[MR2] <MKIIT> BAD BOV!!

Kevin Parker cavscoutmr2 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 29 12:39:04 EST 2007


Wow. That's expensive troubleshooting. I'm just ready to get this car up to
standard and a new BOV will strain the budget. I figure that someone will
come up with one for sale if I wait long enough.

On Nov 29, 2007 11:02 AM, <briank at glmotorsports.net> wrote:

> > I see. But should the thing leak at boost, too? I put some tape over the
> > exhaust port on the BOV so I could get a better look at what was going
> on on
> > the instrument panel. Again at the engine bay, I opened the throttle a
> bit
> > and the tape went from being sucked inward a little to bulging a little,
> > indicating that it was leaking as the turbo was starting to spool up.
>
> You don't really want it to leak at boost, but some do...  :-)  So, you
> could try a new/different BOV, but it might not get better...  :-)
>
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Sincerely,
Kevin Parker
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