BOV doesn't BO.
I have an ebay RFL, and it's sticking. Is there a specific kind of oil I should use on it, or does it need to break it or something? It worked fine for about a week but now it sticks pretty badly.
If the ebay one is junk, are there any better ones that use the same flange or will I need to get a new flange welded in? |
Open it up, clean it out, and lube it. I usually use a little motor oil. You may need to adjust spring tension. The spring that came in mine was so long, the piston was unable to move. I cut about half the coils off, first one coil at a time, then a half coil at a time, until it finally would vent. But then it wouldn't seal at idle so I bought a second, long but weak spring from the hardware store. One spring sits inside the other. Valve works fine for several months, then needs to be opened and lubed again.
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just buy a real bov, i have the hks ssq, but im a ricer lol
u can go with the turbosmart series, i had one of those and its nice, and they come in stealth models |
no point in paying out the ass if Ben practically has a write-up for ebay ones to work
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i have an ebay piston type and i could never get it to work right. I went as far as honing the bore out, but never changed the springs.
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I have an ebay piston type BOV and it has been working fine for months on a daily driver. Which one did you get?
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I have the HKS SSQ also. Mine is about 8 years old and it works great. Never needs any attenion.
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I have the ebay RFL, looks just like the Turbo XS RFL. It came with two springs inside, a long one and a short one. Also came with 3 pretty thick washers inside as shims. I took out the shorter spring but left all of the spacers and the long spring. What bugs me is that it worked great for a few days, then slowly started working less and less, and now it doesn't blow off at all. I just get this obnoxious turkey-sound.
Gobble Gobble. |
my friend has his hks on his car for 2 years, then sold it to me for pennies, and its been working on mine great, mind u im maf and vta :bang::bowrofl:
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on my wrx, my forge bov required graphite lubricant for it to work properly.
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Originally Posted by jobambo
(Post 313794)
on my wrx, my forge bov required graphite lubricant for it to work properly.
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I'll ask the obvious question. No offense but are you sure it is connected correctly?
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Originally Posted by ZX-Tex
(Post 313899)
I'll ask the obvious question. No offense but are you sure it is connected correctly?
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I use brake caliper grease on my Forge Motorsport Bov.
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Ky.
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I love my HKS ssqv. Got it used and it works great.
I like the KY idea though!:bowrofl: |
Graphite lubricant is the best thing to use but you can also use white lithium in a pinch. Standard motor oil wont last long and wd40 is even worse.
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The proper lube to use on a piston type BOV is sewing machine oil or hydraulic fluid.
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I've had a fake Greddy Type-S on my MS6 for 10,000 miles. Works perfect. :D
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
(Post 314268)
I've had a fake Greddy Type-S on my MS6 for 10,000 miles. Works perfect. :D
Well, except the MS6 part. But I just really prefer the diaphragm design over the piston design in general. It lacks the potential for failure due to contamination or lubrication failure that plagues many piston-type valves. Keeping the sealing part separate from the flowing part makes a lot of sense from a design-reliability standpoint. |
Originally Posted by Joe Perez
(Post 315091)
+1.
Well, except the MS6 part. But I just really prefer the diaphragm design over the piston design in general. It lacks the potential for failure due to contamination or lubrication failure that plagues many piston-type valves. Keeping the sealing part separate from the flowing part makes a lot of sense from a design-reliability standpoint. |
I took mine apart and cleaned it all out, and put some graphite in it, but it was still really hard to move, so I took out the rubber O-ring that fit just above the horn and now it works really well. Doesn't seem to leak at all and it opens when it's supposed to.
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