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Old 03-11-06, 04:46 PM
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Question greddy type S BOV problems??

before my exhaust leak (manifold to turbo) AND install of in cabin MBC i could get lots of sound coming form my BOV...now its not doing anything..im still running stock boost... should i be turning it towards soft to allow the spring to release easier?? i turned it the whole way and the damn screw popped out and i heard vaccum coming from it...i was able to put it back in and now its almost all the way hard and still no sound...my boost drops fast when i let off gas but i hear nothing...
is it broke???
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after more searching i read someone took the screw completely out and ran it like this...why isnt mine working ??
i have it Y 'ed into the pressure sensor vaccum line....should i use its own line?
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someone please help.... i can hear my turbo or BOV shuttering...im not sure what it was...
im not looking for the coolsound of it..i just want to know if its broke....
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yes i have the same bov and i tried everything to get mine to work all it needed was its own vacuum source and now it is loud and working but it will still take the right adjustment to get the sound you want if you tighten it too much you will have compresser surge and not enough will cause a boost leak so get it its own vac source and adjust it and it will be all good
that sound you hear "shuttering" is compresser surge so that means it is not working right try what i said earlier
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Try taking the source from the nipple right under the BAC valve. Also have you taken the bov off to check if it is stuck?
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thanks...since its a 6 port i got lots of sources for vaccum...ill try one of the spots right above it tommorow...and report back
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Originally Posted by 88rxn/a
i have it Y 'ed into the pressure sensor vaccum line....
You can't do this.


should i use its own line?
YES.


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Old 03-12-06, 01:14 AM
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take the bov apart and check that it is all working good. i tore my rubber membrane. and it did not work all to well.
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i switched it to one of the vaccum nippels right above the nipple to the pressure sensor (on the 6 port) and im still getting comppresor surge....how do i see if its stuck? and fix it if it is stuck??
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Remove it, get a mityvac and apply vacuum to it, see if the diaphram leaks.
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thanks...i really dont have a mityvac....ill look into it though...i had the fan off when i was checking for vac. leaks and i could hear vaccum coming form the BOV though...would that be the diaphram... if i put my ear direcly over it thats when i heard it...
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Well, hook a hose up and start sucking, see if it leaks.
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the damn spring was stuck...i took the BOV off and pushed it with my hand it it came free...
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i have this problem but my spring isnt stuck. i already took it apart and put it back together. i ran tefflon tape on the threading now too. idk whats up. i already fixed all my vaccume leaks.
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i have this problem too...but in my case i got a *** load of vac leaks.
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On the topic of vacuum leaks, what is the car supposed to read at idle?
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^ what you've got to set it too ^ ideally 700-1000 ..... my greddy bov has never given me any problems.
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Originally Posted by Snack
^ what you've got to set it too ^ ideally 700-1000 ..... my greddy bov has never given me any problems.
my idle is 1500 because i have less then 1000 miles on the rebuilt engine. but thats besides the point.
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I mean vacuum, what does it read. My car idles at about a grand. I'm just curious.
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i wish i can bring mine down to 700
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Originally Posted by MidnightOwl
I mean vacuum, what does it read. My car idles at about a grand. I'm just curious.

Its supposed to be around 16-18 at sea level. I have a new motor in mine and im pulling 14 at 4500ft
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I have the greddy type rs and i just put it on with a fmic and the bov is not working at all. I had it on hard and soft and inbetween. When I take it off and flip it upside down should I be able to push that valve by hand at all cuz it wont move if I try. I pulled the hose off to see if it had vacuum and it does. What the hell?????
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sorry my bad... when I take it off I can push it in by hand but it still does not work
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