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161. Overheating problems : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
In the last few days I had some overheating issues one even short trips (up to max.3 miles). All started with the engine overheated to ...
... guess temperature was raising from 20? to 23?), but now car parked slightly with the nose down. Opened the radiator cap to check the water ...
162. Too much oil in head? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
My Twink has always smoked on startup, then it clears and seems OK. I've just pulled the cam cover to check the timing chain and ...
... caused smoking problems on car in the first few years especially if the car was parked on a hill nose up and Lotus added a cross drilling from the rear ...
163. Elan Engine Bay Quiz : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Mine reads from the front of the car as well. Engine No. P21133 Its a '71 +2S 130 (September) Seems there's a lot of 'em ...
... our sale has just gone off ) and we've just got too many cars to park up when we eventually move. Someone will be over the moon with it ...
164. BDA/BDG reproduction blocks : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
There are different suppliers for BDA/BDG blocks on the market (Burton, Wilcox, Quaife? ) Do they use the same producer or are there different ones ...
... nickaseal Alloy Block from KAM Developments in the UK several years back I think Gordon Parks at Blue Sky Racing' is the US agent now. It did not ...
165. Starting Issue : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Ok. After a number of months with my S3 sitting outdoors, I finall got around to trying to start the engine today (spring and all ...
... uses and is mystified why it is miss firing when last autumn when it was parked all was sweetness and light! As an aside - in days gone by ...
166. Starting Issue : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 4 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
David Thanks for the advice on timing. Indeed I haven't checked this since I got the car back 2 years ago, so it's likely a ...
... so I stopped and tried four more pedal strokes. Started almost immediately! My parking brake had seized on but eventually it loosened so I could coast out of ...
167. Timing the engine : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Whilst using the Strobe, what's the best way of avoiding getting shocks when moving the distributor ? I just got a couple of real belters, ...
... . I tried the same on an electric fence at a lodge in the Kruger park, wont be trying that one again I can tell you! My grandfather ...
168. running hot solved : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I have been plagued with hot running for many years. I had the engine out replaced the front cover and water pump (Bean cassette) replaced ...
... the engine, but not require replenishing. I presume you've done the old "park on a very steep hill, nose up" and run the engine with ...
169. Valve guides : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Does anyone have a feel for the cost of having valve guides replaced on a twin cam in the UK? I mean the whole job ...
... again. All this could run up a considerable bill. And with your vehicle parked in their premises for the period can incur extra costs, and pressures if ...
170. +2 radiator installation : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Hi all. Sorry to have to ask, but I'm trying to work out the position of the radiator in the front of my '72 +2S130. ...
... the offer. I wish I'd looked earlier as we've just been bowling at Tower Park. I'm just down the coast from Poole - about half an hour away ...
171. heater box? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
my fan circulates air sometimes, other times not at all. and other times, it works great. I have hooked up a direct fused jumper and ...
... for a relay; present only on the Federal cars with intermittent switch for the Park lights. If there has to be unfastened; spade connectors. Wires to ...
172. New Engine Build : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 7 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
A totally excellent thread, just what the forum is about. Well done!!
... this build on the track. The dyno guy is a racer who I have parked next to in the paddock and he really knows his stuff, but a ...
173. COMETIC seems to work --- B U T now i have to confess: : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
.........................last time i put the engine together i had to turn the waterpump flansh around - i used a puller and heated the flansh B ...
... (alfa giula super 1600), having the same type of garage / = parking lot. the goood thing is: the swiss are car-unfriendly, so you ...
174. Cooling system robustness improvements. : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Given the price of cylinder heads I wish to do everything I can to limit the chances of cooking my engine. (no problems at the ...
... clutter to the dash. My car came with lights for low brake fluid, parking brake, and emergency flasher. Integrating those lights into the chrome screws that ...
175. Pulling my hair out! Why is my Elan so down on power? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I really would appreciate some advice here folks, before I spend a lot of time and money pulling apart something that may not need pulling ...
... tensioner goes slack! Mine came a drift and popped completely out in a car park one night. Luckily I was able to find all the pieces restore the ...
176. Gutless Old Twink smoke on start up. : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Situation: utterly gutless performance after 140,000 miles (70,000 since head was ?overhauled?, 100,000 since bottom end shells and rings were replaced with standard sized items), ...
... problem --second there are no valve guide seals on these motors so when they are parked any excess oil leaks into the pistons and smokes on start up and when ...
177. How far can you go without a belt? : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Some notes from a muppet... Last night I noticed I had lost my generator and had only battery power. It was dark and raining. I ...
... water pump, kept going (on my way to an L Cohen concert) parked it up worrying about whether my battery could get it home. Was so ...
178. +2 hard to startup!! : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
I?m having problems everytime I come to start my car (?68 +2) I only get chance to run her every couple of wheels which I ...
... and snowblower floats and started shutting off the fuel supply a couple of minutes before parking. And a word about summer vs. winter fuels: In the U.S ...
179. Engine start problem : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling - Page 2 by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
Happen to be thinking about this last night. On the Elan the carbs are the high point in the fuel system, above the fuel pump ...
... body shell's in the shop getting skim-coated and blocked out currently and the rest if parked out behind under a tarp!!! If my sanding muscles hold out ...
180. Replacing core plug on block : Engine / Exhaust / Cooling by LotusElan.net [Engine / Exhaust / Cooling]
It's the one on right side of exhaust manifold,engine block is f code ,1967 I think,any suggestions welcome
... however. I went to work in my Elan a few years ago and after parking saw the tell tale puddle, fortunately the owner of an adjacent auto engineering ...
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