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Old 2nd June 2019, 17:27   #22
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Originally Posted by SD1too View Post
Hi John,

Here's one of Reebs' photographs:

The two breathers, inlet and outlet with red collars, for the LH bank are shown at the bottom of the picture. The RH bank has similar but masked by the plastic manifold chamber.

The single tube at the top left of the picture is I think the vacuum take-off for the brake servo if my memory serves me correctly.

The pinholes are in the cam covers behind the connection to the narrow diameter breather tubes. To clean them properly requires removal of the cam covers. Try the LH side first, remembering afterwards to tighten the many screws in the correct order and to the correct torque.

Simon

Thanks (as usual!) Simon....I understand where these pinholes are located now!

Having never disturbed that plastic manifold chamber, or the left hand bank for that matter (if it ain't broke leave well alone like... ) presumably removing covers can run the risk of upsetting a currently happy gasket .... or three...?

Order new gaskets first, or just have a tube of liquid type gasket available to hand in case?

Cheers

John
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