Greasing the APS BOV?
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Greasing the APS BOV?
I've had the APS BOV since it first came out. It was great - held boost like a champ but opened pretty easily so there was never an issue of bucking/surging/drivability. Recently I feel like the grease has "dried" up, for lack of a better description. At anything under 1 BAR, the BOV does not release/recirculate properly and the car bucks/surges a little. This is especially evident at part throttle, and I don't remember the BOV being like this.
Is there a consistent need to grease the piston in the BOV? And if so, is there a high temp grease that would work better than others? I'm afraid to put too much in there, since this thing will recirculate and I don't want any of that going back into the turbo... ideas/suggestions?
Is there a consistent need to grease the piston in the BOV? And if so, is there a high temp grease that would work better than others? I'm afraid to put too much in there, since this thing will recirculate and I don't want any of that going back into the turbo... ideas/suggestions?
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I'm really not sure, its just some stuff I had in my garage, I think I bought at auto zone or walmart and it was only a few bucks a can, its a turquoise blue can. I just sprayed it on the top of the BOV at the gold part where it vents.... I just sprayed a little bit so the next time I drove my car when the piston moved the grease was able to seap down into the valve.
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I took it completely apart. I wanted to clean it, since dirt gets into the vent. You can buy white lithium grease at any autoparts store. It doesn't seem to thin out like regular grease.
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