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[Percy!]

I have an ecotek valve in my car and someone has said that i will be losing power because of it.

Is this true?

[Fezzy Turbo]

Dont know about losing power but they are a waste of money

[gar mae]

Im with fezzy here, total waste of money Not as bad as those electronic turbos that were out a few years ago!!

[Percy!]

Not bothered if its a waste it was on the car when I bought it!

So no power loss then?

[Fezzy Turbo]

Your car will run leaner ...... so im guessing you might lose power. Running lean is not good for your engine either.

[danfezSi]

the old ekotec question!

when will they stop selling them lol

apparently the little amount of air it lets in is agitated and allows a better swirl and mix with the fuel.... based on f1 techno or somet.

the car wont run lean [ERRR] the ecu adjusts the fuelling as the lambda senses the misture is too weak... so effectivley you are getting a slight effect of fitting a bigger throttle body or air filter.... well kind of

in effect therefore- more air = more fuel = more fuel to be burnt = bigger bang!

[df908]

I think they were designed for use on carb'd engines and may have had an effect on them, I read something somewhere that indicated someone got maybe a couple more mpg on some thirsty twin carb setup. The exact details escape me

For injected engines they're bad news - you want air in the fuel rail messing with your injector efficiency and running your engine lean? er, no thanks...

[DaveZetec]

I had one on my 1.1 when i bought it

with it tightened all the way in and effectively turned off, the car was dog slow, and uses a fair amount of petrol for what it was.

when i adjusted the valve to do its funky thang, as per the insturctions on there website, the car was just as slow, used just as much petrol but now made a noise like a whoopie cushion or a duck quack on overrun, and the disturbance to the vacuum made the brake servos assist excessive.

if i had spent £10 on it, id be gutted, let alone the £45 they cost new