zakesm

I am soon to get a second hand turbosmart BOV and i have absolutely no clue how to install it. can someone please save the picture below, edit it and either repost it or email it to zakir_e@yahoo.com and gimme full instructions on installing. its a VTA one.

thanks chaps

bits'n'pieces

Looks like you could do with a nice steam clean, you should be slapped on the wrist for having an engine bay in that state....

greasemonkey

The fitting instructions for any of these aftermarket dump valves are as follows:

1) Open your toolbox
2) Place dumpvalve in toolbox
3) Close toolbox.

If you really want to put it in your car, there's always the glovebox. If you must install it, you can see the standard dumpvalve bolted to the intercooler next to the throttle body.
To remove it, pull off the small pipe at the front, release the spring clip on the recirc pipe with some pliers or mole grips, and pull the recirc pipe off. Then undo the two bolts securing the valve to the intercooler and withdraw, taking care to preserve the gasket.

Refitting the new valve should be the reverse of the above, with the exception that you'll need to place a bung (should be supplied with the DV) in the recirc pipe.

No need to re-edit the pics Zakes. The standard dumpvalve is located on the

zakesm

hey i come from kenya (remember all that safari rally footage you have seen on tv). so thats why my car is diiiirty. so i am sorry 4 that. can anyone point out on the diagram where the re-circ pipe is? where the spring is? which pipe i have to pull out first? what do i do with the big black pipe on the right of the image connected to the bov?

greasemonkey

Wakey wakey Zakes! Do you really want to be mucking around under the bonnet if things like this need explaining?

The recirc pipe is the "big black pipe on the right of the image connected to the DV", and the spring clip is the clip that stops it coming off...

Clive the Brave

I had a Blitz dump valve fitted by Van Aken Developments, along with loads of other engine modes down.
To tell you the truth, dump the dump valve.
I passed the very first con rod to my friends Evo 6 via the engine block.
what a mess and what a cost.
To much stress on the engine, Subaru told me.......... I still think I was driving it to hard and it was only 3 weeks out of the 3 yrs factory warr.

good luck, but I would look at other areas for performance increase

zakesm

ok ok. now i got it. wish me good luck. and dont make fun of me, im just trying to enjoy my first year at university! forget knowing what a re-circ pipe looks like i cant even remember what my face looks like!

zak

zakesm

is a steam clean engine wash safe on an impreza turbo? i can remember someone somewhere saying its not too good on this car.

greasemonkey

Clive's comments are very valid Zakes. Apart from scaring the buffalo, or whatever other wild animals you find on the road, this dumpvalve will do your car no favours whatsoever. The standard DV is the best one you could possibly fit as far as the engine is concerned, and is really best left where it is.

No problems with steam cleaning, it's pressure washes you've got to be a bit more careful with.

zakesm

i just want to be a boy racer!!!! im getting it really cheap (second hand) so ill give it a go and see how it is. i just love that nooooiiiiissssssssse!

steam cleaning safe?

Clive the Brave

sounds like you need a pipe, decat, Air induction to start with.

wish I could have been a boy racer when I was at uni.
I could only manage the old t reg red escort van, but now the WR1 is one her
way, well it will be when they release the beast.

zakesm

have already got a DIY decat (d/pipe and centre section). and a green cotton air filter. you really should try getting things done to a turbo car in kenya. they open up the bonnet at the garage, wonder why the engine is sitting sideways, and ask what that big shiny thing (the turbo) is. and why is the radiator on top? check out more of my car on http://zak.carhirekenya.com

am studying in south africa, in windy cape town. and the car is 4000 kms away in nairobi kenya... cant wait for easter break again.

zak

zakesm

oh yeah and lets not forget that the only fuels available are 83 octane and 93 octane... leaded.