"Many Esprit owners, especially those that live in warm climates, have complained that their gear changing becomes more difficult on extremely warm days.
There are different theories as to why it is that some Esprits gears (especially reverse) become difficult to engage when the car is driven in hot weather. Most of these revolve around the choice Lotus made for clutch line tubing."
My question: I know the famous "red hose" in 4 cylinder Esprit but is this true in the V8 Esprit?
My car has no problem in shifting not until the weather gets really hot.
kinda notchy when hot. I wonder if its my clutch fluid Motul 5.1 or my old braided hose line?
I'm currently also using Redline in my transmission which most of you are using it. However, I do remember I had a good smooth shifting using
the original Tafx castrol. Since this was discontinued & replaced by syntran transaxle 75-90, I am tempted to use this fluid too. Any feedback? Thank you.
There are different theories as to why it is that some Esprits gears (especially reverse) become difficult to engage when the car is driven in hot weather. Most of these revolve around the choice Lotus made for clutch line tubing."
My question: I know the famous "red hose" in 4 cylinder Esprit but is this true in the V8 Esprit?
My car has no problem in shifting not until the weather gets really hot.
kinda notchy when hot. I wonder if its my clutch fluid Motul 5.1 or my old braided hose line?
I'm currently also using Redline in my transmission which most of you are using it. However, I do remember I had a good smooth shifting using
the original Tafx castrol. Since this was discontinued & replaced by syntran transaxle 75-90, I am tempted to use this fluid too. Any feedback? Thank you.