Engine Cover; Engine Compartment Air Flow - Lotus Esprit Series Workshop Manual

An oir scoop i s fitted to the rear of each rear quarter light, one feeds air into the engine
cover and the other to the airbox, via the engine compartment. The side ~ a n e l s i n the
engine compartment are sealed with vents into the engine compartment.
ENGINE
COVER
The engine cover i n the model S 2 vehicle
and hos an access hatch for routine maintenance. Moulded into the top of the cover are
recesses for the wheel jack ond tools.
TO
REMOVE
Raise the tailgate, remove the tonneau cover and release the clips securing
the service hatch. L i f t up hatch.
2.
Unscrew wire clip securing the flexible ducting tube to the airbox and pull
out the ducting tubes from the engine cover.
3 . Unclip the elastic straps from both sides of the cover and the two on the
inside at the rear of the cover.
TO
REPLACE
1.
Reverse the removal
ENGINE
COMPARTMENT AIR FLOW
A i r to the airbox i s first picked up through the left hand air scoop, where i t i s expelled
into the engine compartment through the left hand side panel vent, see figure
i s drawn throu g h the ri g ht hand side ponel vent, throvgh the flexible ducting to the airbox.
The right hand air scoop i s connected via o flexible ducting to the engine cover.
vehicles and those used i n high ambient climates are fitted with a fan i n the ducting, which
i s controlled by a temperature sensor on the airbox under the engine cover.
i s sealed against the engine compartment floor
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