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[PhilRich]

Hi all, can anyone tell me where I can find this sensor on my 2002 2.2 CDX petrol auto please? I have just bought a Gizmo on e-bay called the 'Fuel Saver' sold by a firm called Demon Tuning that claims to give fuel savings between 5% and 24%! It is connected by two wires in the line between the air intake temp sensor & the ECU. Any saving on fuel has to be worth it, especially as I appear to be only getting 22MPG around town. Any replies will be most appreciated. Many thanks, Phil.

[andyc]

Think you'll find that its part of the Air Mass Meter (could be wrong). There is one a V6 but nothing listed for a 2.2.

To be honest i think you have brought yourself some snake oil. I've yet to see any add on "gizmo" that can say fuel, again i could be wrong.

22 mpg from a four pot auto sounds about right and i've found the only way to save fuel is lift the right foot

Andy

[Dazzler]

Think you'll find that its part of the Air Mass Meter (could be wrong). There is one a V6 but nothing listed for a 2.2.

To be honest i think you have brought yourself some snake oil. I've yet to see any add on "gizmo" that can say fuel, again i could be wrong.

22 mpg from a four pot auto sounds about right and i've found the only way to save fuel is lift the right foot

Andy

Or walk

[TheBoy]

Hi all, can anyone tell me where I can find this sensor on my 2002 2.2 CDX petrol auto please? I have just bought a Gizmo on e-bay called the 'Fuel Saver' sold by a firm called Demon Tuning that claims to give fuel savings between 5% and 24%! It is connected by two wires in the line between the air intake temp sensor & the ECU. Any saving on fuel has to be worth it, especially as I appear to be only getting 22MPG around town. Any replies will be most appreciated. Many thanks, Phil.

Bin the ebay thing, its utter 'dangle berries'! It won't do what it claims.

Your 2.2 won't have air intake, covered by MAF.

[TheBoy]

And the 'rare earth magnets' fuel savers also do bugger all either.

Lets face it, if there was a magical cure for mpg, it would be splashed all over the news, and the governement would be forcing us to use them.


It the case of the resistor in the airflow, its going to work on a similar principle to the 'performance' resistors which fool the coolant temp sensor (thus pumping in more fuel).  Problem is, EVERY SINGLE MODERN INJECTION management system will soon learn, as the feedback from the lamdas will tell the ECU its under/over fuelling, and the ECU will trim the fuel accordingly.