Disable the power?

Regular engine flushes along side the regular oil changes help clean out the internals. None the less I do agree with you, allowing the internals to get clogged with foreign debris is not good for the engine internals.

i want some of whatever it is you're smoking!!! 😂 😂 😂

i never said anything about debris in engines, and engine flushing, etc.

i said:

if you remove the brake booster hose...

you will lean out the cylinder that is closest to the pipe (cylinder 4). that is not good for the internals of the engine.

the particular car i'm talking about eventually cracked a cylinder top and needed to be rebuilt.

no amount of engine flushing and oil changes would've stopped the fact that unmetered air was getting into the system near cylinder 4 and caused cylinder 4 to f_ck out!

its just a bad idea

just put a cup of sugar in your petrol tank

Toby did you find a place to do all the dent removal and stuff at a good price? I think my sabre needs a face lift. Every time I stop at a shop some idiot or the idiot's kid opens their door and gives me another dent.

Haven't started looking yet, but will try: dent doctor, chips away, coachman's

Toby wrote:

There are times when you have to leave your car at a workshop or even at a relative's place where there's a boy racer dude. What is the best way to disable the power of the car, while still allowing it to be driven? I thought of:

1. Rev limit. This requires chipping your ecu, or having an aftermarket one. Easy to undo when you get your car back. I am thinking of building a circuit for this, though I don't want to splice wires. Power transistor comes to mind.
2. Disable the turbo somehow. Maybe force the wastegate open without damaging it The boy racer might figure this one out though. I've read that the ecu disables the turbo when in reverse gear - how?
3. If you got a dump valve, I guess you could just get it to dump all the time. I don't though and that might badly affect fuelling.

Thoughts? Ideas?

Don't leave the car at someone you cant trust. 😉