As soon as you noticesigns of a bad pcv valveand have troubleshooted to determine that the culprit is indeed the PCV valve,you might be able to drive a couple miles to the nearest repair shop or get the parts needed for a replacement. What you should do then is to plug the vacuum s...
An air leak anywhere between the engine intake and the mass air flow sensor is often called a 'vacuum leak' or 'intake leak'. Common examples of vacuum leaks include a ripped or cracked intake boot, leakingintake manifold gaskets, stuck-open or defective PCV valve or ripped PCV hose, crack...
hose. Engines with excessive blowby will sometimes fill the air cleaner with oil: there's more blowby than the PCV valve can handle so the blowby gas goes backwards into the air cleaner. A lot of cars have a broken PCV inlet hose: those cars are SUCKING DIRT AND DUST INTO THEIR ...
If the engine runs hot at low speeds or at stops I would be suspect of a faulty radiator cooling fan motor which is not coming on. OR, there is an air bubble in the cooling system that needs to be bled out. If you did not have this overheating issue before the radiator hose replace...
As soon as you noticesigns of a bad pcv valveand have troubleshooted to determine that the culprit is indeed the PCV valve,you might be able to drive a couple miles to the nearest repair shop or get the parts needed for a replacement. What you should do then is to plug the vacuum ...