PCV valve help

[av6xperience]

im TRYING to change out the pcv valve. i got the cover off, spring is out too but the p.o.s. pcv valve wont come out. it lifts up and down a little bit but wont come all the way out even with long nose pliers. anything i can do??

[hagerbump]

Re: god help me

What year car are you working with? On my 95 the PCV valve simply slides out of a rubber grommet in the valve cover. Then you just replace the whole thing for like $3.00 at any auto parts store.

[av6xperience]

Re: god help me

96. whats a rubber grommet? all i saw was the cover then the black dirty spring then the pcv valve. it will only come a certain distance up then no more even with all my strength using neddle nose pliers

[hagerbump]

Re: god help me

The PCV is just a 90° plastic elbow with a small valve inside. It pushes into the top of the passenger side valve cover which has the rubber grommet(a rubber washer) which seals the PCV to the valve cover. Then a rubber hose goes from the PCV to your intake. There are no replacable parts in a PCV valve, you chuck the old one in the trash.

Maybe you are working on the EGR valve which is connected to the exhaust manifold?

[av6xperience]

Re: god help me

which part is 90 degrees? the pcv valve i got from orielly is a straight little metal thingy. when i took the cover off and the spring out, the thing inside looks the same from the top as the one i just bought. god i feel like this should be a simple simple process but it wont freaking come out....

[hagerbump]

Re: god help me

I wish I could be more help, you are on the right track. The PCV should just pull out of the valve cover. Now that I think about it mine is a straight and there is a rubber elbow that goes on top of the PCV then a metal tube goes in the other end of the rubber elbow that connects to my intake elbow.

[av6xperience]

Re: god help me

its fine. i dont HAVE to replace mine right now just thought id get it out of the way for future possibilities. i just cant figure out how to get it to come out. ive tried pulling as hard as i possibly can with those pliers and it wont budge

[hagerbump]

Re: god help me

Hope to be able to help you some other time. Good luck.

[slow6]

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take a pic

[97rs4life]

Re: god help me

I replaced mine like 3 weeks ago. I just got a pliers and pulled it out. Came out with a little tug, not to much effort needed. Did it in about 5 minutes.

[kuttman]

Re: PCV valve help

My first time it was hard becouse it was kinda melted I guess, but it pulls strait up I dont know if you can spray somthing in it to loosen it

[av6xperience]

Re: PCV valve help

it seems like it should come straight up out but it doesnt. believe me it wont. ive pulled so hard my fingers hurt from it AND i was wearing gloves just cause i knew it would hurt pulling that hard. its almost as if something is making it stuck....idk its wierd and all i know is it should just come out but wont. its very very annoying. somebody told me to spray some wd-40 but idk if that would end up being bad for the motor or not but i might try tomm if i still cant get it.

[97rs4life]

Re: PCV valve help

does it turn in the hole at all?

[av6xperience]

Re: PCV valve help

hmm idk it might. it can slide up and down a little bit but theres a point where it wont come up anymore and i hate it

[bah]

Re: PCV valve help

ok guys, i think half of you are talking about the 3.4 and half are talking about the 3.8, from his description, i gather he has a 3.8, so if you have a 3.4 it is different, and it should just pull right out of there, mine came out with the spring, so i dont know what to tell you, except dont listen to the guys talking about a plastic elbow