Kianbeng Clutched June 1, 2002 Share June 1, 2002 I have this Broquet fuel catalyst that I installed on my Merc 200 (model 123) when the govt decided to stop selling leaded petrol. Anyway, I've since scrapped my Merc, and bought a new car. I'm planning to install the Broquet which mine is a inline version, on to my Mazda 323. Just wondering if it'll nullify any warranty from Mazda? Coz......isn't this modifying the car already? ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester Neutral Newbie June 2, 2002 Share June 2, 2002 Check with your sales person or your sales agreement. You should find something helpful in your agreement. One other option is to remove it when you go for servicing. This is of cos lame. I dun think it'll void your warrenty cos it'll not starve your engine of fuel, doesn't change the chemical structure of your fuel and it's a tested and proven product. Just make sure you have not used your in line system beyond it's 400K lifespan. Lester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabiaman 1st Gear June 14, 2002 Share June 14, 2002 Very good question. It shld void your warranty if you need to make a claim against something very related to the fuel line etc... the best is still to confirm with the workshop head and pls do so not on the phone but via email so that a positive response can be documented (print it and keep) so as to avoid ambiguity later. My gut feel is that if you check with them, they will almost certainly want to void your warranty as anything not stock, logically speaking , is something that they will not be responsible for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 15, 2002 Share June 15, 2002 Very good question. It shld void your warranty if you need to make a claim against something very related to the fuel line etc... the best is still to confirm with the workshop head and pls do so not on the phone but via email so that a positive response can be documented (print it and keep) so as to avoid ambiguity later. My gut feel is that if you check with them, they will almost certainly want to void your warranty as anything not stock, logically speaking , is something that they will not be responsible for. Agree with u... with the kind of attitude.... forget about asking... if want to put... don't say.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silversti Neutral Newbie June 24, 2002 Share June 24, 2002 Guys, I would just remove the thing and claim anyway , let them come back to me if it there is any findings . Act blurr first.. Ha! Ha! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear June 24, 2002 Share June 24, 2002 Guys, I would just remove the thing and claim anyway , let them come back to me if it there is any findings . Act blurr first.. Ha! Ha! Think don't remove also can claim.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosx Neutral Newbie June 25, 2002 Share June 25, 2002 Guys, I would just remove the thing and claim anyway , let them come back to me if it there is any findings . Act blurr first.. Ha! Ha! Think don't remove also can claim.... Variation to the questions : I want to install the inline fuel ((magnetic thingy..) as well as the air-con by-pass. However, when I goes for my normal 5k and 10k "check up" will they scream??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Neutral Newbie June 25, 2002 Share June 25, 2002 I have this Broquet fuel catalyst that I installed on my Merc 200 (model 123) when the govt decided to stop selling leaded petrol. Anyway, I've since scrapped my Merc, and bought a new car. I'm planning to install the Broquet which mine is a inline version, on to my Mazda 323. Just wondering if it'll nullify any warranty from Mazda? Coz......isn't this modifying the car already? well if you take out your cat converter one thing for sure is the chk engine light will come on if your is a hyundal car.( ke ke ke, i know that cos i took out my as told by the HOG, but nobody tell me that chk engine light will come on) and veh will lost power and there will be high in fuel comsumtion, (don't know what will happen if u put in a after market part) i don't know if they can tell have you remove and replace back to the OEM part when u sent your veh to the dealer, but 1 thing for sure is u r going to take out and put back the converter when u need to go back to ur deael....and he he he....er... sorry but to ask don't tell me if some fault come up due to the removing of that converter ur r going to claim under the dealer workshop??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie June 25, 2002 Share June 25, 2002 Non-instrusive mods the dealers shouldn't complain since it'll not affect the vehicle's reliability and performance. Even if extensive mods are involved if it doesn't lead to another part failure the dealer should not contest that the mod will void warranty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kianbeng Clutched June 30, 2002 Author Share June 30, 2002 I think you got it confused with the normal catalyst converter. This broquet fuel catalyst is not the catalyst converter. It's just like a gadget where you can fit between the fuel in line to probably increase some XX performance? regards kianbeng Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen Neutral Newbie July 1, 2002 Share July 1, 2002 I think you got it confused with the normal catalyst converter. This broquet fuel catalyst is not the catalyst converter. It's just like a gadget where you can fit between the fuel in line to probably increase some XX performance? regards kianbeng oops, sorry get it wrong there, thanks for telling me the diff (lesson learned) but do you have to "cut" the fue line to fix up that parts ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester Neutral Newbie July 2, 2002 Share July 2, 2002 Hi Karen Yes and no. You have 2 options. One is to cut original to accomodate the broquet canister into the line, two is to use another line purchased from normal accessories shop to fit in with the can and keep the original. You also have the in-tank option. You can read more from here http://www.broquet.com/ My experience with broquet personally is not very good. All I can say is the money you spend on a BQ can be spent on other performance accessories to increase your fuel economy. In another words, dun spend this kind of money especially in the full system, consisting of the in-tank and in-line. It's not compensated within the COE period you own the vehicle. There are better options out there that are cheaper like air-filter, fuel magnets, fuel regulator(to a certain extent)...... BQ, think again. Lester Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear July 2, 2002 Share July 2, 2002 My experience is quite similar to Lester.... did not find much justifyable improvement on using Broquet... from the response so far.... apparantly the magnet thingy works better.... but I do come across drivers that feels good improvement on using of the Broquet.. so i guess it's kind of like different car different results... and considering the price.... i would rather go for the magnets... cheaper... easier to move from one car to another as well..... just my 2 cents... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kianbeng Clutched July 8, 2002 Author Share July 8, 2002 (edited) sorry for the late reply. but as what lester pointed out, you can have the 2 main options. cutting the line or not. But getting a new line and piping in between OR cutting your line, depends on whether how long is the current fuel line. You need to also consider that if you want the in-tank option, you better pray hard your tank doesn't leak during the duration of your car's life span coz it cannot be transferred. The in-line model is definitely more expensive, but it's transferrable cheaply. I used it as a unleaded to leaded petrol conversion for my old car, and the savings I had was worth every cent. Even for the 3 year duration. Coz at that time, the govt was charging very high for so called 'leaded' petrol which were actually from unleaded + additives. And during that period I had broquet, I used RON92 with same mileage. I think my old merc at that time only needed quantity petrol. Not quality petrol. With the experience of broquet I had with my old car, I'm a strong believer that it does improve my mileage even if I use lousy petrol since the broquet will 'upgrade' the petrol. Maybe if you are already using the best petrol, money car buy, then it'll probably not help alot. Just fyi, broquet was used in the early days in aeroplanes coz the petrol they had long time ago was of a lousier grade. They needed broquet to help the plane fly. kianbeng Edited July 8, 2002 by Kianbeng Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Neutral Newbie July 8, 2002 Share July 8, 2002 On the contrary, when my air-con was leaking,I brought to to Borneo Motors to my surprise that they were admiring my aero-tape on the air-filter pipe, alumium firewall , TOM radiator cap. It much depends on the engineer and how you present yourself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seven11 Neutral Newbie July 8, 2002 Share July 8, 2002 Tks KianBeng, question: Does that mean that using Broquet allows a car to use RON92 even though the minimum recommended is RON95? If that is the official statement, then for sure w/o trying, we know w/o further asking that this Broquet saves money. The diff betw 95 and 92 is quite wide. Pls confirm, if so, I will also want a Broquet! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbobrick Neutral Newbie July 8, 2002 Share July 8, 2002 On the contrary, when my air-con was leaking,I brought to to Borneo Motors to my surprise that they were admiring my aero-tape on the air-filter pipe, alumium firewall , TOM radiator cap. It much depends on the engineer and how you present yourself. Same goes with my brick when I sent in for window switch replacement they were asking about my mods and boost gauge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyver 1st Gear July 11, 2002 Share July 11, 2002 On the contrary, when my air-con was leaking,I brought to to Borneo Motors to my surprise that they were admiring my aero-tape on the air-filter pipe, alumium firewall , TOM radiator cap. It much depends on the engineer and how you present yourself. Those are not machanics... those are car passionist!! that's the difference between job & passion!! ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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