added BOV to greddy kit, problem..
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added BOV to greddy kit, problem..
I finally put an intercooler and (cxracing) BOV on my miata w/ greddy kit. I ran the vacuum line to the intake manifold line (of the two on top right next to each other, the one closest to the front of the car) and I can't hear anything coming from the BOV, can only hear the wastegate noise (whoosh whoosh whoosh). Am I missing something?
Last edited by linuxbox; 02-25-2009 at 09:46 PM.
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I finally put an intercooler and (cxracing) BOV on my miata w/ greddy kit. I ran the vacuum line to the intake manifold line (of the two on top right next to each other, the one closest to the front of the car) and I can't hear anything coming from the BOV, can only hear the wastegate noise (whoosh whoosh whoosh). Am I missing something?
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Unless you messed with the wastegate rod, it should be pre-set and working fine, but I don't think it would be your wastegate, post a vid or something but I agree with sam, on the BOV being stuck or whatever, I Know when I had my greddy the woosh was the wastegate opening.
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I know what you talking about I'm having the same problem mine isnt working at all the only noise i hear when I let off is turbo surge, I drove around the block with my bov disconnected and it sounded exactly the same. So I think I'm just gona buy a real bov not an imitation.I even took one of the springs out of it and it still wouldent do anything.
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I dont know if i had it before I installed it bc I did it all at once, but I did drive around the block with the vacuum lines off and it still made the same noise as to when it is on. this Is what mine sounds like with the bov hooked up and when its not hooked up.
YouTube - SR20DET Compressor Surge
YouTube - SR20DET Compressor Surge
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well mine didn't make that noise not even close! when did you get your kit, was it used? is your waste-gate even working? look take off your bov hook up the waste-gate alone and see if it makes the same noise. if so i have no idea my guess would be the waste-gate actuator is bad,*** I'm just guessing!**** seems logical to me :-)
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BOVs are a finicky business, I've found. Mine would get stuck on the rubber O-ring, but now that I removed that O-ring, it doesn't get stuck and it doesn't leak (Don't know why the O-ring was there in the first place).