Fluffed gear change, equals blown fuse
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As Sunday was such a beautiful day, we decided to get up early and take a trip over to the ever flowing "B" roads of Norfolk. And i didn`t see another Lotus in 231 miles, we were only a few miles from the HQ too !
Problem began with a hurried gear change, that caused the rev limiter to do it`s job.
Within a few moments, the engine lost power and i coasted to a halt, luckily safely, felt a bit on a tit as the motorbike i had moments earlier overtaken at speed, cruised slowly by.
Tried to re-start my baby, but she wasn`t cooperating, so we let her cool down for a few minutes.
After ten mins or so, had another try, this time she fired up, but tick over was short lived.
Have to point out that at this stage, all the usual checks had been made! but with nothing visibly wrong, and the head well and truly scratched, i started looking at the two black boxes to the right of the ECU, ( S2 111R ) i flipped off the cover, and began to check the fuses one by one. When i pulled the last yellow twenty amp fuse out, it had blown!
Relieved, and rather optimistic at this stage, i replaced the fuse and she fired up as per normal.
So just to point out to you all, that this can happen and if your caught out the same way, you now know what to look for.
Rick.
Problem began with a hurried gear change, that caused the rev limiter to do it`s job.
Within a few moments, the engine lost power and i coasted to a halt, luckily safely, felt a bit on a tit as the motorbike i had moments earlier overtaken at speed, cruised slowly by.
Tried to re-start my baby, but she wasn`t cooperating, so we let her cool down for a few minutes.
After ten mins or so, had another try, this time she fired up, but tick over was short lived.
Have to point out that at this stage, all the usual checks had been made! but with nothing visibly wrong, and the head well and truly scratched, i started looking at the two black boxes to the right of the ECU, ( S2 111R ) i flipped off the cover, and began to check the fuses one by one. When i pulled the last yellow twenty amp fuse out, it had blown!
Relieved, and rather optimistic at this stage, i replaced the fuse and she fired up as per normal.
So just to point out to you all, that this can happen and if your caught out the same way, you now know what to look for.
Rick.
Thanks Rick.
I must admit I hit the limiter a lot more in the Exige than I used to in my S1.
If you use the change up light as a guide and change gear as soon as it come on then when you get back on the power you can be on first cam momentarily before the second cam power kicks in again.
As a result I find myself trying to catch the change right on the limit which means that you occasionally hit the limiter.
Not had the car die on me (yet)
*touches wood
I must admit I hit the limiter a lot more in the Exige than I used to in my S1.
If you use the change up light as a guide and change gear as soon as it come on then when you get back on the power you can be on first cam momentarily before the second cam power kicks in again.
As a result I find myself trying to catch the change right on the limit which means that you occasionally hit the limiter.
Not had the car die on me (yet)
*touches wood
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