OK, this is the deal, Stevens Creek Mitsu has a 2003 WRX for sale, white in color and about 14,000 miles. I drove the car today and it made a blow-off valve type of noise when i let off the gas. So i said to myself " this thing has a BOV". So I pop open the hood and see there is no BOV, nothing at all.

I need some help from someone in San Jose who lives near Steven Creek Mitsu. Just need someone to check it out, is there something on a wrx that can be removed to still make a BOV noise wthout installing a aftermarket BOV. I've driven many Wrx's in the past 2 weeks to find the right one.


Thanks in advance

**I know im a newbie but im transferring from the Honda-tech forum cause my R got jacked and want a WRX realll baddd, so please someone help me out**

 

maybe the previous owner removed the intake silencer.... ?

did you see the stock bov ?

 

yup saw a stock BOV and stock intake

 

possible they removed the recirculating hose comming off the blow-off

 

nope...hose is still connected to the BOV

 

not much it really could be then.. go and take some pics of the engine compartment

 

how about the intake resonator people are talking. I live in SF so driving down there would have to wait til saturday or sunday...Its weird, I have never seen anyting like that..OH well, maybe the car is not meant to be mine

 

Maybe this was installed?

http://www.takakaira.com/accessories...ightpager.html

....hehe...it's the only thing I can think of if the stock BOV and intake is still installed.

 

My car makes a pretty nice BOV noise even with the stock BPV. Are you really hearing it go atmospheric?

 

Thats funny, I called about this car for a friend, talked to a salesman named Don, he told me the car was bone stock and didn't have mods and was not previously modified....****in scammers

 

ya, something feels fishy about this WRX...no wonder its been sitting there for the past 4 weeks at the same price. ...Well still in the market for a WRX.

thanks for the help guys!!!

 

Did it have the milk jug? The silencer that's in the passenger side fender? You could leave the stock instake and the filter box in place and it would make that noice audibly if the jug was removed.

 

^^^ What he said.