Lancia Delta 8V intake manifold gasket/spacer
Posted: July 29th, 2015, 5:39 pm
The Lancia Delta, 8 valve engine uses what appears to be a high temperature plastic intake manifold gasket / spacer. At first I assumed it was phenolic, but after using a belt sander on it, it did not emit the characteristic phenolic smell, thus I think its a high temperature plastic. Its 0.200 inches or 5.1mm thick. It also has thin paper gasket material bonded to both sides. I don't have a Delta shop manual so I don't know if this gasket/spacer needs seperate gaskets installed on both sides or the thin paper gaskets bonded to the plastic spacer is sufficient. The paper gaskets seem pretty thin to be able to accommodate imperfections on the mating faces of the manifold and head. What does the Delta shop manual manual indicate?
Tom McG
Tom McG