| I think you are asking if a ticking lifter prematurely wears down other related valve train parts. If so.. The answer is yes but very very very slowly. I can't recall anyone ever rocking a bad lifter to the point of any chance of failure resulting in anything major. Mostly the chatter of the lifter will just get more and more annoying. A lot of Z32 owners run with ticking lifters for upwards of a 100,000 miles. It's not recommended, of course. You can read more on it by searching a really good post on how to clean them from Ash if you really want to learn all about the internal workings and how to clean them. Good read. Anywho....there you go.
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