Ecotek Valve (CB26-p)

[djkemp1]

hello,

i have just purchased a ecotek valve for my picanto. i think i need to re-tune it though as doesn't seem to be making a noise when driving.

what i wanted to know is has anyone else purchased one of these, if so has it increased fuel efficiency or performance at all?

thank you

[djkemp1]

anyone??

i re-tuned the device and it seems to make a noise now but i seem to get more of a whine/whistle noise when i take my foot off the accelerator, and its very loud and annoying sounds a bit like a bicycle breaking.

i have messed around with it a little and no matter what i do i cannot get it to produce a different noise.

[swampduck]

hi dont want to sound to dim because i m considered by many to be handy with a spanner ( ok sometimes the omly work anti clockwise ) but what is an ecotek valve ? what does it do ? and will it make my sick pic better ? ( or cause it to expire faster ) cheers swampduck:

[djkemp1]

an ecotek valve is just designed to make the car more responsive e.g. throttle response and increase fuel efficiency.

[ukpicantotuner]

i work for potn.com and drive a pica myself (see photos on the staff rides page). ill do a special deal to anyone who wants an ecotek valve cos they really work if you tune the right. For that matter ill do a deal for anyone of here on anything. Give us a ring and ask for russ 0845 3459755.

oh and hear is all about the eco tek
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Used by tuners of performance engines and on number of competitive touring and sports cars the Ecotek incorporates the same swirl technology now commonly used in racing engines.The effect of the CB-26P is to create a better suspension of fuel molecules in the mixture you get an improvement in the combustion process making acceleration smoother and more rapid! Turbulence in the inlet manifold (as produced by the CB-26P)is also known to reduce flat spots as well as the effects of performance tuning through high lift cams and competition exhaust systems!

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[djkemp1]

ukpicantotuner.... what advantages have the device given you yourself? i seem to get the rasping noise when i change gear but its not a constant noise it goes on and off, not like when your tuning it and there's that constant rasping. and then makes a squealing/whistling noise as i get below about 2000 rpm until it reaches idle again.

it doesn't seem to sound like the video shows it to sound. like i say the video shows a constant rasp when you decrease the revs and then all of a sudden it will stop. i don't get that. its hard to explain, its more like it quickly goes on and off, on off, on off etc. for 2 or 3 seconds. i don't understand, is this normal? i have tried fiddling with it and retuning it but that's the best i can do.

i have just fitted mine to a vacuum hose, not on the brake servo but there is a vacuum hose on the top (its quite short)

hope someone can help

[djkemp1]

i have decided to 'turn off' my valve, as today two people from two different houses came over when i was trying to re-tune the thing. they fault something had gone badly wrong with my car because of the noise it was making.

it makes the same noise when pulling up at traffic lights etc, and to be honest has got quite embarrassing :-(

oh well, never mind. i did have high hopes for the valve but i cannot put up with the noise, even tried fitting the filter/silencer and that didn't dampen the sound really at all.