First to fill everyone in on my adventures so far. When last I posted, I was debating selling the Esprit rather than shipping it to Portland Oregon with my move. Can you blame me? I drove the car a total of 4 days since last June and spent $6,000 or repairs.
Listening to my heart and not my wallet I decided to keep the car and ship it out west. After all it was running beautifully when I finally got it back from the shop.
It arrived, and... well you guessed it PROBLEMS. Internal so I can't blame the carrier. First the AC belt shredded (I had the compressor replaced last June ...the start of all my woes), and I figure since it wasn't a lotus shop they messed up the belt. No big deal.
The BIG deal is the thunk I now hear when I let off the gas fast. I thought it might be my clutch because I tend to release the gas when I push in the clutch, but in my diagnostics, I tried just removing my foot from the gas after a hard acceleration without pushing in the clutch and I got the same sound (less loud though). It happen at low speed and high speeds so I don't think its the turbo. It directly correlates to how fast the engine goes from getting gas, to not getting gas. Its a single thunk each time.
Any idea what it could be? Other than that it runs great, accelerates fine, turbo kicks in nicely, everything, except the thunk. If I am careful with letting off the gas slowly every time, there is no thunk.
Thanks
Rob
Listening to my heart and not my wallet I decided to keep the car and ship it out west. After all it was running beautifully when I finally got it back from the shop.
It arrived, and... well you guessed it PROBLEMS. Internal so I can't blame the carrier. First the AC belt shredded (I had the compressor replaced last June ...the start of all my woes), and I figure since it wasn't a lotus shop they messed up the belt. No big deal.
The BIG deal is the thunk I now hear when I let off the gas fast. I thought it might be my clutch because I tend to release the gas when I push in the clutch, but in my diagnostics, I tried just removing my foot from the gas after a hard acceleration without pushing in the clutch and I got the same sound (less loud though). It happen at low speed and high speeds so I don't think its the turbo. It directly correlates to how fast the engine goes from getting gas, to not getting gas. Its a single thunk each time.
Any idea what it could be? Other than that it runs great, accelerates fine, turbo kicks in nicely, everything, except the thunk. If I am careful with letting off the gas slowly every time, there is no thunk.
Thanks
Rob