Few questions regarding aftermarket BOV.

[AtillaTheHung]

So, I want my truck to sneeze because it's sneezin' season.

I do have a few questions though.

• Where does the factory valve route the blow off to? Does it go back into the intake?
• More to the above question, will an aftermarket throw off sensors if the factory BOV does route back to the intake and an aftermarket doesn't? (i.e. MAF, pressure, etc)
• Would it increase or benefit reliability in any form at all? I'm not out for performance.
• Does this make the truck run richer since that air isn't getting back into the intake?

Thanks everyone.

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[OWSportninja]

Factory valve vents back into the intake yes.

No it will not trigger any sensors or throw a CEL

Reliability is debatable but some would say it is more reliable than the "factory" valve yes

And no it does not make the truck run richer.

Ive had one on my truck for about 7k miles now with no issues whatsoever.

 

[AtillaTheHung]

Factory valve vents back into the intake yes.

No it will not trigger any sensors or throw a CEL

Reliability is debatable but some would say it is more reliable than the "factory" valve yes

And no it does not make the truck run richer.

Ive had one on my truck for about 7k miles now with no issues whatsoever.

Thanks. I was reading on the Mustang EcoBoost forums where earlier 2017s would run rich, but I am guessing our platform is different.

My goal is to continue to add smiles per gallon when driving the thing.

I'm assuming your truck doesn't suffer from fuel in oil smell, either?

 

[OWSportninja]

Thanks. I was reading on the Mustang EcoBoost forums where earlier 2017s would run rich, but I am guessing our platform is different.

My goal is to continue to add smiles per gallon when driving the thing.

I'm assuming your truck doesn't suffer from fuel in oil smell, either?

Unfortunately my truck does suffer from the fuel in oil smell. And I have documented it with Ford and had my technician run all kinds of tests and it passed all of them. One of the test was to see if the truck was running rich and it is not. Fuel trims are normal and withing spec. Ford basically told me nothing was wrong with my truck and it was operating normally. Im just shortening the length of my oil change intervals in the meantime and living with it.

 

[AtillaTheHung]

Unfortunately my truck does suffer from the fuel in oil smell. And I have documented it with Ford and had my technician run all kinds of tests and it passed all of them. One of the test was to see if the truck was running rich and it is not. Fuel trims are normal and withing spec. Ford basically told me nothing was wrong with my truck and it was operating normally. Im just shortening the length of my oil change intervals in the meantime and living with it.

That's why I have done nothing to my engine. Terrified of creating an issue.

Would the Boomba Racing BOV adapter (also makes the whoosh, but keeps factory components) be any less stressful to the engine?

 

[OWSportninja]

I had no idea Boomba even made a BOV adapter but honestly thats what they all are anyways. I have the GFB version on mine (sticky thread above with lots of info on it)

Plenty of people have the fuel in oil smell and have no mods so i don't think it has anything to do with installing a BOV. I ran a BOV on my 17 Focus ST for 30k before I had the ranger ( I actually had FBO's on the focus so it was modded pretty heavily) and I had no fuel smell in my oil ever in that car. It's only ever been a problem in the Ranger for whatever reason.

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