted by celentanogj
... The motor was running fantastic before the problem started,
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This is pretty much the situation with every engine that develops problems. It is not necessarily indicative of anything other than your engine not having a problem before it had a problem.
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Originally Posted by celentanogj
I was told that hydraulic roller lifters start to fail at around 3000-5000 miles (I have 4700 since the rebuild). I havn't had the chance to go over the motor and planned to do it this weekend, anyone had a similar issue?
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There is an amazing number of what we might call low-information/low-experience experts roaming about who are eager to share their misinformation. These two attributes, low information, and low experience are usually linked at the hip and accompanied by above-average conviction. Your belief that you were using worn-out hydraulic roller lifters is a data point that is an excellent example of this phenomenon.
If you are not experienced in working on and resolving these sorts of issues, it is to your advantage to engage the services of a reputable service provider who is and let him fix the problem for you. If you want to become increasingly knowledgeable and perhaps assume more of a hands-on type of ownership and maintenance posture, ask him what went wrong and how he fixed it. A reputable shop will give you good answers to both questions.
If none of this seems acceptable to you, we are dealing with a different situation. You have purchased a specialized vehicle that requires more than average attention to detail and maintenance, depending on how it was built and by who. You cannot provide this level of service and maintenance and are reluctant to pay for it. If this is true, you have purchased the wrong car and probably should sell it to someone else sooner rather than later.