Broken valve spring dampers?

Lifter oiling holes facing the wrong direction? Are these not in the side open to the wide machined band that gets oil all the time?

Without some sort of detailed testing, I can't think how you would know if the springs are all addled, or one just had a defect. Like Dirty Harry said: "Do you feel lucky today?" I've decided both ways on such things.... and lost once on a Jeep engine. (Well, it needed some fresh rings anyway, right? LOL)