Hey hey folks, 1st thread and it is about the issue with the pcv valve replacement on a 92 3.slow 3vze engine. Been reading through a handful of threads and pretty much came to the conclusion that the location of the valve sux and enginuity is at hand. Dont really want to take the intake plenum off for the fear of opening Pandoras box and was wondering.... what about taking the hood off and using a pair off 11" offset pliers (from harbor freight tools 8.99) and a 24" grab tool(1.50) for grabbing the dried out grommet....... think it will work? Bought the rig used and replaced everything a "weekend" mech possibly could, still have a very rich fuel smell, whether hot or cold. It has a world of potential and trying to baby it up. I see where folks have used vise grips and a 2x4- is this being used from directly on top of the intake plenum or going at it from the side? Looks like a job for either a contortionist with small hands or a stealership- Can anyone help a new yota owner?? Thanks to all who can.........

 

I just used long needle nose pliers, some people have suggested 45 degree bent ones, but I got it with straight ones. Takes some time and patience though.

 

Welcome to the forum. You will really like this place. Some cool peeps here too.

Search the forums and you will find several solutions just like you mentioned. There was also a cool set up mentioned yesterday to eliminate pulling the PCV valve off the valve cover. Search the forum and you will find it.

It seems like most people do pull the valve out using needle nose pliers. Several mentioned they just take it to the dealer and have it replaced for somewhere around $20.

 

Take it to the dealer. But make sure they bill you for the time using Toy's flat rate software. Supposedly, according to my dealer, the flat-rate billing time is 20 minutes or about $23, even though it's a pain-in-de-butt. It was well worth the money to sit in the dealer's chair for an hour-and-a-half knowing what the mechanic was going through.

 

I also am a noob here and started my own thread regarding this issue. I took the suggestion of the 45 degree bent nose 11" pliers and worked mine out in abot 5 minutes. Drive around and get the engine warmed up pretty good to "soften" the gromet around it. To install the new one I first inserted the gromet and the lightly sprayed the base of the new pcv valve with some WD-40. Using the same needle nose pliers i was able to barely get the new pcv valve started, then proceeded to work it in by hand.

Yeah Babypig had talked about drilling out the old ocv valve and using some new tubing to "relocate" the "good" pcv valve out from under the Air Intake Manifold.

Good louck, I know your pain.

-=Morphine=-

 

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