Ok so today was the day I decided to update the PCV on my car to the latest revision. The Saharan sands had subsided and the parts were in at the local stealer's, so I set about it.
The price of the gasket really caught me off guard
Shiny new bits
Old, possibly factory PCV in situ:
Unbolted to reveal.....MAYO?!
The old valve internal shot
I then popped the breather hoses off to inspect those. The short one that connects to the inlet manifold was fine, but the longer one that disappears down into the depths looked like this....
Properly blocked with mayo....
Got it off the car (with great difficulty since there isn't much room where it connects to the engine lower down) and irrigated it to clear it out
The gunk seemed endless.
All clean and thoroughly dried
The re assembly begins.
New valve on....
And all back together
My main concern now is why there is so much emulsified oil in and around the PCV system? There is some on the oil filler cap but that's pretty normal, but there is also a bit on the dipstick!
The car hasn't used a drop of coolant and there are no signs of oil in the header tank. Can anyone offer any insight into what may be going on here?
Thanks for reading
