Have Mot, Have Tax Disc, Will Travel...fast!
Posted: Fri May 27, 2005 3:03 pm
I finally got my test and tax squared away today. After a 14 year lay up, and 6 months of fixin' Elan S2 4276 has now returned to the road!
I gave her a blast on the way back (first time over about 40mph!) :rolleyes: <_< . High revs, lots of noise, feeling every bump of the road, looking up nervously at truck wheels in a traffic queue - all new experiences for me, but an everyday part of driving a Lotus.
However...got back and noticed the water temp was 105 and the oil pressure was quite low: about 20 at 2000 revs and falling to nil on idle I know that the fan currently fitted is useless and plans to replace it will now have to advance. However, could the low oil pressure be related to the fact that I changed the oil pressure/water temp guage the other day? Is there supposed to be some method of priming the oil pressure sonsor, or doesn't it matter if its full of air mostly?
Matt
I gave her a blast on the way back (first time over about 40mph!) :rolleyes: <_< . High revs, lots of noise, feeling every bump of the road, looking up nervously at truck wheels in a traffic queue - all new experiences for me, but an everyday part of driving a Lotus.
However...got back and noticed the water temp was 105 and the oil pressure was quite low: about 20 at 2000 revs and falling to nil on idle I know that the fan currently fitted is useless and plans to replace it will now have to advance. However, could the low oil pressure be related to the fact that I changed the oil pressure/water temp guage the other day? Is there supposed to be some method of priming the oil pressure sonsor, or doesn't it matter if its full of air mostly?
Matt