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    any fitted an ecotek valve on a 1.4 sr and did it make any differance

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    they are for multipoint injection cars only.

    on a carb car or similar it will only operate on one cylinder.

    thus having on lean "clean burn" cylinder and all the other stay the same. youll get odd bore wear and basically knacker your engine is the short of it.

    over a long period of time of course.

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    i read up on this thing and it says that u can fit on a carb car, are we talking bout da same thing

    visit-- www.ecotekplc.com to see wat im takin about

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    yes!
    i looked in to this on my sr and came up with exactly what mike said!
    will make the a couple of the cylinders run lean and fcuk it eventually

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    i suppose really what it boils down to is the inlet manifolds.

    without confusing you - on novas it wont work.

    the ecotek fits inline of the brake servo vacum hose.

    god knows how the widget works - its clever.

    anyway.

    on novas, on multipoin injeciton the brake servo connect to the inlet plenum, which means it will work on all cylinders.

    when carbs are used, any carb from 1.2 - 1.6 (this includes both vaux/GM AND twin 40 or aftermarket carb inlets!) on vauxhalls the servo hose is on the fourth branch closest to the brake servo.

    what you may find is on other manufacturers cars, the servo hose *MIGHT* connect to somewhere on the inlet before the branches, so again this would work and be fien because it would work on all four cylinders NOT just one

    HTH ?

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    it works by leaning out the fuel mixture

    they are a pile of shite and shouldnt be put anywhere near a performance engine

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    they work alright on multipoint injection cars.

    ignore him ^^^^^ ::

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    there's a guide on topp buzz about an ecotek valve they fitted to a GTE.
    Is that the same as what we talking about here?

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    Default ecotek

    GUESS WAT????
    I dont think ill put 1 of them on my car,its just that we got them in our shop da otha day and there suppossed to b da best thing since sliced bread. o well so much 4 saving on fuel bill.
    cheers 4 ur help neway.

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    yes snowface.

    and tricky nova - they DO help on fuel bills and do have good advantages, but ONLY on multipoint injection cars 8)

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