Elanmi: Collection after breakdown

Good day. 

A few weeks ago after my first taste on the '99 Bends' road, idle on the Elan began to be very rough and inconsistent, plus started to sound like a motorcycle. I assume it may have been running on at least one cylinder less, or misfiring.

Parked it up at a gas station to fuel up, couldn't turn over. It barely could, but even with the throttle pressed down, it couldn't turn over to start. And alas, the second breakdown within my ownership.

However, towed over to my workshop for them to investigate and they can start the car no issue. So honestly speaking, I don't really know what was the cause. 

The most plausible explanation I can think of is that water went through the blow-off valve (Located in the fender) and the water caused the poor idle, initial misfiring if I recall it to be, and the inability to crank over. I'm far from being an expert at all in mechanicals, so I couldn't really say.

However, I was told by my workshop to have my power steering rack sorted, which was why my car was sat at the workshop for as long as it was. I tried digging for a replacement steering rack to no avail - no aftermarket companies supply new ones and there are no alternatives apart from spares or parts out from other examples. I eventually sourced a repair kit via SJSportsCars.

And, when it was supposed to be ready on Wednesday, it wasn't. It was still leaking and the rack had to be removed from the car again to find the source of the leak. All it meant was missing CnK in the Lotus, which honestly speaking I'm not too disappointed about.

Now, its done, which I'm glad about. I do just hope that it'll last for a while longer.

~Linus

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