WHY DOES MARCLAIS ECOLOGICAL VALVE HELP REDUCE ENGINE RATTLE NOISE
AND PREVENT THE NEED FOR PREMIUM GASOLINE CONSUMPTION?



Engine technology in vehicles today, combines high power and fuel-efficient small motors which have average compression ratios higher than 9.5. Such engine feature would require that the fuel tank be completely filled with high-octane petrol (over 94 octanes) better known as premium gasoline.

If regular (86-octane) gasoline would be used to start any high-compression ratio motor, the heat generated just in the compression process could be enough to produce an spontaneous ignition of the air/fuel mixture, only a few milliseconds before the spark jumps onto the ignition sparkplug to produce a second detonation, which should be the only one occurring under normal circumstances. The clash between these two almost-concurrent detonations oftentimes creates sturdy vibrations on the piston heads, commonly perceived as rattle noise inside the engine.

That jingling sound can become so hard and disturbing that if it continues for an extended period of time, it will certainly produce severe damage inside the engine, including motor overheating, valve deterioration and even cracks on the piston heads.

Now, in vehicles with an electronic injection system and particularly those that are equipped with an oxygen sensor (O2S) or a lambda probe, the installing of an ecological valve (EV) to avoid the motor rattle noise and the need for premium gasoline, will prove to be more than convenient.

Through the ecological valve, when the lambda probe located inside the exhaust pipe, detects any bypass of extra airflow to the engine, the jingling noise will be nearly eliminated, even if regular gasoline is used. The lambda probe will send an automatic signal to the engine computer so that it can make proper adjustments to both the fuel injection process and the ignition advance timing which will immediately prevent such rattle noise when pressing the accelerator.

Furthermore, the entry of fresh air into the admission system (through the ecological valve), will trigger a convenient temperature reduction state inside the combustion chamber –somewhat similar to the effect produced by any gas recirculation system, also known as EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation)- thus resulting in less rattle noise and minor air pollution from emanated nitrogen oxide (NOX) elements.

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