Stwodahorty

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hi guys, im about to purchase a new pcv valve. I haven't changed it yet, but i was wondering if any one of you can guide me on where its located or if theres anything specifically i need to do to change it. A Few of you before commented that its one of the easiest things to change within 2 minutes. Pictures would be great. Please let me know, your input is appreciated. Thanks

93maximaguy

yea i would like to know where it is too anyone?

biggz2332

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What do you have VE or VG

I see you have a VE so your is tucked behind the intake manifold towards the left side/bottom(from front of car) and it's covered with a lil black hose it's not the easiest to do!!

gfnk357

If you have a VG it's on the back right corner of the upper intake manifold, it has a big black hose that connects to the rear valve cover. You might need to spray it with some P.B. Blast to free it up if the threads are seized.

Stwodahorty

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Yea i have a vg, if someone could take a picture that be very great!

rmdl51

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Here I have an old picture but I circled in red the PCV valve, watch for the hose since it's aged it's very easy to break it and can't find it on local auto parts I had to find replacement on junkyard, this job is very easy to do and this is coming from an inexperienced guy who try to DIY on everything about my Maxima.

Stwodahorty

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ok that just made things a WHOLE lot easier lmao. does it matter what brand it is? cuz i can pick up a brand called NOVO for 3 bucks shipped.

rmdl51

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I bought mine for about 4 bucks at my local auto parts, forgot the brand but I don't think brand make a lot of difference on this case, I might be wrong but never heard about a particular brand of PCV valve

Stwodahorty

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could i pick up a new pcv valve hose at like a kragen or autozone? cuz i dont think i can reuse mine its wearin down

rmdl51

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I tried autozone, pepboys and kragen without luck for that hose, they all told me it's a dealer part, only pepboys suggested to buy 1 ft of straight hose and twist as needed but I wasn't convinced I could do that having a good result, so got to my local junkyard and found 4 maximas, 3 of them the hose was terrible, lucky me on the 4th max the hose was decent and I was able to remove it without any damage.

maximo018

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you'd have to get that hose from courtesy.

Stwodahorty

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i checked today from my local dealership, they said it was $27.05, a friend of mine works a lexus, i think he has hookups for the other dealerships too, seeing if he can get it cheaper.

gfnk357

I was looking at the hose, I think you could get away with just using some straight hose from the auto store and looping it over the other hoses to the back valve cover, it shouldn't be a problem since there's no sharp bends to kink the hose.

Stwodahorty

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i put on my new pcv valve today, ended up using the same hose, it was reusable, it was kinda cracked but still works, i just used electric tape to hold it together, and clamped it too.

Infam0usMax

damn this helped alot...!

nyc_ink

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what does the pcv valve do?
why do people always want to replace it?
just asking cause i dont know and wondering if i need to change mine.

Infam0usMax

Im not sure what it does but that sure as hell killed that rough idle I had the hose was cracked also so i taped it up really good and replaced the PCV in like 5mins I was done. However the old PCV was all dark and looked stuck with old oil in it.

nyc_ink

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lol i googled it, apparently is does a big job for a small part

http://www.autorized.com/auto-mainte...valve-do.shtml