I just installed mine on Friday with the middle sized spring. I can't access youtube at work, so I'll check out your video when I get home after school later tonight. I'll let you know if mine sounds similar.
the horse sounds is normal? haha thats dumb. The videos posted from the boomba vendor sound nothing like what mine sounds like. There are also other people on here with the bov and dont have this problem. So how is that normal?
Im taking this thing off, i dont like it
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I suggest u go with the RS, I have it and I think is all and all a better BOV and is way louder than the Boomba. Just my O2
That is what im going with. Not really looking for loud, just something nice and that works right. But i am taking the boomba off today and looking into a RS.
I received an email from boomba sales telling me that the sound is normal. I still have concerns with its performance. I also went back to the stock surge valve until i have more time to play with it. I am wondering if the stock 4psi spring will react differently in the booma bov?
Hm, im having another problem ever since i put on the apg wastegate and the boomba bov.
If im in 3rd when i hit 5k car pops and wil not go anymore after 5k in 3rd. If i shift into 4th right after that car will spudder hard. I cant even go on 70mph in 5th.
I dunno whats the deal. anyone ever have that problem?
[quote=muledoe;6274872]Hm, im having another problem ever since i put on the apg wastegate and the boomba bov.
If im in 3rd when i hit 5k car pops and wil not go anymore after 5k in 3rd. If i shift into 4th right after that car will spudder hard. I cant even go on 70mph in 5th.
I had that same popping sound with my boomba bov on but i never took it past 60mph since it felt like something was wrong. Blue plate went back on same afternoon.
from what i can tell the sound is directly related to the bov not the intake or filter. Besides ive got on the stock intake with a K&N filter that shouldnt make a difference. Is anybody running theirs with a cold air intake?
As a side note, did you ever find out how you have the BOV lines ran? If you don't have a line going directly from a vacuum source to the BOV, you should try that out. Bypass the solenoid. Most likely that will resolve the issue.
If it is set up like that (direct vacuum source), and you are still experiencing issues, then it could be that the piston is frozen up inside the boomba BOV. And no, it's not your intercooler...either the Boomba rep. is blowing smoke up your ass, or he is just straight up retarded!
As far as the popping at 5k rpm, just how much boost are you running with the AGP wastegate? If you're going over 18 PSI, you could be either running into a lean misfire, or maybe your plug gap is too large and you are getting spark blowout. Either one of those issues will give the symptoms you're describing. Most likely the spark plug gap, though! If they are stock plugs, and are still gapped at .050, that's most likely your problem.
You should go with one heat range colder on the plugs, and gap them around .035.
In any event, the Greddy RS is a decent BOV to replace the crappy boomba with, anyway.
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As a side note, did you ever find out how you have the BOV lines ran? If you don't have a line going directly from a vacuum source to the BOV, you should try that out. Bypass the solenoid. Most likely that will resolve the issue.
If it is set up like that (direct vacuum source), and you are still experiencing issues, then it could be that the piston is frozen up inside the boomba BOV. And no, it's not your intercooler...either the Boomba rep. is blowing smoke up your ass, or he is just straight up retarded!
As far as the popping at 5k rpm, just how much boost are you running with the AGP wastegate? If you're going over 18 PSI, you could be either running into a lean misfire, or maybe your plug gap is too large and you are getting spark blowout. Either one of those issues will give the symptoms you're describing. Most likely the spark plug gap, though! If they are stock plugs, and are still gapped at .050, that's most likely your problem.
You should go with one heat range colder on the plugs, and gap them around .035.
In any event, the Greddy RS is a decent BOV to replace the crappy boomba with, anyway.
Thanks for all that info.
the wastegate i think is set at like 17 or so lol. Little to high maybe. What is plug gap i never heard of that.
Yeah that bov is coming off. So the GS is a good bov? You said decent, so whats a better bov then?
the wastegate i think is set at like 17 or so lol. Little to high maybe. What is plug gap i never heard of that.
Yeah that bov is coming off. So the GS is a good bov? You said decent, so whats a better bov then?
Plug gap...as in spark plugs...
I'll just assume by the response that they are stock spark plugs, and that the gap, nor the plugs have ever been checked to see if they are ok.
If that still doesn't make sense, the plug gap is the clearance between the center electrode, and the side electrode of the spark plug.
And as for the RS being a "decent" BOV, well, it's all relative. For a stock turbo, it's more than enough. If you were to run a BIG turbo, you would want something that could release a larger amount of air volume, such as a Tial 50mm bov.
I'll just assume by the response that they are stock spark plugs, and that the gap, nor the plugs have ever been checked to see if they are ok.
If that still doesn't make sense, the plug gap is the clearance between the center electrode, and the side electrode of the spark plug.
And as for the RS being a "decent" BOV, well, it's all relative. For a stock turbo, it's more than enough. If you were to run a BIG turbo, you would want something that could release a larger amount of air volume, such as a Tial 50mm bov.
Another good BOV is the HKS SSQV.
Ok i got what u mean by gap. Also the plugs are brand new just changed last week, they dont even have 40 miles on them. Tomorrow im going to lower the boost on the WG.
Ok i got what u mean by gap. Also the plugs are brand new just changed last week, they dont even have 40 miles on them. Tomorrow im going to lower the boost on the WG.
Try gapping them down to .035 or so. 17 PSI isn't necessarily TOO much boost. Just close that gap up, and I'm willing to bet that you'll be in tip top shape...as far as that problem is concerned.
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