1983 hydraulic engine

I have (hopefully had) the same issue with my slant 6. If you look you can find some of my posts when I bought my 75 dart last fall. I had 2 cylinders that would not give good readings. But....I kept bending push rods. I bent 2 more within 65 miles. This car sat for quite a while. So I finally took the head in. The valve guides were so sticky from bad gas that they had a hard time cleaning the head. He had to tear it completely down and give it a good cleaning. He also told me to get the gas out the tank. Another issue that may be related is my carb is not functioning properly. That gets rebuilt and then we hope it is a go.