BOV leak?

[monkeyhead]

at idle there is a steady stream of air coming out of my BOV. is this normal or is my valve junk?

[LynX853]

I believe its normal at idle... did you try manualy opening the throttle body and cheak if air comes out?

im not perfect... so i might be wrong on this

[sethyboy2003]

that is because the vacuum source is pulling the diaphram open... it's totally normal but you might want to put a filter on it so it doesn't suck anything in.

[Dave]

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Originally Posted by sethyboy2003 that is because the vacuum source is pulling the diaphram open... it's totally normal but you might want to put a filter on it so it doesn't suck anything in.

Then your BOV will be more quiet. Now who wants that?

[xrattiracer]

being that its blowing air at idle. i dont think theres much chance of it sucking air in at any point

[oddcomp]

mine does that to or it did i also got tired of the part throttle dying cow sound from it
and just put my hks ssqv on it that i borrowed from my subaru wagon while i am upgradeing it

will have to get another aftermarket bov for the van soon i'll be needing my hks back for the wagon

[88lebaron]

I thought i was the only one who got that dying cow sound, thought my BOV was defective hah.

[oddcomp]

nope even the junkyard stock unit that happened to fall into my tool box goes moooooooooohhhhhh