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Thanks for the replies chaps, So far I’ve tried all combinations of preload shims from none, to thin, medium and thick all with the same rattle at cold start. Even tried thick and thin together that clearly was to much upon start up. So I’m back to my original preload shims when I first set it up, w...

Thanks Chris,

I thought I had understood and set the pre loads, but I will take another look.
Yes the inlet removal is a PITA….

Cheers for your reply, J

Hi everyone, I have recently completed a rebuild of my Defender 50th 4.0 Rv8 Gems engine. Everything is new in the engine and it runs nicely, but the lifters are bleeding down overnight and it’s driving me mad to hear that rattle on every cold start. Any pointers to the cause of bleed down would be ...