Lotus Europa Community

Hi everyone,

Sorry I haven’t yet responded to your kind messages.

I’m still alive, but haven’t had the time to work in the Europa. We just moved house after building our dream home and I’m in the process of setting up the new workshop. Once thats finished I can move the Europa in and start the restoration again.

I’ve been collecting parts in the meantime. Engine will be a 2 liter wedge engine on throttlebodies and injection. (82.5min bore and 93mm stroke). Should give it enough power to have some fun!

Best regards,

Serge

I PM'ed Serge a few days ago but I haven't heard back. You might try PM'ing him too.

Quote from: Fotog on Wednesday,May 22, 2024, 07:40:14 AM

It would be great if you could isolate it to one tank, by disconnecting the second one.  It could be a step toward figuring it out.  Is there any way to see the water in the tank?  You could just isolate them and have a look after a big rain storm (conceivably).  I don't know if you could try to run it on only one if you wanted.  Probably.

I can easily isolate 1 tank at the T piece which is a copper/brass compression gas T.

There is no way of knowing if there is any water in the tank until you drain it, then in a see-through container, you can clearly see the two liquids with a line where they meet.

Can you poke a tube down to the bottom of the tank and draw some fluid from the bottom, which will be mainly water without having to drain the tanks? That way you could try isolating both tanks. You could possibly leave them empty and hose down the car and see if any water gets into one of the tanks?

Could the water be going round the seal round the filler neck in the bodywork, and getting inside the rubber hose from the filler neck to the tank from the top?

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for your kind welcome to the forum! I will indeed post a pic of 0167R when I get over there. In the meantime here is a small pic of my XI. The two are typically Chapman. Your Eleven clone was much admired Rod. Fabulous work! Please do drop in sometime and say hello.

Cheers

Jon

Looking good Mecky! Nice save at that one corner.