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ok i got my 02 wrx tmic on the other day and i'm having some problems.

1st: the stock wrx bov is a pile of junk and i can't even part throttle drive down the interstate as it hangs open in vacume. no it is not being recerulated as i did not have a sheet of aluminum to make a adapter plate for the stock bpv. (or else it would be recurc.)

2nd: my car has a bad bouncing idle at times it is random and it was not like this before the install. my guess is the shitty non- recurc. wrx bpv. correct?


3rd: in order to make it home i had to unplug the bpv and plug the line to it. i made sure not to boost at all and just babied it home.
now it was surging in vacume and it was kinda weird. i never went above 5 hg's, and it would surge still.

the plan is to make a adapter with a 90* elbow to install the stock bpv... hopefully this will fix the problems i have been experiencing.

I think you answered your own questions.

well after reading it i kinda did. my main question was if the wrx bov/bpv is really a pile of junk or if it only works as a bpv?

About the idle, did you you reset your ECU after the install?

mgroshong wrote:well after reading it i kinda did. my main question was if the wrx bov/bpv is really a pile of junk or if it only works as a bpv?

Again, I think you answered you own question. Its a BPV, so yep, its gonna be open under vac, both cruise and idle.

Gary

ok thanks guys for clearing that all up. i was really just looking for reasurence that it wasn't just me. it was in fact the bpv that was working properly, just not in the correct way.