PCV valve

[MooseNelson]

Man, thought it would be obvious, but don't see it

Any help here thanks

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[KimMG]

What motor do you have?
What is the model year?

[MooseNelson]

99 se dohc thanks !!!

[shorod]

This has been addressed a few times before on the forum. A quick search (excellent feature, I suggest everyone try a search of the forum before posting a question!) yielded the following thread, with photos:
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...ighlight=valve

-Rod

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by shorod

(excellent feature, I suggest everyone try a search of the forum before posting a question!)

I always say the same. The only drawback is 1/2 the time the thread goes without a complete solution.

[way2old]

Exactly. I love it when a poster askes a question and gets several really good answers, then never returns. Wish more would post the fix so we know if we were any help or not. There has beena few that go to other forums and rag some other forum cause there is not the right answer. Same people do not reply to informational post from member. So, guess I will drink a drink, slowly go off the soap box, and ride into the sunset on this subject. Kinda sore spot to me.

[wrightz28]

Here's my logic, and oh yeah, get back on your soapbox! :

When helping diagnose a situation, I do each reply in a step by step for the most part. So that,

A) I can feel out the poster as to their ability and available tools and resource. Instead of telling someone that "their trans won't move because the sungear is cracked and here's how you replace it" when they've neverchanged a spark plug before.

And B) A user doing a search 5=6 months gets far better information from a thread that is started, worked on and resolved and may see the errors that another has amde, or a quicker approach that a passer by may have pointed out.

Let's face it, in the world of repairing things there are 2 ways to learn, from the experience of those who know what they are doing, or from you own mistakes until you know what you're doing.

[shorod]

Originally Posted by wrightz28

A) I can feel out the poster as to their ability and available tools and resource. Instead of telling someone that "their trans won't move because the sungear is cracked and here's how you replace it" when they've neverchanged a spark plug before.

I agree, I try to do this too. I like to post what the likely cause it, then wait for them to report back, "Okay, so how would I fix that." My next response may be "Take it to a qualified shop," "Buy a service manual," or detailed steps based on the simplicity of the problem and the requester's response.

Originally Posted by wrightz28

Let's face it, in the world of repairing things there are 2 ways to learn, from the experience of those who know what they are doing, or from you own mistakes until you know what you're doing.

Been there, done both (probably more of the second option). It seems I remember better when I make the mistake in person.

-Rod

[MooseNelson]

hey guys thanks, I did use the search function before hand though maybe it's case sensitive? Anyway, thanks for the post, and sorry i was out for the weekend, I'll be hacking away monday morning for sure.

[shorod]

That's interesting. I tried to search for PCV and came up empty as well. However, when I searched for "valve" I found numerous hits, some with PCV in the subject. Looks like an interesting bug.....

-Rod