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121. Twincam Rebuild Saga : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Rohan, Since there is no inner race so the shaft is the surface the ball/rollers run on and it is hardened. Could grind it but ...
... . Just found that out the hard way. -Keith type26owner Starting yesterday everytime I park the car for a few minutes there's a 6 inch pool of oil which ...
122. Slight knocking after oil change : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi all. I just did the first oil change of my Elan plus 2 in my ownership. I used a ryco z9 filter as recommended ...
... The car started and ran perfectly but after a 15 minute run I went to park it for the night and noticed a knocking sound from the engine at idle ...
123. Cooling system air bleed valves : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Greetings. Wondering what experiences people have had installing air bleeder valves in twin cam cooling systems. Seems the obvious place is the top of the ...
... the other hand, cracking the hose clamp and bleeding with a screwdriver, or parking up a steep incline . . . and that Airlift I had not seen ...
124. Excess oil drain modification... : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi, I'm a new member even though the elan I have has been in the family since 1980. It's a '69 S2 and it seems ...
... sometime during the S3's production. You can test if this is your problem by parking your car on a slight downhill nose first for a while and then starting ...
125. lightened flywheels : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Does anyone have an opinion on the advantages and /or disadvantages of a lightened flywheel for a street engine? For example Burton's offers a 6 ...
... did not notice any problems idling or low speed operation, even in LA's mobile parking lot traffic. David 1968 36/7988 msd1107 seniorchristo wrote: Steel as ...
126. 1/4" NPTF Oil Gallery Plugs : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Any reason why I shouldn't use brass 1/4 BSPT plugs (other than getting them out at next rebuild - probably not my problem )? Brass ...
... fit against these NPTF ones. Missing your Caterham yet? I'm off to Loton Park Hillclimb tomorrow with mine, first time after a 2 year break from competition ...
127. Top Dead Centre : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Blimey! I am not an engineer in any sense of the word. (I have often noted that Elan owners do have some sort of engineering ...
... without averaging points either side - just to get the protractor in the right ball park. I found that after having a few goes at it, it was ...
128. Low Compression : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Doing a bit of head scratching today. Here's why - Was regularly fouling No4 plug. Tried changing to hotter plugs but no improvement. So did ...
... it home fixed it up and he drove it all through school-found it sideways in parking spots etc etc - now he works in Toronto and drives my Buick : ...
129. Snapping Sound : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
This week I replaced the exhaust system on my S3. Following the usual procedure of removing the left side engine mount and rocking the engine ...
... day and I had taken enough of others' time so I drove home and parked. That's why I suggested the possibility that we had damaged the distributor cap ...
130. electric water pump : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I need to replace my water pump and am now thinking about using one of the Craig Davies units. Does anyone have any experience with ...
... but the other leg needed a large hole drilled in that plate. In the parking lot driving environment that prosperity has brought to Dublin I had a real problem ...
131. Piston to Bore Clearance - the Saga continues : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hello again. Back this time with another technical question regarding the p to b clearance on the twincam. The block was overbored by 40 thous ...
... temperature ( road, racing turbo etc) . Your clearance is in the ball park and probably OK but you really need to check with AE cheers Rohan rgh0 ...
132. Smoke on big valve engine : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi all, got a mate with a big valve 130, same as ours. Engine smokes a lot when cold. Is certainly oil not fuel. If ...
... exhaust port. The oil pooling and smoking is generally worse if the car is parked on a slope with the front higher than the rear. Oil smoke on ...
133. rev counter : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
hi, I have a +2 fitted with a 1600 cross flow engine, the wiring for the rev counter in the engine bay is disconnected and ...
... Chester, i have seen a yellow + 2 driving into the zoo employees car park but have not managed to speak to the driver. Keith tablets22 Keith Is ...
134. How to build an oil tight twincam? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi friends, before anyone starts joking, I'm also not quite sure wether this goal is at least possible. But I'm on my 3rd attempt in ...
... fleece is catching what comes from above. Otherwise I couldn't use the car or park it anywhere on public roads. For the TÜV (MOT) inspection ( ...
135. Which engine oil for a quick top-up. : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Wow, thanks everyone for you time. More info than I could ever have dreamed of, especially as I thought I'd be referred to an existing ...
... neither is the phosphorus value you seek. You will be in the phosphorus ball park if you take a reference to zinc and deduct 100 from the value. ...
136. vacuum unit : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi, Looks like my headlight vacuum unit needs replacing. (failsafe version). Before I part with my hard earned cash, can anything be done to repair ...
... or three weeks ago my lights suddenly started to rise once the car had been parked for about 20 minutes. Before that they had stayed down at least overnight ...
137. Replacement weber heads : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi, I am new here and have a 1967 Elan S3 coupe. I am considering acquiring a replacement head because one of my valve seats ...
... When I discovered the valve lash on one valve had gone to zero, I parked the car and it has sat unused. Obviously, since I got so ...
138. Do "stop leak" additives work ? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
The Sprint has started to make out like the Exxon Valdez , ( or Torrey Canyon for you old codgers.. ). Oil everywhere to the ...
... ), to degrease the whole oily mess otherwise known as the engine bay. Parked it over the pit, fired her up and got underneath. Voila ! ...
139. Engine number Translation Needed ! : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi I'm new to the forum so apologies first as no doubt I'm going to be asking silly questions. I'm not knowledgeable enough or familiar ...
... to locate any body number (no vin plate on the car when it was parked up that anyone can recall ) , I can't see any dymo type number ...
140. Coolant leak - any ideas? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Good morning all, When I got home from work last night I noticed a trail of coolant on the road outside leading directly to my ...
... high. Mine slowly fills up over time A real long shot is when you parked it on the road had the car before you being running its air conditioning ...
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