Strange things are afoot at the circle-earth - LotusTalk

Conan · 06-20-2009, 04:06 PM

Was going to wash the Elise and noticed there wasn't any security light blinking. Uh oh. Sure enough, battery was completely dead. Ok, fine. Get one of my other cars, jumper it to the Elise. It took about 20 minutes before there was enough juice to start it. On top of that, the battery was uber hot -- easily 110+ degrees F. Then, I noticed the radiator fans were on full blast and the engine water temp hadn't even reached 185 degrees yet.

So my question is: WTF is going on??! Is this a short in the fan system? Any other guesses/suggestions? It had only been 5 days since I last drove it. The battery is less than a year old (Odyssey 680).

I'm supposed to go on the group drive tomorrow morning but I'm not sure I should now.

TheViper · 06-20-2009, 04:08 PM

Did you have the AC on?
Michael

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Originally Posted by Conan

Was going to wash the Elise and noticed there wasn't any security light blinking. Uh oh. Sure enough, battery was completely dead. Ok, fine. Get one of my other cars, jumper it to the Elise. It took about 20 minutes before there was enough juice to start it. On top of that, the battery was uber hot -- easily 110+ degrees F. Then, I noticed the radiator fans were on full blast and the engine water temp hadn't even reached 185 degrees yet.

So my question is: WTF is going on??! Is this a short in the fan system? Any other guesses/suggestions?

I'm supposed to go on the group drive tomorrow morning but I'm not sure I should now.

06-20-2009, 04:06 PM	#1 (permalink)
Conan with future lotus driver Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2,075 Images: 24	Strange things are afoot at the circle-earth Was going to wash the Elise and noticed there wasn't any security light blinking. Uh oh. Sure enough, battery was completely dead. Ok, fine. Get one of my other cars, jumper it to the Elise. It took about 20 minutes before there was enough juice to start it. On top of that, the battery was uber hot -- easily 110+ degrees F. Then, I noticed the radiator fans were on full blast and the engine water temp hadn't even reached 185 degrees yet. So my question is: WTF is going on??! Is this a short in the fan system? Any other guesses/suggestions? It had only been 5 days since I last drove it. The battery is less than a year old (Odyssey 680). I'm supposed to go on the group drive tomorrow morning but I'm not sure I should now. __________________ Yes, it IS my real name. No, I don't look like him. I'm Polish. Polish barbarians are skinny nerds. 2006 BRG Lotus Elise (broken), 2009 Honda Fit (gas miser), 2007 Honda Odyssey (the wife's)

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