RE: '86 4KCSQ - lifters, bad oil pump, or something else?

[Ken <kkeith@qnet.com>]

Steve Dambrowski <steved@panix.com> wrote:
> 
> To recap - after replacing the fuel dist. I picked up the car and the
> lifters were very loud. After checking things out (as much as I could) it
> would seem that there was no oil getting to the upper part of the engine.
> (The guy at the shop that changed the fuel dist. said I have compressed
> lifters and to change the oil a few times)
> 
<SNIP> 
>
> That's it in a nutshell. Does anyone agree or think it might be something
> else? If the lifters are compressed, will they go back once the oil
> pressure is restored?

So, did you change the oil a few times?  If so, I assume it had no
effect?

Ken