johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars Posted May 4, 2007 i've got an ecotek valve thingy lying around doing nothing and i was thinking of putting it on my roland garros but i seem to remember reading somewhere that they shouldnt be used ( i cant remember why) can anybody shed any more light on this, or is anybody using one? ta john Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Batfink 201 Posted May 4, 2007 dont bother. Sell it on ebay to some mug Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars Posted May 4, 2007 lol well i got it for free so theres no loss on my part, do they just do nothing or what then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BERTMAN 40 1 Cars Posted May 4, 2007 narr there useless mate, make some profit on it and ebay it lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars Posted May 4, 2007 hairy muff, ebay it is then, might steal the little pipercross filter jobby off the end first tho Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swordfish210 20 Posted May 4, 2007 these things can balls up you're braking performance, all they do is make the car sound a bit louder when accelarating hence, giving a psychosomatic thought to the driver that his/her car is going faster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan 99 Posted May 4, 2007 Trading Standards have stopped the manufacturer from making a lot of the dubious claims that used to appear in their adverts. Does that sound like a trustworthy product? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars Posted May 4, 2007 hm yeh i did have a browse at the adverts a while back and thort it were a bit of a blatant lie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete1986 2 Posted May 4, 2007 They say on their website that they stop 205's jumping when decelerating, obviously a load of sh*te. F**king blaggers!! THESE things keep appearing on ebay. They say that it tricks the ecu to think cold air (dense) is being taken in. Anyone tried/know anything about them? Are they just another scam? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofsam 5 Posted May 4, 2007 these things can balls up you're braking performance, all they do is make the car sound a bit louder when accelarating hence, giving a psychosomatic thought to the driver that his/her car is going faster Yep true failed an MOT once becuase of one, placebo effect fo sure! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PumaRacing 2 Posted May 4, 2007 http://www.fuelsaving.info/index.htm And a link to this is on my website. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Casanova 0 Posted May 4, 2007 THESE things keep appearing on ebay. They say that it tricks the ecu to think cold air (dense) is being taken in. Anyone tried/know anything about them? Are they just another scam? Yep, they're basically just a resistor. Tell the ECU its cold weather - richen the mixture to compensate. § Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars Posted May 4, 2007 yep ive seen those resistor thingies, total bag of balls in my opinion, surely the lamda sensor would figure it out and bring it back to normal, thats if ur engine doesnt overheat due to the resistor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swordfish210 20 Posted May 4, 2007 yep ive seen those resistor thingies, total bag of balls in my opinion, surely the lamda sensor would figure it out and bring it back to normal, thats if ur engine doesnt overheat due to the resistor no what they do is trich the ECU in to thinking that the engine is cold, therefor the ECU will go in to it's Open Loop setting and it will not be accepting a reading from the Lambda sensor so it will run as if it was cold all the time, wouldnt surprise me if it would fail an emissions test as well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest martyn_mcg Posted May 4, 2007 yeah the ecotek thing is meant to make the air entering the engine more turbulant providing a better mixture with the petrol, which is all good in theory!! however mounting this in the brake servo pipe reduces the vacum effect on the brake servo, a very silly thing to do when your talking like 16yr old brake systems here!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
