Glad you decided to check it. Sometimes when you get a dozen people each telling you a dozen things to check it becomes very hard to actually do what everyone asks.
I would definitely recheck all your rocker arm adjustments. Especially before you end up burning up a valve.
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.