Change your PCV valve

I saw that and couldn’t believe they were using red

 

Not needed on a PCV valve.

 

Yup. Save the red loctite for your spark plugs.

 

Red loktite is for when. U dont want to do maintenance again

 

Wait what?

On a PVC valve??????

There is no shortage of. _________!

You fill in the blank.

 

Yep. Hopefully he never needs to remove it.

 

Uh, let’s say someone (me) recently changed the PCV and used a small amount of red loctite per said video. Should they (me) try to remove the PCV now and replace it or just leave it alone and not risk damaging anything?

 

I’m particular so I’d want to pull it off but the decision might already be made for you and you just don’t know it yet.

 

meaning it’s already stuck?

 

Website says it sets in a few min and cures fully in 24 hours, so depending on how much it could be at Texas Gorilla strength!

I don’t think my parents ever bothered with PCV valves and heck, even dad’s 200k mile RAV4 likely has the factory rear diff fill so you likely got a long time before worrying. (and hey, maybe you could spray some cleaner in there in 100k miles and cross your fingers as a workaround)

 

I changed it last weekend so I’m just going to leave it. I had planned to do my sons this weekend but didn’t get around to it so now I’m glad I didn’t!

 

Easy peasy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBIMm5ts76I

 

yes, this is the video I followed that stated to use red loctite

 

Hmm

 

Eh red loctite isn't really as "permanent" as this forum makes it seem.

For future reference this is my train of thought here...
Anti seize - "I'll have to do this again in x,xxx miles"
Blue loctite - "Don't want this to come loose on its own."
Red loctite - "This cannot come loose on its own. It might need some heat when I go to break it loose next time"

I use red loctite on certain suspension components, flywheel bolts, etc.

Don't worry about it too much!

 

This.

I'm not sure how others use red loctite on here but they always make it sound like it's never coming loose. They must use an entire bottle per bolt.

I use a small amount and never have an issue breaking things loose.

 

Leave it alone until you need to change it again in 5 years or so, assuming you still have the vehicle (it'll be 15 years old by then). At that point, if it doesn't budge with a long ratchet, heat the PCV with an induction heater, then loosen while hot.

 

After seeing $11 thrown around through the entire thread, I thought I'd check my dealer. $6.62 + tax.

https://autoparts.fowlertoyota.com/products/product/valve-sub-assy-vent-1220431110

 

Yet people on this site will fight you for saying replace the $6.62/$11 part every 80k miles. Thats what i find hysterical

 

Hey look!! The one from Amazon adds 6 horsepower!!!
Duuude!! I'm doing it tonight...

 

How the American Toyota dealerships rip you off:
Oil and filter change (they may actually change the filter, prob not) where they WAY overfill the engine. Then it cloggs the PCV valve. You start getting exhaust gasses coming out of the AC vents and everywhere.
Then they say your cat is clogged charge you for a full exhaust system and other things (they prob did). When its a $7.00 PCV valve?

 

There’s a thousand other cheap parts on the truck that may or may not ever need replacing. Are you going to replace all of them too?

 

Mechanical parts? yes, I am. I laugh how you keep implying "may not" need to be replaced. A pcv valve is not a lifetime part.

 

What other parts are on your replacement list?

 

How Turd feels as he argues without fully reading nor understanding, again:

 

Neutral safety switch
Alternator
Starter
Evap canister leak detection pump
Fuel pump controller

 

I’m going to replace my crankshaft, just in case…

 

Hmm, what sensor would be tripped by a bad PCV valve? The valve itself is just a ball in a tube and not electrically connected to anything, isn’t it?

 

I am not here to debate you. Really I am not, we've established how you maintain your vehicles and those work for you driving to the mall. I have a different need, we travel 1,000 miles to Utah, Colorado and Arizona to camp and boondock. We are literally off the grid with nobody around and i need the 4R to perform when needed. We then drive from Arizona to Florida until March and then drive 1,300 miles back home.

We are not the same - your needs and mine. Your responses and not well thought through and are very short sighted. You can call a tow truck. I cant.

 

A PCV isn’t going to leave you stranded. Something like a crank sensor would though. The argument here and on YouTube seems to be that because it’s cheap and easy you should change it. It’s silly when there are so many more important components that can fail.