My knockoff Greddy-S BOV leaks at idle.
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Was I supposed to know this?
Who knows why it leaks? I took it apart, all the seals look good. Design problem? Is it because I bought the knockoff and this is my punishment?
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Seems about right.
I do have a real Greddy-S BOV, I'll switch tomorrow. Just wondering whether that one will leak also? (Is it a recirculating valve only?) If no one knows, we'll all know tomorrow.
I do have a real Greddy-S BOV, I'll switch tomorrow. Just wondering whether that one will leak also? (Is it a recirculating valve only?) If no one knows, we'll all know tomorrow.
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Yeah, I'll rotate the top of the valve (180*) so that my vacuum line fits nicely, and find some flexible tubing for the recirc. What to use? I want it to be flexible, but not soft. Don't want it crushing.
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Routing it back into the intake is not going to be pretty, but i'll make something work. Need something flexible.
You can see the routing difficulty. It will have to make a quick 90*, then a U, then another 90*, then into the intake. Should be fun.
You can see the routing difficulty. It will have to make a quick 90*, then a U, then another 90*, then into the intake. Should be fun.
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Weird, that's what I thought too. It didn't help and I cannot figure where it's leaking from. I thought it was the vacuum line to the manifold sucking in air through the bov. ???
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Can you rotate the BOV so it points straight down? That would probably help. You can get a thing that looks like a spring that will allow you to make tight radius turns with hose if you need to make a 90. Or a couple of hose clamps will work to keep the hose from collapsing.
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I just installed my FM BOV last night, using a pair of 1 1/4" 45's and a 1 1/4" coupler.
It's a convenient coincidence that the class of copper pipe commonly sold in hardware stores has a wall thickness of about 1/16". And a pipe has two walls. So a piece of 1 1/4" ID pipe has an OD of 1 3/8", and a coupler or fitting designed to slip over said pipe has an OD of 1.5". Likewise for the smaller sizes.
Just paint it silver and nobody will know.
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