hey guys i am just curious to what is involved and any shortcuts/ advice for the pcv valve replcement. do i need to pull the upper intake? stuff like that... someone out there sum it up for me
Nah... if you hold your tongue just right you'll be able to reach around the back of the upper plenum and replace the PCV. When installing it's usually easier to hook up the VAC line then install it into the lower intake.
The EASIEST thing to do would be to go to your local (favorite) oil change place (at your convienience) and tell em to swap out the PCV when they change your oil.
I just did this, get the Motorcraft PCV part. The ones they push in the stores have a 90 degree bend on the top. The hoses on my engine were hard and would not bend to fit. Pick up the wire mesh screen that goes under the PCV and a gromet too. FYI, the easy way to get the screen out is to hit it with carb spray an use a 3 inch wood screw to pull it out.
I'll second the spray and screw for the screen...I tried everything and eventually had to use a screw to get it out
I've read the pcv's from stores are bad news, but that's what I got..FRAM. I think you can get them at ford for like $15-20 w/ the screen. DO get the screen...Ford has 'em. If you're not going to ford, it's a Borg-Warner part #, so O'Reilly's and Pep Boys should have them.
BTW, that "90 bend" does come off, it's just a piece of plastic you can use or pull off and put the hose where the plastic piece was.
For those who change their own oil: My loving wife sent me this.
WOMEN
1. Pull up to Jiffy Lube when the mileage reaches 3000 since the last oil change.
2. Drink a cup of coffee.
3. 15 minutes later, write a check and leave with a properly maintained vehicle.
Money Spent:
$20.00 Oil Change
$1.00 Coffee
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$21.00 Total
MEN
1. Go to O'Reilly auto parts and write a check for 50 dollars for oil, filter, oil lift (AKA kitty litter), hand cleaner and scented tree.
2. Discover that the used oil container is full. Instead of taking back to O'Reilly to recycle, dump in hole in back yard.
3. Open a beer and drink it.
4. Spend 30 minutes looking for jack stands.
5. Find jack stands under kid's pedal car.
6. In frustration, open another beer and drink it.Jack car up.
7. Place drain pan under engine.
8. Look for 9/16 box end wrench.
9. Give up and use crescent wrench.
10. Unscrew drain plug.
11. Drop drain plug in pan of hot oil; get hot oil on you in process.
12. Clean up.
13. Have another beer while oil is draining.
14. Look for oil filter wrench.
15. Give up; poke oil filter with Phillips screwdriver and twist it off.
16. Beer
17. Buddy shows up; have Philly hoagie sandwich with him,
finish case of beer. Finish oil change tomorrow.
18. Next day, drag pan full of old oil out from underneath car.
19. Throw oil lift (AKA kitty litter) on oil spilled during step 18.
20. Beer. No, drank it all yesterday.
21. Walk to 7-11; buy beer.
22. Install new oil filter making sure to apply a thin coat of clean oil to gasket first.
23. Dump first quart of fresh oil into engine.
24. Remember drain plug from step 11.
25. Hurry to find drain plug in drain pan.
26. Hurry to replace drain plug before the whole quart of fresh oil drains onto the floor.
27. Slip with wrench and bang knuckles on frame.
28. Bang head on floor board in reaction.
$&**()^$#@%^&(@
29. Begin cussing fit.
30. Throw wrench.
$&**()^$#@%^&(@
31. Cuss for additional 10 minutes because wrench hit Miss December (1992) in the left boob.
32. Clean up; apply Band-Aid to knuckle.
33. Beer.
34. Beer.
35. Dump in additional 4 quarts of oil.
36. Beer.
37. Lower car from jack stands
38. Accidentally crush one of the jack stands
39. Move car back to apply more kitty litter to fresh oil spilled during step 23.
40. Test drive car.
41. Get pulled over; arrested for driving under the influence.
42. Car gets impounded.
43. Make bail. Get car from impound yard.
Total Time Spent ???
Money Spent:
$50 parts
$12 beer
$75 replacement set of jack stands; hey the colors have to match!
$1000 Bail
$200 Impound and towing fee
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$1337 Total