PCV valve frustrations

O'Silver_Taco · Jul 25, 2022

Thats a clean lookin engine, and I notice the stock cast iron headers are gone that eventually crack...
good deal.....

Nessal · Jul 25, 2022

O'Silver_Taco said: ↑

Not so certain on the intake one, I just did mine (plenum replace) and you'd have to break the egr all loose, you know the gaskets that fall to pieces or have to be jack hammered off.....if you dont have oil in plenum I wouldnt mess with..

My taco came with a stripped bolt hole on upper plenum where throttle body bolts in.....so be super careful torquing down on aluminum......
turns out the threads on that bolt was damaged(cut) and did a number on that aluminum....

The tube seals would be a good ideal.....most try to cheat on those......

See how that $4 a year grommet is not such a bad deal........literally less than 5 min of your time......
Little bit of silicone grease (dielectric) makes it all slide back together.......
have seen someone punch a new one thru.....that was unfishable......required cover removal....

For my pcv hose I used clear blue fuel line hose for a snowmobile..largest dia I could find....any fuel line would do....10' 3/8" cost me like $8......so mine gets a new hose every other year.....
.....Vacum leaks are little bastards and this is ground zero for em.....
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Might as well check valve lash while in there lol. It doesn't end.

O'Silver_Taco · Jul 25, 2022

I was gonna say.....you won a free pass to check those valves.....
dealers charge alot of money to get to where you are......

Yeah when I work on something major, usually set a side couple Lesure days...
and I look for more trouble......in that area....
When egr all went back together, I used all new bolts, studs, nuts, gaskets, tube, egr valve....
Even new water lines.......

Many times trying to catch autozone just before close.....

Only thing worse than going back and redoing something,
is fixing someone else's mess.....

Diablo169 · Jul 25, 2022

O'Silver_Taco said: ↑

Yeah I made this mistake, left a new one in 2 1/2 years, it got toasty/crispy.....
even with heat and gentle prying it still decapitated, and had to pluck that bottom straight off the valve cam, mine doesnt have baffle....

Next time I used a Napa, slightly harder rubber, boy that was a mistake, had a heck of a time getting that one out....

Now I just replace with the doormans once a year...its right softness and they're $4......

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I paid $4.75 for an OEM one from my local dealer. 90480-18001

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