Hey all, My 3.2SOHC has 110,000 on it and the ticking has gotten better since I started using 10w-30 Valvoline maxlife and Lucas @ every oil change. But I can't help but wonder if part of the problem is lubrication. On cold days sometimes it will tick like hell for awhile, if I give it a few good revs it stops. Sometimes if I'm going slow and I hear it, I'll get on it a little and it goes away. After operating it for awhile it will come in and out regardless of temp. I'm sure the lifters are bad and honestly I'm just going to change the engine in about a year but I wonder if there's insufficient lubrication that's the prob. Any thought's?

P.S. any reco's for engine swap? I'm on the fence: 98-99 3.5, 95 3.2DOHC or 96 3.2.