A couple used engines near me, 09 ram shortblock with a 'bad cam'
11 car longblock with 'bad lifters'
Supposedly no junk in the oil, what could be wrong yet not catastrophic in these engines or no such thing they're just cores to be rebuilt?
If you can't dismantle to inspect, best to assume it's a rebuilder. The one i got with one lobe gone, you could almost clean and re-assemble, if you were on a super budget.
I found a heap of metallic paste on the magnetic part of the MDS solenoids : so you want to make sure to remove and inspect them.
