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Old 06-02-2011, 11:07 AM
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What caused it to fail? I am not an expert but my opinion is as follows: Rocker stud failed (due to poor geometry and interference) causing lifter to pop out resutling in low oil pressure. Parts of broken lifter got into oil pump causing it to fail. Hard starting is the result of above failures. A little extra oil would not have caused a rocker to fail. What does the builder say?

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