fitting cam carriers ?

[schakal]

could someone in the DEFINITE KNOW tell me if they need
some sort of gasketing (solid/liquid ) while fitting them
or is it a ally on ally contact ??

[Brealbags]

Seal them

The carriers would let oil leak into the spark plug recess if its not sealed.

Anyway a little sealer wont hurt even if im wrong.

[volymmannen]

thin layer of silicone gasket

[schakal]

thats what i thought :(

my newly refurbished williams head is leaking oil from inlet cam seal and
through the cam carriers and i know for sure no form of gasketting
was used while they were fitted . leaked a lot of oil on the cambelt and
all over my freshly apinted engine bay .

absolutely fckuing pissed off

[Wobba]

That'll be the cam seals then. I used silicone sealant, but mine leaked a fair bit at that same seal....and then it just stopped. It seems the seal can settle in place by itself sometimes.

[schakal]

That'll be the cam seals then. I used
silicone sealant, but mine leaked a fair bit at that same seal....and then it just stopped. It seems the seal can settle in place by itself sometimes.

this is not just leaking from the inlet cam seal .
its also leaking from the cam carriers as well as on to
the nearest injector . i have not even taken the rocker
cover to see if there is anything in there yet .

the point is , i paid good money to get this head fully refurbished .
and this has only run for 2 minutes since refurb and pissed out
around 200ml of oil in that time

[MAXIBOY]

should be RTV sealant..

[MatBrown]

It's red stuff from Renault but its the same as banana glue.


Mat.

[schakal]

i am in touch with the well known tuner that has carried out the
full cylinder head refurb as we speak .

so far i have been told i must have used wrong size camshaft seals
and i should replace them with 42mm ones . WTF !!!!

( I HAVE NOT FITTED ANY CAM SHAFT SEALS ,I PAID FOR THIS WORK
TO BE DONE PROFESSIONALLY )

also been told to check the torque settings on the cam carrier bolts myself

(AGAIN I WOULD NOT HAVE PAID LOADS OF MONEY FOR THIS TO
BE DONE PROFESSIONALLY IF I WERE TO CHECK THE TORQUE SETTINGS MYSELF AFTERWARDS)

i was there when the head was put together and i know %100
no sealent was used on the cam carriers . in fact i did find it very
odd and asked there and then if sealent was meant to be used or not
the answer was "NO"

[schakal]

here are some pics taken by mate on his camera phone .