Installing BOV help?

[Guest]

Hello all,

I have an aftermarket Turbosmart BOV and adapter to suit the Legacy that I attempted to install earlier tonight. I had the Turbosmart instructions which are designed for installing a bov on a Aus spec b4, mine is a Japanese GT-B, so not sure if there are much in the way of difference, but some of the pictures didnt look like what I had infront of me. Was quite scary after I had unplugged a heap of vacume line as I then had to remember how they all fit back together. I ended up putting the factory BOV back on because I couldnt work out how to fit the aftermarket item. Biggest problem I had was with getting the factory vacume line to fit on to the aftermarket item which needs to reach further than stock. Do I need to buy extra long vacume line and replace the factory line?

You can see the Pipe with the red line under it, can I just replace this with some longer Vacume line? (ignore the other pipe below that I disconnected, that will be reconnected) Also can I reuse the factory BOV gasket/seal or should I purchase another? Do I need to stick the seal to the bottom of the aftermarket BOV or can it just sit there?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

William

[telemekas]

Yes just replace it with a longer vacuum line.

The seal/gasket should be reusable as long as it has not been cracked or deformed.

No need to stick it.

[Guest]

 telemekas said:

Yes just replace it with a longer vacuum line.

The seal/gasket should be reusable as long as it has not been cracked or deformed.

No need to stick it.

Thanks for the quick reply mate. Ive never been a great DIY type of person but thought I would give this a go. I will see if I can get some vacuum line tomorrow

[Guest]

Picked up some pipe from repco today and I had to do a lot of fiddling around to get it to fit. Not sure how I did it but it actually all works.

I added some pictures to the BOV thread too