PCV Valve
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07-19-2011 | 01:58 PM
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PCV Valve
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07-20-2011 | 09:07 AM
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From: Waltervliet, MI
Yeah it's on top of the intake manifold to the left hand side of the throttle body. You have to take the whole air intake system off to get to it. It twist in and out from the top. I needed to use needle nose pliers to get mine out. They run $20+ at most parts store and they have to order it. You may have to get it from the dealer. I had to order mine online. Hope this helps.
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07-20-2011 | 06:00 PM
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From: Sioux Falls, SD
O'Reillys and Advance Auto are my two favorite local places. Rock Auto is my favorite online parts place.
O'Reillys has it for about $25, and the ones in my area claim they can have it at the store within 24 hours. Advance Auto claims they don't have it at all.
$25 isn't bad actually. Rock Auto, normally far cheaper than either Advance or O'Reillys, has it for just under $23, and thats not including a little bit for shipping. I'd have them order it in for you at O'Reillys. If you can, take the old PCV into the store with you, make sure the new one you're getting is exactly the same as the old. O'Reillys does have a picture of it on their website.
Some parts you have to go to the dealership for, this doesn't appear to be one of them.
Just be glad you don't have the 4.7's PCV valve. In 2005 or early 2006 ish, they issued a recall for the PCV valve. They had it right below the oil fill neck, and I guess moisture would get in there and cause problems. They relocated it to the opposite end of the engine, on the back of the driver's side valve cover. O'Reillys, Advance, etc. all list the old PCV valve part, and that doesn't work, the new part is completely different. Rock Auto was the only one that carried the correct part, even the dealership had the wrong part.
O'Reillys has it for about $25, and the ones in my area claim they can have it at the store within 24 hours. Advance Auto claims they don't have it at all.
$25 isn't bad actually. Rock Auto, normally far cheaper than either Advance or O'Reillys, has it for just under $23, and thats not including a little bit for shipping. I'd have them order it in for you at O'Reillys. If you can, take the old PCV into the store with you, make sure the new one you're getting is exactly the same as the old. O'Reillys does have a picture of it on their website.
Some parts you have to go to the dealership for, this doesn't appear to be one of them.
Just be glad you don't have the 4.7's PCV valve. In 2005 or early 2006 ish, they issued a recall for the PCV valve. They had it right below the oil fill neck, and I guess moisture would get in there and cause problems. They relocated it to the opposite end of the engine, on the back of the driver's side valve cover. O'Reillys, Advance, etc. all list the old PCV valve part, and that doesn't work, the new part is completely different. Rock Auto was the only one that carried the correct part, even the dealership had the wrong part.
Last edited by jasonw; 07-20-2011 at 06:08 PM.