BE WARNED!!!

General General Lotus Talk
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Picked up my Exige from Haydons today after 18000 mile service. I had the cam shaft belt changed while it was in there - I know it’s not due for replacement until 36,000 miles - but I call it insurance.Haydons reckon my car was fitted with an Elise cam shaft belt which is not as heavy duty as motor sport/ Exige belt…be warned yours could be the same.

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Tone - racking up the miles eh! Did you (or the dealer) ever find the ‘yip’?. If you did, what the hell was it? All the best!

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Aren’t they all fitted with an Elise belt [image]http://www.exiges.com/ubb/NonCGI/images/icons/confused.gif[/image]

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Sorry, late before I could reply - work keeps getting in the way and then this bottle of Dalwhinnie demanded that I drank some of it!'fraid I can’t stop driving it Rob - taken to driving round roundabouts twice now ‘cos I like the handling so much. They hav’nt found ‘yip’ yet - but I’d miss it now if it went - we call it Stuart Little! Guess Lotus will do a recall to remove the mouse -give them time.Haydons at Salisbury have just taken on a mechanic who used to be involved with building the VHPD engines and he reckons they were fitted with uprated cam belt - but guess some slipped thro’ the net!

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Oh I did read, somewhere, that the ‘yip’ could be where the rubber radiator to engine pipes passed thro’ a polystyrene partition in back of door sill - sounded plausible to me but have never checked it out. I guess that polystyrene and rubber rubbing together would make a similar noise. Oh no!! we are on the yip again!!I have got used to the yip tho’ - I guess everybody else has too??

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quote:Originally posted by Tone: Oh no!! we are on the yip again!!I have got used to the yip tho’ - I guess everybody else has too??Mine has been quiet for ages but seems to have re-appeared recently. I wonder - is it seasonal??Mike

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yip has gone when i changed to LEDA suspensions.

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Thats odd - I have just fitted Leda suspension (Elise) and have won a new ‘groan’!