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101. What's the best way to refill empty Twin Cam cooling system? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Greetings, Wondering what your ideas are. I like the vacuum system (like the UView Airlift) but a little pricey. What have you found that works? ...
... escape & that's when you get troubled with air locks. As Mark says, parking/jacking the car with the nose high will help, but using an ...
102. Accralite pistons' unique top shape : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
So I had to pull my engine to replace the water pump, so I figured that I should get the bottom end gone over (the ...
... to be super precise for the CR ratio, just to be in the ball park for use with your local octane ratio. From the link you gave I ...
103. Tests for excessive blow by (update) : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
My TC is becoming more like the Exon Valdez by the week. I'm beginning to think there must be a crank pressure issue, though there ...
... it leaves a small puddle of black oily gunge on the garage floor when I park the car and you can see a vapour plume emanating on tickover from start ...
104. Severe misfire - Engine dies : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Thinking my electrical problems were solved, I set off for the MOT yesterday (now expired). After about 4 or 5 miles a misfire began to ...
... up but when I had to stop (28 mniles from home!) and park it at work, there was no restarting even when it was cold. ...
105. Short block long stroke engine : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 6 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
IIRC engine builders in the past would machine piston crowns to equalizes C/R
... part of pulley where the standard timing marks are, to give me a ball park setup. Then removed the cam, and repeated on the other. In ...
106. Plus 2 (S130) - Erratic running when warm : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I have an erratic running problem with my +2 (s130) after it warms up, the car is fine on start-up but after 7-8 miles normal ...
... but i can't determine if it's electrical or fuel related as it recovers if you park it up for an hour? is there + 2 fuel vent problem that ...
107. Heater box : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I'm putting a basket case Elan back together and (of course) there are missing pieces. Actually the car was in bags and boxes not baskets ...
... those of you interested in my Elan saga I posted my story in the Free parking section. but I'll recap.. My name is Michael Fatsi - from Richmond ...
108. MOTOR MOUNT HEAT SHIELDS : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Through the years motor mounts have shown up somewhat frequently as subjects. New rubber versus the old and better rubber... which way is up, is ...
... correctly. As a practice I pop the hood (bonnet) open when I park in my garage to let standing heat out. As an aside, I ...
109. Exhaust box mountings : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi Guys, Having whipped off the exhaust system to get at the coreplugs and paint the block, I had the chance to check again the ...
... bore boy racer nover' the other day going into our local multi story car park. He gave his tiddles the gun. brum brum. V nice! I ...
110. Starting problems after sitting : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
12V is delivered to the ballast resistor and it drops the voltage down to approximately 9V to the coil however during starting, 12V is also ...
... cold starting fuel. Mike miked wait wait waait if it ran well before you parked it don't futz around with drillin out stuff that cant be undone you are ...
111. Anti Freeze : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I went to oat when I rebuilt my engine 3 months ago. Then I read this thread and start looking some more. Found this http://www.rrbew.co.uk/Pdfs/Derek%20Har ...
... of snow and absolutely no problems getting in and out, but his Z4 was parked at the bottom of the small hill 200 yards from his house for 3 ...
112. Exhaust dimension vs engine displacement : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
This is something I have been pondering for a while. I have 2 elans; 67 s3 SS with dcoe 40s 71 s4 with cd 175s ...
... the engine smokes/ drops oil into the cyls. from the valves. When parking the car I try to leave the front end slightly down hill to help ...
113. Engine oil : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi all What oil are you using in your Twinks. I have 20/50 from Halfords in my engine.It gives good oil pressure 60ps,i and when ...
... fully synthetic oil as it would cover/protect the components for longer when car parked in the garage. Plus the other benefits of a synthetic oil but that ...
114. Noise from the engine area : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi Hiro, The only way is like i said you remove gaskets to check. Why not and cheaper than diving into head problems. Your choice. ...
... to make a horrible noise, so switched off. On examination in the car park, it appeared that one bucket had disintegrated whilst running... horrible mess. The ...
115. Engine Rebuilders......who? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
My recently bought (1500miles) `67 S3 is displaying symptoms of a damaged oil control ring, but the engine was rebuilt just before I bought it. ...
... cylinder? and don't you have a nasty stain on your drive where it is parked? John P.S. there is an racing engine builder in stockport,he ...
116. Engine rebuild complete : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi, The guys at AGRA engineering finished the rebuild of my Big Valve Twincam yesterday and finally got to hear it run for the first ...
... original Elans and + 2's; my + 2 zetec will be in the car park and no doubt lots of people will come and look and talk, some ...
117. Have I understood the 'failsafe' headlights system? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi all. Just trying to make sure that I've got the right bits and pieces and have understood the system properly. Looking in the parts ...
... come on if the solenoid is energised, hence will not be lit in their parked position. Of course this assumes solenoid valve actually works. Are you sure ...
118. Relibility : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Does anyone have any tips for running a twincam as an everyday car? I do about 15000 rural miles a year and get the impression ...
... years commutng in to London. The only resons I stoppped..moved jobs and lost my parking space in the center of town.. the secret.. use it every day ...
119. Twincam Camshaft detail measurement : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I have always wanted to better understand the detail of various cam profiles that i have used over the years. Previously I have had a ...
... and has a similar recomendation of lift at TDC so i am in the ball park according to them i.e. They say inlet at 1.80mm lift at TDC cheers ...
120. coolant loss : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
My TC has been loosing coolant but I see no signs of coolant on the driveway, garage floor or in the oil. Initially I felt ...
... billwill Mine loses it out of the water pump, it only loses it when parked and does not leave drips, but if you look at the front cover ...
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