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Originally Posted by Ecordeddie
How do I know if the lifter is collapsed?
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On a small block Chevy, the only way to tell if you have a bad lifter is,
unfortunately, to take the intake off and pull the lifter out and look at it. What I would do if it was mine would be to adjust the lifter slowly and see if the engine has a miss. Engines generally do stumble a little bit while you are adjusting, but then they recover. If your engine misses after you adjust it and doesn't recover it probably needs a new lifter. Not real expensive but if you have to pay someone to do it that's where the expense comes in. Low oil pressure sometimes causes this too but you'd probably notice it on more than one lifter. Hope this helps,
Joe