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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eddie23452" data-source="post: 661419" data-attributes="member: 549664"><p>Hyundia's are really slow cars. and my knowledge of a wastegate is = that it controls the amount of boost ( p.s.i.)and it is a let-off for the boost from the turbocharger.What would happen if you did not have a BOV (or a wastegate, but thats another story),..well When you let off the gas, there would still be positive manifold pressure and it would cause an extreme lean out condition, which would most definitely burn a piston...having no BOV would not make a car run lean though. When the throttle is closed, no further air can enter the engine, thus the motor would be running on fuel and not air.... thats why you sometimes see flashes of fire out exaust pipes when people lift off the gas, it is actaully a rich condition.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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