No, everything was left stock and no milling was done. I just replaced all the valves and hardware on them and cleaned them up all nice. The car had leaking head gaskets so I used that as an excuse to clean everything up.
Everything seemed to be running great though until I tightened things apparently too much. So I’m wondering if I just did the valve lash adjustment incorrectly.
In the past I’ve done it with the engine running, but I did it with it off this time and just bumped the engine over since that’s what the manual said to do. Now I’m wishing I’d done it the way I usually do.
I’m guessing I’m going to remove the intake to see what’s going on with the lifters, but I’m assuming something has happened to them since oil isn’t flowing anymore. It was initially circulating perfectly.
Can lifters be compressed to the point where it doesn’t work anymore? Or do you think I’ve damaged the cam or worse??