Problems:
Water hose somewhere lost water, causing hot water vapor to spew out the back of the car, causing engine to overheat immediately, so turned off engine and coasted to a stop; refilled with water and engine ran fine but did not rev it up. After a while the oil temp started to spike, and eventually caused smoking oil to appear, though engine temp did NOT rise, but stayed normal. Killed engine and coasted to a stop.
REPAIRS:
1. OIL LEAKS repaired with gray silicon on cam covers, new vacuum pump;
2. Blue intake cam sprocket swapped for green dot oil pump sprocket;
3. Blue timing belt installed, though old one was still good for another 5-10K;
4. Replaced burst water hose under intake manifold, at front center of engine, added antifreeze and water (radiator was empty, so why didn't temp. gauge work?)
5. New pulley belts installed;
Problem:
1. Engine fires but floods out and refuses to crank (injectors installed by prior owner are "one size larger" than OEM;
2. disconnecting injectors, the engine fires and tries to crank, but re-connecting injectors leads to flooding and no firing, though plugs do fire (correct new 4 electrode bosch plugs).
3. timing is correct, but DID the replacement of the sprocket make the larger injectors send too much fuel to cylinders? (Need to install OEM injectors?)
4. Is there some sort of switch tripped?
5. Out of abundance of caution will check compression in each cylinder tomorrow.
HELP, please. Any educated suggestions welcomed. My mechanic is GM certified, but has no experience on Lotuses. No experienced Lotus mechanics within 300 miles to my knowledge. Thank you very, very much.:UK:
Water hose somewhere lost water, causing hot water vapor to spew out the back of the car, causing engine to overheat immediately, so turned off engine and coasted to a stop; refilled with water and engine ran fine but did not rev it up. After a while the oil temp started to spike, and eventually caused smoking oil to appear, though engine temp did NOT rise, but stayed normal. Killed engine and coasted to a stop.
REPAIRS:
1. OIL LEAKS repaired with gray silicon on cam covers, new vacuum pump;
2. Blue intake cam sprocket swapped for green dot oil pump sprocket;
3. Blue timing belt installed, though old one was still good for another 5-10K;
4. Replaced burst water hose under intake manifold, at front center of engine, added antifreeze and water (radiator was empty, so why didn't temp. gauge work?)
5. New pulley belts installed;
Problem:
1. Engine fires but floods out and refuses to crank (injectors installed by prior owner are "one size larger" than OEM;
2. disconnecting injectors, the engine fires and tries to crank, but re-connecting injectors leads to flooding and no firing, though plugs do fire (correct new 4 electrode bosch plugs).
3. timing is correct, but DID the replacement of the sprocket make the larger injectors send too much fuel to cylinders? (Need to install OEM injectors?)
4. Is there some sort of switch tripped?
5. Out of abundance of caution will check compression in each cylinder tomorrow.
HELP, please. Any educated suggestions welcomed. My mechanic is GM certified, but has no experience on Lotuses. No experienced Lotus mechanics within 300 miles to my knowledge. Thank you very, very much.:UK: