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Haven't gotten around to it, been busy with other things. Will report back after I get a chance to check the #2 cap.

Just confirmed that the lifters I received say INA F-46516-72 on the underside of them.

https://www.cascadegerman.com/product/050109309h-2/ This is what I got.

FYI, I got the car in February 2020, so have owned it 3 years. It was my first car, got it from a close friend who did a bunch of work to it (he bought it at 220K, did a timing belt, VR6 clutch, pp520 injector nozzles, RC3 tune, upgraded shifter box, several other things.)

Oh I thought I should mention it, it's has some blue smoke at idle, and a little more on cold start. Haven't noticed any at highway speed.

I have used Rotella T6 or Mobil Delvac 1 5W40 at 10k intervals for my whole ownership with mann or hengst filters. I noticed that too that the internals are black when I got the car. Apparently poor prior maintenance. It always struck me as odd since I have now owned a couple other alh cars...

Seems wise.

Wow, that's way cheaper than I've been hearing.

It was approx 160 for the cam and lifters total, Cascade German had an incredible sale on the lifters.

Ha, I can't make up my mind. Started it up after a 30 degree night, no ticking at all, runs really good. I guess the lifters finally pumped themselves up. Thinking of saving the cam and lifters for when I actually have to replace the head due to a total failure of a lifter or the camshaft. I...

Ordered a camshaft and lifters from Cascade German, going to replace them and hope for the best since it's made it this far. I really don't want to sink a ton of money into a cylinder head job if I don't have to. I guess I'll be the guinea pig. Did pull the valve cover again yesterday and...

Thanks for the reply, Frank. Yes, you would be correct about my driving style, I do drive the car for mileage so it rarely sees past 2500 RPM. I have owned it for right at 3 years, and I have not had the oil pan break, engine has never been opened from 238K until just now at 301K when I did the...

Thanks for the reply. After I posted I saw some threads talking about these heads and caps being line bored, so it definitely doesn't sound like a good idea to get a bearing cap from a different head. Keep the replies coming! Franko6, would love your opinion.

Hello all. I have a 99.5 Jetta ALH with 301K miles. Just did the timing belt a few hundred miles ago, did it 20K early due to seeing a leaking cam seal. Went to replace it during the timing belt replacement and found what you see in the pictures. Its been this way since at least 220K untouched...