air temperature sensor resistor

1. iziballs1 Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2005 Redcar United Kingdom (England) Posts: 162 westy with vtr shell.

   #1 13th June 2006, 00:04

   hiya
   
   i was looking on ebay recently and came across these, someones selling them and say that it makes your ecu think theres cold air coming in so it changes the fuel mixture like it would if it was cold outside.
   sounds a bit funny to me any thoughts?
   
   
   graeme
2. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

   #2 13th June 2006, 00:16

   put simply: doesnt work, 5p resistor, chance of damaging engine.
3. mad_dog L-plater Joined: Feb 2006 hemel hempstead United Kingdom (England) Posts: 85 Mk2 Saxo VTS in Gold

   #3 13th June 2006, 22:23

   yuhuh, waste of money mate. if you could get those sort of gains for a few quid we'd all be laughing... but its just not true im afraid
4. stevenet15 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 aylesbury buckinghamshire Posts: 4822 Astra Turbo, saxo vts, punto turbo

   #4 13th June 2006, 23:17

   yeah waste of money, tricks your car into thinking the engine is cold running so the ecu adds a little extra fuel like on cold starting to try warm the engine up to operating temperature where optimum perfeormance is acheived, any way this way of trickign the ecu is highley un recommended as it can damage your engine in more ways than one including white washing were the added fuel washes the oil off the surface of the cylinder bore thus not providing enought lubrications and causing more wear and tear on your block
5. hoheacht Newbie Joined: Jun 2006 Coventry Posts: 2 Saxo VTS, Ram air filter, S/S exhau

   #5 14th June 2006, 13:08

   Ditto. Don't do it!