Pistons, Piston Rings, Connecting Rods & Cylinder Liners - Lotus TURBO ESPRIT Service Manual

SECTION EA
Page 53.
Coat a new plastic compression olive with engine oil, and from the auxiliary
housing chamber, push over the oil pick up pipe/feed pipe and
fit
the
union screw. With the aid of special tool TOOOT0083At tighten the union
screw to i t s specified torque loading (see Technical Data).
Ensure spray shield i s i n its correct location on cylinder block and main
bearing housing, with its flange positioned between the two webs on the main
bearing housing. Replace -the crankshaft rear oil seal (Section
EA .27.)
Replace the front cover, crankshaft sprocket, sump and flywheel.
When a new cylinder block is being used, it will be necessary to f i t the
breather spout at the top of the right hand side below the inlet manifold.
Fit the bush, with its flange uppermost, into its location. Tap the breather
tube into the bush until approximately
25mm.
(1
.0 in.) is left protruding.
Ensure oil gallery and water jacket plugs are also fitted.
Re-assemble the gearbox to the engine, and replace engine/gearbox assembly
i n the car.
EA.29.
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PISTONS,
PISTON RINGS, CONNECTING RODS 8, CYLINDER
LINERS
To Remove
1
.
Remove engine/gearbox assembly (Section
E A .25 .)
2.
Remove cylinder head (Section
EA
.10
.)
3.
Remove the oil sump (Section
EA .Z3 .)
4.
Remove the connecting rod bearing caps. Remove the ring of carbon from the top
of liner wall. Push the piston up and out of the cylinder liner, by i t s
connecting rod. Remove the assembly to a bench.
5.
Remove the piston rings. Extract the gudgeon pin circlips and push the pin
out of the piston, thus releasing the connecting rod.
Mark all
companents in
relation t o each other, and to the cylinder from which they were removed.
6.
UsingSpecialTool
TOOOT0012ZA,withdrawthelinersfromthecylinderblock.
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APR 1987