EOC: From Key to Killswitch - Shoulda done this long ago...

[Synchronicity]

So the rest of the electrics work. That's good.

But does the brake booster still work?
What about power steering?

[NoD~]

Sort-of and No. The break booster retains vacuum for quite a long period of time. Then again, I rarely need to REALLY use the brakes... so for all I know, It's not working very well... I usually bump-start my engine before a stop and glide until then, so I guess I'll need to do some tests on that!

As for Power Steering, without an engine turning the pump, it simply will require some good muscle... unless you are electric power steering (seems most newer cars are heading that way). For my car specifically, I converted my rack to a manual rack anyways, which is noticeably better than the lines looped.

[jalmir]

gotta take the time to install that switch ... my elantra isn't as simple as hacking the key switch since my OEM mpg meter will be turned off if I do so.

So I did a little digging and found out there is a injector fuse in the engine compartment, so it should be quite easy to install some wires with a switch and an inline fuse in place of that regular "car fuse". Easily reversible and no wire cutting and such!!!

[pletby]

I totally agree with you in that I had the feeling of 'I should have done this a long time ago'. I just happened to replace my car last month and this was the first thing I did. What a difference!

[lsemple]

I've had the kill switch in my civic for about 2 months now. Works nicely,

I converted it now so that you have to push the button to kill the engine, which it does via cutting power to the main Fuse for the main relay under the dash.

I used a relay switch to do this.

[Prophecy99]

noob question whats EOC

[Quezacotl]

Originally Posted by Prophecy99

noob question whats EOC

Engine Off Coasting.
Coasting with engine off

[benphyr]

Originally Posted by Prophecy99

noob question whats EOC

Welcome to the forum. No apologies necessary for being new, just a big welcome and all the help you can get.

Here's a couple resources to get you started:

Glossary: SVOBoy has prepared a thread that tries to capture most of the acronyms like EOC that you already ran into. There are so many that I sometimes forget what ones mean that I already looked up before. Anyway, go to the top of this page, and under the header that says ecomodder in the funky font you will see a row of links for different parts of the website (Home, Forum, Blog, ...). The furthest to the right is Glossary and it will take you to SVOBoy's thread which identifies most of them or at least the long form of the words.

Then if you go to the 100+ Hypermiling Tips and/or 65 Efficiency Mods you will also find many of them explained relatively simply.

Then if you still hunger for more information another good tool is the search which can be found below "Home" (below the row of links mentioned) on the far left near but not at the top.

Cheers.

[Quezacotl]

Originally Posted by Weather Spotter

If you make a wright up I will add it to our wiki might help others do the same!

I added it to wiki in existing page
Engine kill switch - EcoModder


EDIT: I'm stupid, you meant a post before my instruction

By the way, NoD~, what's ASD relay?

[NeilBlanchard]

Please clarify how these kill switches work? Do you hold the button down for the duration of the coast?