Previous owner had one of these on my Mk3 8v. He had removed it before he sold the car at 50k cause he was worried the noise it makes would put people off the car. At least this is what he tells me. However this bloke had bolted (badly) a ?250 Magnex box on an old VW system with a 1" hole in it!
When i got the car (50) the throttle body was quite clogged up. I got it all cleaned out and the car was as good as new. I know this does happen on these cars but i can't help wondering if the Eco-tek played a part. It is certainly food for thought as it mentions no where on the eco-tek website the affects these things have on engine life. Can you really
get something for nothing? Maybe VW got it right when they decided not to include this device in their new cars eventhough they now know the technology?
That said, you can now get a filter silencer for the device! i may give it a try a some point when i get bored but i think i will always worry that it may be sucking dirty air into the throttle body.
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