Thread: Dump valves
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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From: Totnes
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The point of a blow off valve on a petrol car is to dissipate the pressure left in the system when the throttle is closed after a run on boost. As a diesel doesn't have a throttle, the issue doesn't occur.
Like the man said, why?
Of course, that ignores the small boy latent in us all!
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