Purchased a car with the thoughts that I would need to do a timing job but look what I discovered on the cam when I pulled off the valve cover!.
look like the lifter is gone and the cam destroyed it while destroying it self as well. I nervouse to replace the cam and lifter only and retime it because I don't know the condition of the valve. Has anyone ever had this happen before and checked the valve. Surely this had to be a defective lifter from the start. THe car still ran and drove just would idle rough and die sometimes but always would recrank and run with epc on after.

 

Do a compression test, I would think if you have good compression the valve face is fine.

 

Im not concerned with the valve face more the valve shaft itself if its bent or stuck. I read about a problem known with the "follower" I have always called these a lifter is the follower and the lifter the same thing in another term?

 

Is that a 3.0 motor?

If yes, you're not the first or only one to have this happen with that motor.

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Yes it's the 3.0 thanks for that pm I read both threads and seems that most people dont have a bent valve problem and they just replace the lifters and the cam. THanks for taking the tiem to show me that. Guess what my wifes gettting for xmas lmao.