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I have recently removed the fuel rail from my Rover V8 and cannot see any shraeder valve or location for such a thing. Did they not all have them, or is there a take off or something that has to be added to it?

Many thanks.

Cheers
Paul

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Thanks for the replies, the car is now running a lot quieter after the initial clatter the other evening.

Cheers,
Paul

Hi the oil has to go in through a very small hole with probably only about 40 psi behind it and if it is 20/50 it is pretty viscous at ambient temperature, I would not expect them to fill properly until you have got it up to temperature and to at least 4500 revs where you may get 65Psi behind it. b...

DaveEFI wrote:Was where they were stored overnight while soaking in the oil cold?

Yes it was; I suspect the high viscosity has prevented the followers from absorbing the oil.

When i bled mine out completely to sort the preload it took a fair while for them to fully pump up, in the order of a few minutes, which feels like a lifetime when all that clattering is going on! This is what I have done. Stripped and cleaned and the pre-load setup. OK I will drop in some coolant ...

Please can someone familiar with the Rover V8 or Buick 425 engine advise me on the amount of time it should take for the cam followers to pump up after having been completely emptied of oil? I have just replaced the valley gasket and took the opportunity of checking the cam and the followers. I have...