I would like to install the air temperature sensor in the airbox, placing it in the hole of the breather hose.
Any suggestion what type of oil catch tank could be used and where would be the best place to secure it?
Thank you for your help.
Adriano
I used the Eliseparts one. It has a holder which I attached to the aluminium boot divider, the bit the stops luggage falling on the engine. I fixed it with two pop rivets.
Could you please be so kind and send me picture of your car’s oil catch tank installation.
Thank you
This is the product I have. It’s not fitted at the moment as I only use it on track days. The car is even more smelly with it fitted!
I will take a picture of the mounting bracket tomorrow.
See below. The metal ring that looks like a cup holder holds the can. It takes about 5 mins to fit the rest. I block off the hole in to the inlets with a bolt and tape and the hole in the air box with a plastic trim fixing.
…btw… mine never catches much oil, even after a track session, maybe 20ml. It does get condensation as a result of water in the combustion gases but that’s all.
Have a look at bbtigwelding on eBay.
I bought an alloy overflow tank from him for my race car. He will mod any of the basic designs to suit individual applications, so I’m sure an oil catch tank should be straightforward.
The tank I bought was around £45 and is excellent.
Many thanks to everyone for the help.
What kind of tank did you order and where did you fix the bbtigwelding part?
some pictures would be very helpful.
The overflow tank I bought was item # 184296435266.
I had it made without the side bracket as it will be mounted in a ring clamp.
As I mentioned, this was for a formula race car I am restoring, so not my Lotus. I needed a small tank to hold any overflow from the cooling system as it doesn’t have a header on the radiators.
For a catch tank, a similar unit would be fine, modified only by deleting the bottom hose connection and moving it to the side, near the top. That would give an inlet fitting for the breather pipe from the engine and one for a vent to prevent the tank pressurising.
If required the vent could be fitted with a filter.