Kenich - H71 CEG - UK SE

[kenich]

Car now has new fuel hoses.

Fuel Filter and O rings arrived along with some better 501s for the interior light today

[kenich]

Took it for a drive as it was a nice sunny evening Missed using the Elan without the roof down over the winter ! The drives in the rain was boring but nessasary, but driving with the roof down with a nice sun setting was worth the wait.

Roll on the summer!

[kenich]

The Elan has been @ Sportomotive in Sailsbury having a BIG service. C Service / Cambelt & Water pump etc etc...

Turns out the ECU is faulty - Its not responding to the diag machine ( car always ran poorly on cold start and was a tadd bit high on idle so looks to be the issue ) so I have a new ECU coming to them for fitting Saturday. Car also has a small leaky Radiator, so thats another to add to the list lol

APs 4 pot brakes are now fitted

Can't wait for the weekend!

[kenich]

WOW - What a great weekend to have the Elan back for. Roof down on both days, RESULT!

Been really happy with the service @ Sportomotive in Sailsbury. I will be more than happy to take my car back there in the future for any issues that may need sorting. The cars running 10x better now with the new ECU, Its like I have a new car

The AP's are really good as expected - Transformed the Elan so much!

Just need my Rad sorting and to get some better pads in the AP's!

[Rich Coleman]

great work kenich, where are the pics then

[kenich]

Working away with work a lot this month so expect someone might take some pics for me @ Combe Spring action day? Next Saturday, Hope so!

[Rich Coleman]

Ah bugger I forgot about that, I'm working sat but will try and finish early and get along, we could have a mini elan meet lol

[kenich]

Yeah pop over in the afternoon Rich. Fingers crossed it wil stay warm and dry all day. I will be on the Talktorque stand where ever that is on the day lol

[kenich]

Fitted the ESM V5 switch the other day, quick little job which was nice. Car goes well with it and its great to have that adjustablitly on board. Defo need a different exhaust to see the real benefits though I'm sure.

Few pics of ny car @ Combe today... Tight parking on Club stand so no side shots.

[trig]

I was watching you go around, tried to take a couple of pics but I missed you with my slow camera phone....car looked good going round I was surprised how little roll there was, I was sure mine leaned a lot more going round

Tried to find you for a quick chat, found your car with the missing steering wheel,,,which was the thing I wonted to see, maybe next time

[kenich]

Ah cheers mate. Yeah the wheel was with me lol

I was not going round track that was another chap ( Wish I did though). There was another blue SE out there a fair few times which people confused me with haha

[trig]

That's a weird coincident, the only two Elan's there and there both blue..............are you sure every time you went to watch a session your car wasn't borrowed for a quick session

Anyway whats the excuse? you were there with the Elan , track tyres on ready to go..

[kenich]

Yea I did think that when I seen the other chap put there first, but I have the wheel I thought there was a slim chance

My rad is leaking a fair bit - Driveable but I wouldn't want to hold the car flat out for a couple of sessions out of fear of damaging it more.

Pain in the ass really as I Got the car all up together with new cambelt and brakes to always more to come though...

[kenich]

New Radiator ordered for the elan - Alloy replacement

[kenich]

My new Radiator turned up today. Really good service with fasy delivery. Glad I went for this over the recore now

Its all fitted in place, went in loads easier then the old one came out lol, I just need to buy some coolant so I can fill her up and bleed the system through.

I Took a few pics of what its like compared to the old one.


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[Songbird]

Looking good ....

[kenich]

All running with no issues to report. Car passed the MOT with no issues to note

[kenich]

New bulbs added to the rear lights due to brake light failing Thinking about replacing the airbox for a filter with recirculating valve...

[tigerdog]

Having set one up not long ago, you may be interested in these two threads. Click for full details of my valve project and for a discussion of how to set up a blow-off valve.

[kenich]

Thanks for the link, il read through them at some point. I used the DP007 on my 1.8T Vrs.