Problem with Elise S
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EliseNick

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271 posts

204 months

Monday 1st June 2009
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Hey all,

My Elise has developed a problem. When depressing the accelerator, the power comes on smoothly until a certain point in the pedal's travel. Beyond this point, the engine tone suddenly sounds very rough, and there is a slight reduction in delivered power.

Only noticed this on a short run last night, and it was fine for a good long blast on Saturday.

Car is 06 Elise S. It's actually due its MOT very soon, so I can have it checked out then, but I'd be very grateful for any suggestions as to what might be the problem.

Cheers,

Nick

Chris49

1,121 posts

224 months

Monday 1st June 2009
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Hey Nick,

Had a very simular problem a couple of months back and it was due to the spark plugs sitting in a small amount of water.

I know of another elise that suffered exactly the same so that would be my first port of call.

HTH

EliseNick

Original Poster:

271 posts

204 months

Tuesday 2nd June 2009
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Cheers Chris, it looks like that's the root of the problem.

Nick