SteveSmith

Just caught sight of this... Add me to the list please Moving down to Hythe end of this week so you boys can come down for a visit and a hoon around the Marsh !!

If you've had the car sat in the garage with the battery hooked up then it doesn't take very long for the alarm/immobiliser to trash it. Best off disconnecting the battery and connecting a trickle charger. I've got a Clarke one from Machine Mart in Deal -

I've had the Halford HCB075 in mine previously - great battery. However, last time I needed a change, I was feeling tight and got one from Euro Car Parts in Ashford for about

Spot on Jono. Here's a link to a previous thread on the car: > Clicky <

Could be any of a number of things / sensors. As above, get your car hooked up to Freescan. That will probably give you the answer straight away. Get the cable here

Wooooooohoooooooooo my problem is resolved..... Thing is, I'm not sure which of a few things I did actually fixed it So here's what I did... Checked (removed and refitted) all the vac pipes from the inlet manifold Replaced the fuel pump/injector relay Checked all electrics going to the ECU (including 2 dodgy connectors that a previous owner had fitted to the light green wires in the relay box in the boot which seemed to be getting warm so recrimped them) Personally I reckon it was the dodgy connectors but I haven't studied a wiring diagram yet to figure out what the light green cables actually serve - they seem to enter the relay box with the rest of that section of loom but then double back on themselves without actually doing anything in the relay box which is very odd. Anyway, took the car for a spin from cold and drove it around for half an hour and it behaved perfectly with no stumble/hesitation at all. In fact it hasn't performed this well since I bought it 6 years ago Only thing I noticed from the Freescan log is that I only seem to be getting 91% on the TPS despite planting my foot to the floor so there's more power to be had. Chuffed as anything here. I'm loving my car once more

Cheers Jono Having previously (admittedly a while ago now) changed the O2 sensor (with a genuine Lotus item) and it making no difference together with the fact that it is impossible to drive the car during warm up and hence in Open Loop mode then surely this would exclude the O2 sensor from my investigations ?!?! Another thing I forgot to mention is that the fuel pump relay is getting rather warm. I've swapped it out with another relay but that gets warm too. Is it meant to ?!?! Or would that be another useful indicator towards diagnosing the problem ??

Hi folks I have a fuelling problem with my SE. It seems to be running incredibly rich and has awful hesitation / stumble when under load during warm up and, to a lesser extent, when at normal running temperature and idle during warm up is a little erratic and always seems to be hunting (more so than I would expect). Having done some Freescan logs, the O2 sensor bounces from 0.2/0.3 up to 1.1 which, in itself, indicates a rich mixture (I previously replaced the O2 sensor with a genuine Lotus item) but the running problems during warm up and in Open Loop mode would indicate that the O2 sensor isn't necessarily the cuplrit (particularly as it was replaced and made no difference unless I bought a duff genuine one !!). Also, to note, there are no fault codes showing in Freescan. So I went looking at other possibilities. MAP sensor pipe is fine and the MAP readings seem normal. All other sensor readings seem pretty normal. Checked the other vacuum / pressure lines and they all seem OK. I then went on to checking the fuel lines. It could be old injectors with poor spray pattern, fuel filter needing cleaning etc which are yet to be investigated HOWEVER I wondered whether the fuel pressure regulator is shot and hence too much fuel is getting in as a result.... I don't have a pump/gauge at my disposal to check the pressure but I did try removing the manifold pressure line from the regulator whilst the car was idling and it made no difference to the idle whatsoever. My initial question is should the idle change on removing the manifold pressure/vacuum from the fuel pressure regulator ?? If it should change and mine doesn't, is that a fair indicator that the pressure regulator is shot ?? If it shouldn't change and my car behaved as it should during this test, does anyone have any ideas / pointers for me to look at next, bearing in mind the checks I have already made ?? Your help is much appreciated Steve

May well be up for this - dates permitting

Jono - it is loooooooong overdue

Hi Michael Can't quite believe I have a car twin only a stones throw from my house !!! I'm actually up in Hawkinge and rarely head into Folkestone these days despite the fact that I've lived in and around Folkestone all my life. My Esprit unfortunately rarely sees the light of day at the moment due to having a 2 year old which makes family outings in the Esprit impossible. I'll send you a PM separately with my details - would be great to meet up and gives me a good excuse to get my car out and stretch her legs

That would be me Bit of a thread digression - sorry folks. Michael - see the Spotted thread for your car for more info

Lydd Airport on Romney Marsh in Kent is officially called London Ashford Airport and is approx 90 miles from London as well. They're looking to expand it as well so that millions of people will use it each year. If you know the transport infrastructure in the area and vicinity to Dungeness Nuclear Power Station, you'd know that this is NOT a good idea LOL

The deep red Jag about half way down the pics appears to have a Martin Brundle attached to its driver's seat <edit>Bugger - beaten to it.....</edit>

Just tracked this car down to UKSC (hence being in my locality) - here's the ad: > Clicky < Looked and sounded the business - just a pity its in the hands of UKSC really... Certainly wasn't Paul Clugston driving it though.

Got rather freaked out when I looked in the rear view mirror about half a mile from my home and saw what could easily have been my Esprit until I spotted the plate. It looked absolutely stunning and completely standard and reminded me why I have an identical Esprit - for me the perfect model / colour combo. If the owner is on here, would love to know if you're local - you seemed to, ahem, know the roads rather well

I spotted you Adrian on the M20 London bound near Ashford at about 6pm last night (Monday) !!! Your car looked absolutely stunning in the early evening sun Wasn't sure whether to post this in your Le Mans spotted thread or create a new one just for you - I opted for the latter

Followed it for a bit from J11 eastbound - amazing looking car. It was a left hooker and the plate implied it was a Lotus test vehicle (AU08***). When I pulled alongside and showed interest (was in my daily car), he slowed right up and tried to lose me. Really awesome looking car.

Thanks very much for the kind offer Dave. As Bibs said, I ended up buying a pair of tyres which I'll utilise later on another car once I've got my S4/GT3 wheels sorted on the Esprit. It passed the MOT today and I'm going to pick it up tomorrow morning !!! And the weather is looking good for the weekend.... WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO HOON TIME B)

Also, check your fuel cut off switch. Sometimes its the simplest things....

Hi folks My SE is currently in for service & MOT and its failed because the n/s front tyre is too low on tread on the inside edge. So I have an urgent plea - does anyone in the SE England area have a wheel/tyre combo I could borrow just to get it through the MOT ??? I don't want to fork out on new tyres as I have some new S4 alloys to go on but they need machining first and can't get them done in time for a retest ??? Any help would be very very gratefully received and rewarded with beer or other tipple of your choice !! Cheers Steve

Jono You've seen my leccy pump installation already but you probably don't remember it !! Here's a pic of it with the boot out but not particularly high res..... So you'll have to pop down soon and have a proper good look

Hi folks Sorry - I've been out of the Esprit loop for ages due to workloads and a baby and have only occasionally recently had a chance to look at LEF. Amazing how I chose today to have a good look around and found this thread.... A couple of things I have to say: Firstly, I feel bad... I'm one of those 'no-colour' forum members (see above for reason why). I have immediately rectified that fact and look forward to my name turning gold B) I already benefit from the ClassicLine discount as I was a member of the original ClubLEW so I believe, for this alone, I owe it to the site owners and organisers of goodly things to cough up for ongoing membership. I would add a plea to anyone else who is not currently a member to evaluate whether they have, as a result of using this site or LEW, saved themselves at least the

SCC082910KHD65016 1989 Esprit Turbo SE SteveSmith, Folkestone, Kent, UK

So did you get it ?!?! I see the ebay auction ended early because the car's no longer available....