alright iv been havin my 03 wrx for a month and i got a blow off valve and i installed it in the wrong place. i took the wastegate off and put the bov there..i ran it down the street and it ran very slow and it didnt even whistle so i knew that was wrong,,i took it off and put the wastegate back on and tried riding it down the street and still running very bad and now i rev my engine and it sounds likeits going 2 turn off..idles high and low when its on neutral..dnt know whats going on at all..let me know what i can do..thx
alright iv been havin my 03 wrx for a month and i got a blow off valve and i installed it in the wrong place. i took the wastegate off and put the bov there..i ran it down the street and it ran very slow and it didnt even whistle so i knew that was wrong,,i took it off and put the wastegate back on and tried riding it down the street and still running very bad and now i rev my engine and it sounds likeits going 2 turn off..idles high and low when its on neutral..dnt know whats going on at all..let me know what i can do..thx
Got any pics of this?How exactly did you remove the wastegate from the turbo and mount a BOV there....dude list all your mods and work on listing more detail.Your post makes absolutely no sense.
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i just took the waste gate off..it was simply 2 bolts 2 take it off..and put the bov there and put the bov wire where the wastegate wire was..
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Have you read anything on here about our cars and the negative effects of having it "whistle"? Not trying to bust your chops or anything, but our ECUs know how to make our cars run right, (AF ratio) based off the amount of air circulated back into the intake. BOV Fs that all up by letting that extra air off into the atmosphere. Thats why you're running like S. ECU doesn't know whats wrong with the car. Its probably idling funny because its trying to adjust itself to compensate for the lack of air going back into the intake.
Get rid of your AEM intake, put stock diverter valve back on and get her tuned for your exhaust.
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okai soo your saying my car is just trying 2 get use 2 being the same because what i did to it?..because i dnt have a blow off valve currently installed. after i put it in the wrong place i was 2 scared to put it in the right place..so its prob just idling funny because the intake?..so how do i get this fixed i dnt wanna keep running like s@#$...
uh, the wastegate is on the exhaust side of the motor and the BOV goes on the intake side of the motor... BOVs don't respond too well to highly compressed superheated exhaust gas.
Anyway, you might have done much more harm than you think. You should take it to a repair place. Some shop that knows the difference between intake and exhaust.
yeah i think i have done some harm to my car..yeah i think im going 2 take it 2 a good mechanic to check it out..and while im at it get it tuned up with some new spark plugs..
you think its a big harm what i did?..what could of messed up?..turbo?..im running like if i didnt even have turbo..
yeah i think i have done some harm to my car..yeah i think im going 2 take it 2 a good mechanic to check it out..and while im at it get it tuned up with some new spark plugs..
you think its a big harm what i did?..what could of messed up?..turbo?..im running like if i didnt even have turbo..
Please use capital letters, apostrophes, and spell out words rather than abbreviations like "2". It's about respect for your fellow members.
Frankly, I have no experience with installing BOVs in place of wastegates. I can't even understand what happened under there let alone evaluate damage without seeing her. A tune is always a good idea, but the car needs to be running cleanly before you tune.
Read all the FAQs on here man. I said it before, but this is one the most organized and informative sites I've been on. You can learn a lot from the articles, DIY and moderators. Good luck and keep us posted.
These guys are up your way: It doesn't look they are taking new clients on as far as maintenance and installs, but they might be able to refer you to a reputable tuner/mechanic in the LA area.
By the way I don't think your intake is doing all this, but I think I remember reading that the AEM intake specifically had something to do with fouling up the MAF sensor. In combination with the other stunt, who knows? Try unhooking the battery again and let it sit a while to reset. It does take driving it awhile for the ECU to run all the tests and sensor checks on any car and re-adjust itself. You might have put the car in limp mode. Have a shop pull the codes to start and post them up.
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yeah i think i have done some harm to my car..yeah i think im going 2 take it 2 a good mechanic to check it out..and while im at it get it tuned up with some new spark plugs..
you think its a big harm what i did?..what could of messed up?..turbo?..im running like if i didnt even have turbo..
or u think its my aem intake doing all this?
By a tune we mean get the cars ecu tuned for the mods you have installed not just a tune up.
i have installed my stock intake back on and its running a little better. so i think it was the aem intake giving me that problem, but im going to take it to get it checked out either way. thx for ## guys help..
Frankly, I have no experience with installing BOVs in place of wastegates. I can't even understand what happened under there let alone evaluate damage without seeing her.
I am still trying to figure out how he put a blow off valve in place of his wastegate!! Is it an external wastegate?
That is the only thing that half way makes sense to me.
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i didnt mount it exactly where the wastegate was at but the wiring was very similar to the bov so i thought that was it so i mount it around there and plugged in the wires where the wastegate was at.
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