How to clean your BOV

onefastman · 10-08-2010, 02:04 PM

I am running a tial BOV with my stett cp and it is caked in oil and has released a good amount of vapor into the engine bay so it is pretty dirty/oily too. I would like to take it apart and clean it but am not sure how to do this or if it is even necessiary. I am also running a BSH catch can.

Help please

klipseracer · 10-08-2010, 04:48 PM

I don't know how to clean a tial because I don't know what type of valve it has, but I'd just run some alcohol pads over it or maybe BRIEFLY spray or soak it into some gasoline. I don't know I haven't really though it out that well but if its oily thats what I would probably do. Make sure the alcohol is nicely evaporated before putting it back into your engine bay. Any type of solvent should work well. This is a great reason for an OCC.

EDIT: Running a bsh with oil coming out like that. This is interesting. Can anyone with a different OCC say the same? Very peculiar regarding the capability of the occ.

You could always get one of those filter mufflers to put on the end of your bov, dunno if they make them for tial bovs.

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onefastman Major General 163 Rep 5,689 Posts Drives: 2009 135i 2011 e92m dct Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Earth iTrader: (15)	How to clean your BOV I am running a tial BOV with my stett cp and it is caked in oil and has released a good amount of vapor into the engine bay so it is pretty dirty/oily too. I would like to take it apart and clean it but am not sure how to do this or if it is even necessiary. I am also running a BSH catch can. Help please __________________ Legal Disclaimer: Anything I or anyone else says about my vehicle on this website(1addicts.com or any affiliated or nonaffiliated sites), pertaining to modifications, is only to gain acceptance from my/our peers, and does not actually represent anything actually existing on my car, and thus, cannot be held against me in any issues, i.e. warranty claims, that may arise.
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klipseracer Banned 228 Rep 3,012 Posts Drives: 2007 E90 335i, 05 E46 330i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Arizona iTrader: (27) Garage List 2007 335i [0.00] 2005 330i [0.00]	I don't know how to clean a tial because I don't know what type of valve it has, but I'd just run some alcohol pads over it or maybe BRIEFLY spray or soak it into some gasoline. I don't know I haven't really though it out that well but if its oily thats what I would probably do. Make sure the alcohol is nicely evaporated before putting it back into your engine bay. Any type of solvent should work well. This is a great reason for an OCC. EDIT: Running a bsh with oil coming out like that. This is interesting. Can anyone with a different OCC say the same? Very peculiar regarding the capability of the occ. You could always get one of those filter mufflers to put on the end of your bov, dunno if they make them for tial bovs.
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