BBK SSI Intake - Fuel Leaks anyone? - SAVE YOURSELF!!!!!
After my ongoing battle with bbk i was doing some Google research about these intakes and from what i am seeing they're nothing but trouble!
I traveled to Allfordmustangs review of the product and everyone is saying the same thing, that these super expensive intakes leak!
I was originally happy to have the product, but with poor customer service (Bryan Rogers telling me BBK was laughing at me cause of my fuel leak problems) and a seriously faulty dangerous product, what do you do ?
All i can say to everyone is read the reviews here, check out my threads regarding this product and make the right judgment. Many people are complaining about leaks, and leaking fuel is no joke!
The stangfan thread that was locked HERE
This was my original stangnet thread that got closed down HERE
Now i don't have crazy money into BBK products, only around $3000. But for the way i was treated is unreal.
Again, be considerate to yourself and investment when looking at this intake. The BBK SSI Intake is a fuel leak disaster waiting to happen!
PROS of the intake:
- unique design
- comes with everything you need
- finish is decent
CONS
- leaks fuel from cross over
- faulty design on the press fit (expect to use shims to get anywhere near a non leaking cross over)
- o-rings corrode, expect a leak regardless if it doesn't leak now
- worst customer service EVER. Bryan Rogers (developer of the BBK is unprofessional and rude, Bryan Murphy never returns calls) They may as well have monkeys working there.
- oil leaks are common as well
You seem to be on some kind of personal vendetta against BBK.
You bought a faulty intake. Instead of returning it or immediately calling the manufacturer you had it custom fixed and want BBK to take care of it.
BBKs return, warranty, and exchange policy is written very clearly on their site. Perhaps next time read it first before you try to flame them for something.
I've had bad products from different companies. I had a shifter from Company A tear out my transmission (The nut on the bottom of the shifter rattled loose into my transmission and wedged under the gear selector.) It cost me $4,000 to fix. It's the cost of doing business. It happens and yea it sucks, but I'm not on a vendetta against that company because they do make quality products I just had an unfortunate time with one of their products.
So the intake leaked and it cost you a total of 300 bucks to get it custom fixed. If you really wanted to get it fixed you should've called BBK first and talked to them.
I'll go ahead and say this as well. You are ordering parts off Summit and then getting someone else to put them on? That's called being cheap. Yea it's 10-20 bucks cheaper to buy something online than it is at the local speed shop, but I go to the local speed shop because they are much more knowledgeable and would have dealt with it themselves.
Congratulations on being an ass, I hope this thread is locked quickly.
I absolutly love my BBK SSI intake system no fuel leak here BBK rocks!! as for the price I paid 650 for my setup and it came with high flow fuel rails, and 70mm throttle body this setup pulls hard in the mid to upper rpm range can't wait to put my paxton on this setup should be awesome!!
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I see this posted by many on this intake but I have installed 5 of these in the past 1.5 years and never had someone tell me they had a problem. I guess I need to see pictures and the issue before I can say it is the the product and not the installer.
I have other BBK products on my car, and there cool. But I've never really cared for there intake. It's to bulky, and ugly. With that said I agree with that dude, you should have read thier return policy before you messed around with the intake. Maybe you just got a faulty one, and they would of shipped you a new one. That's my 2
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wow that is some interesting reading, sucks for me. I hope they dont leak as I will be installing mine myself, my setup is new but I think it was bought two years ago just never put on a car. I am planning on starting this week. you would think if they had enough problems they would make a fix kit for it. otherewise all the complaints could turn into class action lawsuit or something. anyway sorry that guy had so many problems but I cant return mine or warranty it now so I hope it turns out well. for my sake. but at very worse if it did leak the fix looked ok but how did he plug the none threaded tube holes. thread them than plug them. the most suprising thing is the time the guy from bbk spent on line answering for bbk at least he put himself out there. I will let you all know how I do. Allen
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Bummer this happened to you. I personally haven't ever had a problem with BBK, personally or parts wise, but if there's just one problem anywhere, it needs to be resolved. I see how long ago this happened, what was the result?
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I am not nearly as angry as i was previously. Their own techs laughed and told me to build the car myself next time as if that would solve anything. Had i put it together myself they would have blamed me for it then. Basically, the issue with gas leaking from my intake was everyone elses problem / fault, not theirs.
End result was they sent out more o-rings and wanted me to double up the o-rings on both sides. Crazy talk and nothing but a band-aid fix for a dangerous problem.
The president of BBK called me, i even blogged about it here.
There is about 6 posts about this shitty intake there. I wanted to document it as best as i can on my own site so that it wouldn't get locked or buried under the rug because of some legal threats (which yes, they threatened me as well). LOL
Even my blog someone commented that they had the same issues. I guess my post(s) are indexed in google.
End result is that a shop charged me $300 to resolve the problem. The car isn't a ticking fire bomb anymore. LOL
Should note, my car was appraised at just under $30,000. Its not that im afraid to spend the money to resolve an issue, but BBK was one of the most unprofessional companies i have ever dealt with. $300 is a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of things, but their customer service was poor, they threatened legal action on me for exposing the issue and even told me that they sat around laughing that my car leaks fuel.
LOL
In the end, my problem went away and until they make resolution, i will always chime in on their leaky BBK SSI intakes.
And just to note, even another stangnet member had the issue, check it here.
It was funny, soon as my post went up on that site all these users with 1 posts came into defend them. LOL
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Originally Posted by apyah
wow that is some interesting reading, sucks for me. I hope they dont leak as I will be installing mine myself, my setup is new but I think it was bought two years ago just never put on a car. I am planning on starting this week. you would think if they had enough problems they would make a fix kit for it. otherewise all the complaints could turn into class action lawsuit or something. anyway sorry that guy had so many problems but I cant return mine or warranty it now so I hope it turns out well. for my sake. but at very worse if it did leak the fix looked ok but how did he plug the none threaded tube holes. thread them than plug them. the most suprising thing is the time the guy from bbk spent on line answering for bbk at least he put himself out there. I will let you all know how I do. Allen
If you need pics i can dig up the cross over the shop did for me.
Funny thing about them online posting was they said they never heard about Stangnet and yet when i mentioned it they instantly replied (within minutes) and then their cronies joined and posted with posts like intake works perfect, best intake eva!!!!! lol
Good luck, i am sure it'll work out, they are beautiful intakes but as i have explained to everyone i have met at a show that commented on it, i personally would never ever put this intake on any car again or tell someone too. The thought of leaking fuel on a hot engine parked in my garage scares the crap out of me.
Again, sorry this happened. Obviously you had a real problem, and it shouldn't be swept under the rug. If you want to post those pictures of the fix, go ahead. A fuel leak isn't something that should be laughed at, and I'm sure you're not the only one who this has ever happened to. It wasn't the actual intake itself but the crossover tube that connects the two rails? The tube that goes between the intake ports? Show us what you had to wind up doing. I'm wondering if using a different brand rail system like the TFS, Aeromotive, or other, would eliminate the problem.
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I have heard of the BBK intake leaking fuel on several applications. Just my 2 cents
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but I go to the local speed shop because they are much more knowledgeable and would have dealt with it themselves.
i agree 100% with you on that! ... i dont know why anyone would not support there local shop! " unless there assholes and there isnt any around your area!" i got the shop by me atleast 50 customers!... i always drop there name to people! in return they always helped me out! letting me use there lift, trailer, or just general help!
most local shops eather beat or match jeggs and summit!
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Again, sorry this happened. Obviously you had a real problem, and it shouldn't be swept under the rug. If you want to post those pictures of the fix, go ahead. A fuel leak isn't something that should be laughed at, and I'm sure you're not the only one who this has ever happened to. It wasn't the actual intake itself but the crossover tube that connects the two rails? The tube that goes between the intake ports? Show us what you had to wind up doing. I'm wondering if using a different brand rail system like the TFS, Aeromotive, or other, would eliminate the problem.
Yea, it was the crossover, what a pain! Bryan Rogers solution was just start stuffing more o-rings in there. LMAO, what a joke!
I think the highlight of it all was rather than them resolving the issue, they had their pathetic tech chase me around forum to forum making fake accounts saying "INTAKE IS MINT!!!!!, NEVER LEAKED ONCE".
LOL
Reality is, crap leaks. It's dangerous.
I made sure to document it on Stangnet as well. It sucks to know that i am not the only one that has had issues.
Screw BBK,i will never buy their crap again based off their lack of customer support.
Ive purchased one myself before i read all the reviews, now that ive read them i might not of made that choice. I have not installed mine yet but i hope its not a leaker nor a whistler. My only advice to everyone that buys this intake is... if you dont have the money to do all the upgrades your planning on doing just slap that intake on anyways. It might not give you much power, if any at all but atleast youll know if it leaks or whistles.
By the way BBK offers a 1 year warranty so move fast!
I have experienced similiar issues with the new BBK SSI intake as others posted. First the fuel rail cross over is a very poor design and it must be removed, tapped and plugged. Then add a flex line across the rails at the rear. Second the spacer between the upper and lower plenum has an alignment problem leading to sealing problems. This can be fixed by filing to properly aligne. Third and most important is the sealing problem at the heads. Due to the minimal amount of metal at the top of the ports there will be sealing problems if you try to mount to anything other than stock cylinder heads. I am using GT40X heads with taller ports and there is not enough metal contact at the top to properly seal the gasket. This new intake from BBK looks fantastic and was tested to outperform many others currently on the market - BUT BBK introduced this product before it was properly tested in real world applications. Their corrective action should certainly be a redesign and better quality control. This intake has the potential to be in front of the pack if improved. If considering purchasing this product be informed!!
BBK SSI Intake - Fuel Leaks anyone? - SAVE YOURSELF!!!!! 
