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Hi there.
I'm just installing the air box to my Dellorto carbs (elan +2). Just wondering if anyone can tell me, should there be a gasket between the airbox and the carbs? There wasn't when I removed them.
Arrows in the picture. Thanks for your help.
I'm just installing the air box to my Dellorto carbs (elan +2). Just wondering if anyone can tell me, should there be a gasket between the airbox and the carbs? There wasn't when I removed them.
Arrows in the picture. Thanks for your help.
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No gasket on my Weber’s
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Yes , paper gasket . look at rebuild kits on web for shape.
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Craven wrote:Yes , paper gasket . look at rebuild kits on web for shape.
This is the shape (front & back):
Pretty thick gasket paper....
I have to admit I have not used them in the past, but probably will this time as I am in the middle of a cylinder head change.
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Thanks a lot. I thought it was odd that there wasnt one fitted. What's the consensus on sealing the two halves of the airbox? I read somewhere that a Toyota head gasket could be used?
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Err, not a head gasket, maybe a rocker cover gasket ? Presumably you're talking about the airbox to backplate rubber seal ?
Surely someone in the Lotus supplier community in the UK does the correct seal ?
Surely someone in the Lotus supplier community in the UK does the correct seal ?
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