$30 PCV !!!

Long story short....I go to my local O'reilly's to pick up some TB cleaner and a new PCV, the guy tells me " oh, that one is $28.99 ", I say "wtf?, it should be like $4"....he looks up a picture of it and says " hmmm, it must be because it is the screw type". Suffice it to say, I did not buy a $30 PCV. I think I'm going to just try to clean the old one with the TB cleaner.

Has anyone else had this experience? and what kind of results should I expect in cleaning and replacing PCV? I personally have always replaced with new.

 

try rockauto.com

 

Clean it with the tb spray....youll be fine.

 

Where is the pcv on these trucks? My Chilton's manual doesn't even mention it.

 

Clean it till it rattles. No need to change.

 

Thank you!!

 

Haynes Repair Manual Tacoma 2005 - 2009 shows the PCV valve. HTH
Mark

 

That part is less than $10 bucks at any decent OEM Toyota Parts shop.

 

Thanks for all the advice guys...turns out PCV wasn't in bad shape, cleaned and replaced.

 

I just pulled my PCV valve tonight to clean it in conjunction with a throttle body cleaning, air filter clean/re-oil, and MAF sensor clean. When I reinstalled the PCV valve I torqued it to 20 ft-lbs per the link above. I noticed, however, that it wasn't fully seated up against the engine / all the way to the base of the threads. Is this normal? Prior to removing it I didn't notice whether or not it was seated all the way in. Thanks!

 

It has tapered threads and doesn't need to be seated against the engine.

Local Autozone lists it for $12.99.

Part Number: PCV1014DL
Alternate Part Number: PCV1014

 

Keyword....

 

so is this a unbolt the old, bolt the new on to 20ft-lbs and call it a day type ordeal???

 

so just a turn past hand tight should suffice?

 

I paid 7 bucks at the dealer. Thirty dollars is robbery!

 

and it is literally just the one bolt right? like that's all there is to it? just seems to easy...

 

So where exactly is this pcv valve?

 

Driver's side valve cover near the back.

 

Thanks