Thread: Pcv

**VXR** · 05/28/2007, 08:58 PM

I recently did an oil change & replaced the PCV. I gave the old one the "rattle test" and it sounded almost as good as the new one but I replaced it anyway.

I just checked the old one and now that it is cooler it does not rattle at all.

So I would recommend you replace the PCV even if it seems to pass the rattle test.

I have been using the FRAM FV384 is there a better one?

**nfpgasmask** · 05/29/2007, 08:34 AM

I have used both the FRAM and the Deutsch PCV valves. I personally do not notice a difference.

Bart

Originally Posted by VXR

I recently did an oil change & replaced the PCV. I gave the old one the "rattle test" and it sounded almost as good as the new one but I replaced it anyway.

I just checked the old one and now that it is cooler it does not rattle at all.

So I would recommend you replace the PCV even if it seems to pass the rattle test.

I have been using the FRAM FV384 is there a better one?

**tom4bren** · 05/29/2007, 11:07 AM

After Y'all scared the BeeJeebees out of me on the PCV, I went out and checked mine. It didn't rattle but was clean as a whistle. It still works though because it's just a very simple check valve. I could only get air through in one direction.

If it makes you feel better to replace it if it don't rattle then by all means do so (they are cheap). I prefer to just keep mine clean and make sure it's working properly.

CAUTION: after cleaning it, dry it well before you start blowing into it. Brake cleaner tastes really bad and will burn your eyes pretty bad. (I'm being sarcastic - don't stick things into your mouth after taking them off of your car).

**Ldub** · 05/29/2007, 11:08 AM

My favorite is Purolator # PV-1061.

It's the type with a brass cylinder inside, instead of a spring & ball.

I like em' because you can clean em' out with carb cleaner & re-use them a couple of times.

Also easier to pass/fail with the "rattle test", as they rattle mort distinctly than the spring & ball type.

My two centavos...

**WILLY** · 05/29/2007, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by Ldub

My favorite is Purolator # PV-1061.

It's the type with a brass cylinder inside, instead of a spring & ball.

I like em' because you can clean em' out with carb cleaner & re-use them a couple of times.

Also easier to pass/fail with the "rattle test", as they rattle mort distinctly than the spring & ball type.

My two centavos...

Who sells the purolator ldub?

**Ldub** · 05/29/2007, 02:23 PM

I can't remember which it was...Advance Auto or Auto Zone, but it was one of the two.

**etlsport** · 05/29/2007, 02:24 PM

i get my purolators from advance auto

**nfpgasmask** · 05/29/2007, 02:32 PM

Yeah, AutoZone carries the Deutsch brand. We don't have Advance Auto out here in Reno, at least not that I know of.

Bart

PS: LDUB, who said it was your turn to have a disturbing avatar?

Originally Posted by etlsport

i get my purolators from advance auto

**Ldub** · 05/29/2007, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by nfpgasmask

PS: LDUB, who said it was your turn to have a disturbing avatar?

Bill Bradsky...

**PHO2GR4** · 05/29/2007, 02:57 PM

Ldub, what the heck IS your avatar?

**Kenny** · 05/29/2007, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by Ldub

Bill Bradsky...

ROTFLMAO!!! LITERALLY!

"Bill Bradsky has a three legged, -retentive marmoset so big, it ate its way through a seven mile row of pancake-filled doghouses while the relative humidity in Panama was 87%. "

**Ldub** · 05/30/2007, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by PHO2GR4

Ldub, what the heck IS your avatar?

It is a guy (sort of

) from a commercial advertising something that's "berries & cream".
I can't remembr what the product was...breath mints or something, but he was suitably freakish to be used as an avatar.

VXR, sorry for the thread jack.

**nfpgasmask** · 05/30/2007, 08:20 AM

Oh, I see. At first I thought it was you as a teenager.

Bart

Originally Posted by Ldub

It is a guy (sort of

) from a commercial advertising something that's "berries & cream".
I can't remembr what the product was...breath mints or something, but he was suitably freakish to be used as an avatar.

VXR, sorry for the thread jack.

**PHO2GR4** · 05/30/2007, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by Ldub

It is a guy (sort of

) from a commercial advertising something that's "berries & cream".
I can't remembr what the product was...breath mints or something, but he was suitably freakish to be used as an avatar.

VXR, sorry for the thread jack.

I......see.

Well, I'd be the LAST person to engage in a thread-jack, normally. But in my opinion, the only thing weirder than using THAT as an avatar would be searching YouTube for the actual commercial. So I did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPFyoEpGVA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik8xp...elated&search=

And just for Ldub: the remixed version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWsm...elated&search=

**nfpgasmask** · 05/30/2007, 09:01 PM

OK, that is freakish. Were these commercials really on US TV? I don't watch TV so I don't know....

Bart

Originally Posted by PHO2GR4

I......see.

Well, I'd be the LAST person to engage in a thread-jack, normally. But in my opinion, the only thing weirder than using THAT as an avatar would be searching YouTube for the actual commercial. So I did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsPFyoEpGVA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik8xp...elated&search=

And just for Ldub: the remixed version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hWsm...elated&search=

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