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Swirl flaps are small butterfly valves located within the inlet manifold on modern diesel and petrol engines. They are designed to help regulate the fuel to air ratio, improve emissions and help generate better torque at low engine speeds. At...

When decatting a petrol vehicle, it is likely that an engine management light will be illuminated, and a fault code for cat efficiency will be stored inside the ECU memory (P0420). By careful recalibration of the engine ECU data we...

AdBlue is a chemical liquid used in Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) on diesel vehicles. Its purpose it to reduce NOx levels. The AdBlue fluid, composed of urea and demineralized water, is injected into the exhaust system just before a SCR catalyst....

EGR Removal and Delete Here at MAX TUNE we have an advanced solution for EGR removal. The valves can become clogged with carbon deposits, causing them to fail or stick, thereby causing error codes and the vehicle not to run correctly....

What is the Engine Control Unit (ECU)? All modern cars and vans on the road today have an Engine Control Unit (ECU). The ECU can almost be described as the vehicle’s ‘brain’ and contains a processor that takes information from...

What is a DPF? A Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), also known as FAP on some French vehicles, is a device fitted to the exhaust system of modern diesel vehicles to reduce emissions and meet European emission standards. It does this...

What is a PPF? A Petrol Particulate Filter (DPF), also known as PPF/GPF/OPF on some vehicles, is a device fitted to the exhaust system of modern Petrol vehicles to reduce emissions and meet European emission standards. It does this by...