hmm. ok well i have never done lifters and my and my father got into a huge argument about them and he was telling me i should just go buy a new motor becasue thats a hard thing to fix. and yes the motor is blowing smoke on start up untill she warms up a little bit. i use lucas so i dont know if that helps the lifters. the motor has 84,000 miles but its 40 years old.