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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#763003
chippy wrote:what is the thing above the coil in this photo of the engine ???? (the long cylindical thing? ) Any ideas ???

This car is listed on Ebay


Cheers Todd 😀
Well. its connected to a fuel filter.

so My guess its one of those things that save You fuel...

or one very long extra fuel filter???

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

jsheppard64 Officially Full-On Dubber

323 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#763004
I agree with Lee that it's one of those petrol catalyst
that claimed to improve power and efficiency
reduce emission
something like this: http://fitch-fleet.com/

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#763022
But in fact do nothing.

If they had any effect at all, manufacturers would fit them as standard. But they don't - so they don't.

You might as well add snake oil to the crankcase too.

roundtoit Commited Dubber

64 posts · joined Jul 2008 ·

#763046
isnt that one of those jobbies that takes the place of the lead in the fuel, lubricates the cylinders by adding something to the fuel as the fuel passes through it?
Hurry up and wait

chippy Slammed & Awesome Dubber

94 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#763062
glad to see i'm not the only one in the dark . I figured it was probably one of those fuel saver thingys .... ...
cheers
Todd 😀

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#763066
roundtoit wrote:isnt that one of those jobbies that takes the place of the lead in the fuel, lubricates the cylinders by adding something to the fuel as the fuel passes through it?
It's one of these things but may as well be called a fuel saver too. IMO they do nothing. Some VW shops fit them to every car that goes through their workshop.....I say poor customers.
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chippy Slammed & Awesome Dubber

94 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#763127
thanks guys 😀
Whats ur current drive mat???

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#763133
Drive/work truck is a '91 wbxr panel. Building street/race offroader 2.9 type IV 👍
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

chippy Slammed & Awesome Dubber

94 posts · joined Jan 2010 ·

#763136
sweet ... look fwd to seein it ....

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#763138
matberry wrote:
roundtoit wrote:isnt that one of those jobbies that takes the place of the lead in the fuel, lubricates the cylinders by adding something to the fuel as the fuel passes through it?
It's one of these things but may as well be called a fuel saver too. IMO they do nothing. Some VW shops fit them to every car that goes through their workshop.....I say poor customers.
some are supposed to do whatever they do for ever.... lol

some are very cheap....

some are VERY Expensive...

as said, if any of them worked every car maker would use them... lol

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#763142
Some are just a magnet. Waste of money. + filter in a bad spot.

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#763155
Popular Mechanics have tested all of these supposed fuel saver gismos, a number of times, over the years. NONE of them work. Many of them reduce performance.

Magnets don't work as petrol is not a dipolar molecule and hence does nothing in a magnetic field. The dissolving in fuel thing doesn't work either, as tin is not soluable in petrol. Even if it was, you would have to replace the cannister at every fuel refill - with the Nulon lead substitute, for example, you have to add the little bottle to every new tank of fuel. Yet they claim these cannisters last the life of the car - in which case nothing is being added to the fuel. And Volkswagens don't need lead substitutes anyway as they already have hardened valve seats.

Bad science, bad engineering and a complete waste of $$$.