Marcos Maniacs

Message from Norway (also)
The plastic oil pressure hose should preferably be replaced with a 
steel reinforced hose of the same type as used on brake hosed. Burton 
in England (www.burtonpower.co.uk) sell ready made kits for this 
purpose, even with a T-piece in the outer end, to make provision for 
an oil pressure lamp as well as the mechanical meter.

Good luck




--- In MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com, "Lotus fan" <super7@...> wrote:
>
> Took the V6 GT out from winter storage today.
> Checked oil, water and pressure in the tires, and with power 
assistance from
> an extra battery, the car started :-)
> A bit low oil pressure, but it ran smoothly. 
> Even the heavy petrol leak from the accelerator pump was cured with 
a new
> gasket and making new treads for the screws. 
> 
> But; when checking the engine, oil was all over :-(
> Stopped the engine quickly, and started the hunting for the leak. 
Noticed
> several cracks and one big hole in the oil pressure hose...
> I'll trace one locally, but how on earth do you remove - and fit a 
new -
> hose? Especially on the engine side; it's impossible to get a 
spanner down
> to where the hose end is...
> 
> Any advices?
> And also; any advices for a better hose than the plastic one being 
there
> now...?
> 
> Regards
> Bjorn-Anders, Norway
> http://www.haverstad.net/marcos
>