Lotus TURBO ESPRIT Service Manual page 155

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O n engines from engine number
11276,
and earlier engines
i f
fitted with the
later camshaft housing with a recess machined around the oil feed for an
'0'
ring:
Seal between the cylinder head and cam housing with Loctite
504
gasket
eliminator and an
'0'
ring fitted over the rol
l
pin dowel
.
Before applying
new gasket eliminator ensure a l l old gasket elimiminator i s removed from
the mating surfaces of the cyl inder head and cam housing
.
Take care not
to scratch sealing surfaces
-
use a blunt scraper such a s the flat end of a
steel rule. Degrease and clean the mating surfaces using methylated spirit
or similar. Lay a thin continuous bead of gasket eliminator (approx
1/16
to
3/32
in. wide) i n the middle of the sealing surface on the cam housing,
following the outer surface around the stud holes.
F i t
'0' ring on cylinder
head dowel and carefully place cam housing on cylinder head studs and
secure with washers and nuts. Tighten the nuts t o the specified torque
loading diagonally outwards from the centre.
Cont1mro.s bead of Loctite
504
Gasket Ellminotor.
,
.