I have an ITG filter on the exige. I put it on after Fonzey great results changing over from the TRD box to the ITG filter. Its been on around 2years or approximately 23 miles due to my house move and knackered knee.
I wasnt going to let the fact that its done barely any mileage get in the way of me removing the filter and followed the YouTube video done by ITG to clean the filter and reoil it.
The filter came out easily enough from the engine bay. A few pan head screws holding the metal shrouding over the actual element.
This revealed :
Yep . That's a not very mucky air filter.
Undeterred I washed it as the guide recommended from inside out and then with a bit of fairly cleaned the foam.
This was done while wife Bond was out to avoid any of "those" conversations. Sink was cleaned , but not too much to arouse suspicion.
I let it air dry for 24hours except I kept on finding small puddles of water lurking every time I picked it up. Cue a air blower I have for cleaning out PC cases and 5 minutes later - voila! Dry!
In the video it describes the use of gloves as mandatory. I scoffed at this but boy am I glad I put gloves on. That oil is seriously, erm oily. It gets everywhere. Its hard to judge what's not enough and what's too much. From what I understand if it looks dry , it is and if its dripping with the green oil its probably enough. I left it again for 24h upright but in the garage on a rag to absorb any excess.
Typically I have found with the Lotus if something comes out easily , its a pain putting it back in. If its a pain taking it out its a pain putting it back in. The filter was the latter , not the former. I just couldn't get the 8inch long strap that holds the metal casing against the support arm on. Lots of swearing and eye rolling later I changed methods and it was on.
Its baltic out in the garage tonight so I did what any sensible person would and pushed the car so the exhaust was out of the garage and ran the car upto temp. I figured even if I had over oiled it was in the best place to fail - the garage.
It didnt , temps got upto 89degC , and oil around 65degC.
I did a couple of blips like I was warming up for some race and then put that car back where I found it.
I promise Ill get the car out of the garage in 2024!
I wasnt going to let the fact that its done barely any mileage get in the way of me removing the filter and followed the YouTube video done by ITG to clean the filter and reoil it.
The filter came out easily enough from the engine bay. A few pan head screws holding the metal shrouding over the actual element.
This revealed :
Yep . That's a not very mucky air filter.
Undeterred I washed it as the guide recommended from inside out and then with a bit of fairly cleaned the foam.
This was done while wife Bond was out to avoid any of "those" conversations. Sink was cleaned , but not too much to arouse suspicion.
I let it air dry for 24hours except I kept on finding small puddles of water lurking every time I picked it up. Cue a air blower I have for cleaning out PC cases and 5 minutes later - voila! Dry!
In the video it describes the use of gloves as mandatory. I scoffed at this but boy am I glad I put gloves on. That oil is seriously, erm oily. It gets everywhere. Its hard to judge what's not enough and what's too much. From what I understand if it looks dry , it is and if its dripping with the green oil its probably enough. I left it again for 24h upright but in the garage on a rag to absorb any excess.
Typically I have found with the Lotus if something comes out easily , its a pain putting it back in. If its a pain taking it out its a pain putting it back in. The filter was the latter , not the former. I just couldn't get the 8inch long strap that holds the metal casing against the support arm on. Lots of swearing and eye rolling later I changed methods and it was on.
Its baltic out in the garage tonight so I did what any sensible person would and pushed the car so the exhaust was out of the garage and ran the car upto temp. I figured even if I had over oiled it was in the best place to fail - the garage.
It didnt , temps got upto 89degC , and oil around 65degC.
I did a couple of blips like I was warming up for some race and then put that car back where I found it.
I promise Ill get the car out of the garage in 2024!
