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Originally Posted by Answer-RC-Pete
I was under the imprssion that those used in the Elise were sorted by then - obviously not?
Had a K series failure in wifeys Rover years back and despite getting it skimmed etc it was never a happy bunny after that.
Drove an Elise a month back and have been watching the clasifieds ever since, tell me its not so that the Kseries problems carried through to those on the Elise..
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yep, the issues carried through unfortunately. There are things you can do to try and protect the engine as much as possible, don't go above 3000rpm until engine is fully warm. Let the engine cool a bit after a thrash before turning it all. However these are all things I've done religiously yet it has still succomb to the failure.
From 2004 the elise moved to the Toyota engine, celica in the 111R and corrola engine in the 111s.
I've have aa cover which comes with a parts and labour warranty which covers the first £500 of any repair so should cover the majority of expensive failures on the car.
Even though this has happened i'll never get rid of it. Every time I get into it it brings a smile to my face. The only cars i'd swap it for are either a S1 exige or s2 exige scurra. Awesome cars