PCV Valve - Who Knew?

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:33 pm

Wow!

New PCV in, the hesitation has gone, and as Merlin says, the car definitely feels much perkier

Just to think, I was very close to forking out to have it Terraclean-ed

Well worth the change over!

Post by **lewd lude lover** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:49 am

yes catch tanks are worth it but you need to fill them full of something for the vapour to condence around or you are just hoping to catch everything on the sides. A load of cheap thin chain or my personal favorite a scouring pad pulled open and stuffed into the tank. This gives plenty of surface area with little or no constriction.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:47 pm

How much was the pcv valve ?

Post by **Lude-dude** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 3:31 pm

lewd lude lover wrote:yes catch tanks are worth it but you need to fill them full of something for the vapour to condence around or you are just hoping to catch everything on the sides. A load of cheap thin chain or my personal favorite a scouring pad pulled open and stuffed into the tank. This gives plenty of surface area with little or no constriction.

so some kinda sponge? like how air filter works?

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:08 pm

mercutio wrote:How much was the pcv valve ?

From Cox Motor Parts :
"the price for the pcv valve is £37.94 inc vat, the grommet is £4.67 inc vat, postage via Royal Mail is £3.59"

Post by **ek9sid** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:44 pm

Bargain...I'm ordering one when I get back

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:52 pm

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Honda-Toyota-OE ... 68&vxp=mtr

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:52 am

Guys just clean it, you literally pull the elbow shaped PCV out of the top of the rocker cover and flush it through with some carb cleaner or similar. You'll hear it rattle when it's clean as it's basically a ball bearing.
I've done this for years, it's still the original PCV as far as I know.
Hell of a lot cheaper than buying one!

HTH

My Type-S · Post by **Carlosfandango** » Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:05 pm

True enough...I've cleaned my old one to keep as a quick swap over when needed

bb1boy · Post by **bb1boy** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:42 pm

Talking of Terraclean.. has anyone had this done on an old engine? I'd be afraid of waking up new problems..