[JFP in PA]

First of all, the lifters get “stuck”, like in one position, but not necessarily in the collapsed position. So don’t assume that noise is the result of the lifters as it often is not. Noise also comes from other sources, such as the injectors which in these engines are also particularly noisy, they produce a rather audible “tick” each time they squirt fuel, so they also add to the confusion. Secondly, most of the so-called “start-up clatter” in the M96 after it has sat for a bit is not the lifters, it is the hydraulic chain tensioners, and this can be “fixed” by any owner that want to address it, very simply as well…………