Scottish Elises

Has your main car battery gone flat in recent months? Sounds like either klaxon is goosed or the battery that powers the klaxon has died (though I think it would still work if the main battery was charged up OK). You could also try asking Cobra what might cause this - chances are they will say that...

Hi ,

my cobra alarm has a mind of its own and at the moment it is not making any noise at all
lights are working fine alarm is working but just no noise when set off
has anyone else had this problem ?

Usually tappets, though can also be exhaust manifold gasket ... The tappets noise will just go away, probably, can be encouraged by using a flushing additive, though sometimes a good thrashing and an oil change can help too. Suggest you open the boot, use a length of pipe of a long screwdriver as a...

I have a s2 111s and i have this worrying clicking noise coming from my engine
It gets faster when reved ? car is running fine and has been serviced everything is looking good .
any ideas ?
thanks Lewis

Radiator started pissing water so calm came off
replaced the fan and heating system at the same time
i found it a big job but only had 1 bolt left when i was finished
thanks for all your help and i hope this can help others

I haven't ever looked at one of these as mine have never failed - it has been extremely wet, and as I understand it the water collects in the fan assembly somewhere and allows the resistor pack to corrode away - so your intermittent behaviour might just be down to the amount of water collected in t...

Resistor pack seems like a likely problem, given that the fan has also failed :( Cheers, Robin Thanks for your help ill let you know how i get on :P robin iv been away and not long back and was in my car and the fans started again ? smell was back too but when i had a friend look at it nothing happ...

greyrigg wrote:I had the same problem with my Exige.......................

Fortunately I traded it in for the Elise SC and Murrays had to fix it

Malcolm

sounds like plan B

robin wrote:Resistor pack seems like a likely problem, given that the fan has also failed

Cheers,
Robin

Thanks for your help ill let you know how i get on

DJ wrote:here you go...

http://www.scottishelises.com/phpbb/vie ... lit=heater

thanks ill let you know how i get on

I'm pretty sure the resistor pack is passive on the highest speed, so the smell would go on highest speed if it were the resistor pack burning something - but it could easily be a load of leaf mulch on the heater matrix or similar. You can do some inspection by removing the inspection panels and th...

MacK wrote:Do all the fan speeds work?

Does it smell on high speed?

Does the fan make any other noises?

Stuck on heat could possibly just be the baffle sticking.

It smells on all three speeds and is sounding fine Is it hard to get in too ?

Does it only smell when the fan is spinning, or do you detect the smell even long after the fan has not been spinning? If the smell is only there when the fan is spinning then I would be thinking that it's the fan blade rubbing against the cowling ... maybe you've had a bump in the car and broken t...

I have a s2 111s and about a year ago maybe longer my fan heater started to only blow hot air which i thought was better than only cold
but now im getting this earthy dry burning smell coming out
Im ok about it stuck on hot its this burning smell that is concerning me ?

No, it's the opposite - the fact that the car started again once the bat was recharged, then ran around the block with the bat warning light on means (to me, anyway) that the alternator is not putting out a charge - either the belt has gone (not common), the alternator has seized (happens, or at le...