guess how much my repairs will be:

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:59 pm

your other option is to go see one of the wizards that inhabit this board and are always willing to help a fellow car nut in trouble

or wait for a spanners and sponges at hoysport

Post by **simon** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:03 pm

mckeann wrote:
mckeann wrote:
Please take it somewhere else (NOT FALKLAND PERFORMANCE CENTRE)

seriosuly though

I disagree with that and if paying for it I'd probably put it there over MMC.

johncam · Post by **johncam** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:21 pm

I'll second that Simon - take it to Falkland Ninja. They do know their stuff.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 9:56 am

GregR wrote:neilsey-wealsey, whats your beef with Falkland?

/too much hip-hop on the telly faction

my beef with falkland was the fact they charged me 800 quid for 3 wheel bearings, and oil change, and to fit pads. Turns out they expect the customer to pay for the extra hours if they dont know how to do wheel bearings properly. Also turns out they didnt know the correct torque figures for the bearings either. Also turns out that you have to pay extra if they forget to order circlips when they order wheel bearings. Also turns out that they do a GEO you didnt ask for, set it up to stupid settings, then offer to redo the GEO for free when you complain, ignoring the fact that you didnt want it done in the first place.

other than that, no real beef

live and learn though, and i'm not bitter

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:06 am

16 reply's all saying 400+

ninja

roadboy · Post by **roadboy** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:53 pm

You guys should maybe consider driving a little to go to a proper Lotus specialist.

Dan@JPS

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:58 pm

roadboy wrote:You guys should maybe consider driving a little to go to a proper Lotus specialist.

Dan@JPS

You should say hello on the newbies bit... maybe give a web address?

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:52 am

roadboy wrote:You guys should maybe consider driving a little to go to a proper Lotus specialist.

Dan@JPS

i don't think the elise would make it down to newcastle dan mate. the little light thing has started to flash continuously now and that's bad apparently.

i'm going to get humped and not in a good way!

ninja

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:03 am

ninja wrote:my elise is going into MMC next friday to get some work done. it's a sick wee car and needs the following sorted out:

-passengers side window will not open, it's stuck in the shut position. handle doesn't turn anymore.

No biggy usually it's the wee screw that backs itself out jamming the window - circa £30

-there is a leak somewhere around the drivers side radiator hose, i've taken the hose off, put it back on, instant gasketed it and put an additional circlip on it but it still splashes the window with green water at speed.

More concerning as it sounds like a rad header failure rather than the pipe with it splashing onto the window

-the idle speed has started to go again, sometimes on start up it's 500 rpm, other times it's 2000 rpm

IACV by the sounds of it - did you replace it last time? Could also be the wiring leading up to. Try a reset. Remove the battery conections overnight - next day reconnect and start the car. DO NOT TOUCH THE THROTTLE until the car is up to operating temps, the car will rev up and then almost stall and it may do this quite a few times - it's just finding the right place

-the car runs like a bag of spanners again, feels like the engine is skipping or fuel starvation, no instant power when accelerating, the engine management light is on and it ocassionally back fires (which is embarrassing!)

You have an engine management issue which has put you into "limp home mode" I'll check the manual tonight to see what the possible causes are for this

ninja

I'm in Blantyre if you can get the car over to me one night I'll have a poke around.

Cheers

Mac

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:18 am

mac,

I can get the car over to you anytime mate but it's booked into MMC this friday coming and it is seriously in limp home mode now mate! tbh i'm a bit nervous about driving it any distance at the moment.

i didn't get the IACV fixed as the problem seemed to clear itself when new plugs and a fuel filter were fitted.

ninja

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:20 am

I'll check the book tonight and let you know the possible problems - if there are any we can diy fix then I can always come to you tomorrow night.

Mac

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:34 am

that would be SUPERB! even if we could get it running a little better it would be great cos at the moment it really is running very badly. it'll obvioulsy still have to go into MMC to get the radiator IAVC etc fixed, i'd just like it to not die on the way there!

ninja

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:36 am

PM me you details (addy etc) and I'll pop over tomorrow evening - should be able to get the IACV sorted too - hopefully you'll only need the window sorting as I'll have a poke around for the leak whilst I'm there.

Mac

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:43 am

PM sent

thanks mac, i really appreciate this mate

ninja

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