As a matter of fact i do...
I have the stock valve. It works great and doesn't leak.
+1. I never understood the crazy impulse to go out and buy aftermarket BPV's or worse, to by BOV's and run them in bad VTA, just to get some kind of louder or stranger duck call or farting sound, or to operate under the illusion that the stock BPV is junk just because its housing is plastic, and therefore, it must be leaking and causing a loss of power.
I guess those who think plastic is bad better rip out all that other plastic stuff, especially in the engine compartment, because that thinking would lead one to conclude that it's all cheap and defective and will fail too!
Metal is not always better for every application.
People should mod their cars for whatever purpose they want, even to choose their favorite farting sound when shifting under boost. I completely support modding to personal taste.
But if its just personal taste, the owner should not try to justify it on the grounds that the stock BPV is a POS, and robs the car of performance. I can't help but notice all the problems people are having with their precious, and sometimes very expensive aftermarket valves, in either setting them up to perform at least as well as the "POS" plastic stock valve or in maintaining their valve. This is all amusing to me.
Under the hood, where things get pretty damn not, high thermal plastic might actually be a better choice with a lower likelihood of changing internal dimensions with changes in temperature, where high strength is not required.
I can't make my stock BPV valve leak. It just holds boost steady to my shfit point. Period. Dumb me. I must be doing something wrong. If it fails, I'm probably going to get an aftermarket valve that's as close in design and function and sound (or lack of sound) to the stock valve as possible.
I outgrew making "artificial" sounds to impress my frends when I realized as a kid that making armpit farts was not getting me the kind of attention I was looking for.
I also put an extra straight through 3 inch resonator in the middle of my race pipe to make things more quiet after the dp/rp mod. Was getting headaches from the noise. I'd rather speak with numbers - 5.1 seconds to 60, 60-100 in 6.3, quarter in 13.4 @106, with just an intake and dp/rp on stock BPV, stock CBE and stock ECU tune, stock rims and tires.
Something must be wrong with my stock BPV. What do I have to do to to it to make it leak?
