$5.22 shipped to your door in 2 days with Amazon Prime: http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Motor...2000+pcv+valve

 

Yeah, Rock Auto will mail you one at that price.

This little piece can be pretty important if you spend extended time in VTEC. I had a couple of long periods staying above 6K with a blocked PCV and would up with serious oil leaks. Wound up replacing rear main seal, valve cover gasket, and removing and resealing the oil pan.

 

I disconnect my PCV valve from my rocker cover as part of this video, hopefully this helps give people a better idea of what they are doing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYeAqhgpQm8

 

Wow never knew about this!


134k on my 02, and have had it since 75k, so definitely needs doing!

I constantly have dirty, oily soot on my exhaust tips and it uses a ton more oil than it used to, so hopefully this will help!

Would Halfords sell these over the counter (UK) ?

 

Since AP2 pictures were missing on this thread and I would have never gotten into basic car maintenance if it wasn't for community DIY posts, I went ahead and wrote a how to: Replacing The Pcv Valve on a Honda S2000 AP2.

Here is a backup of the article:

Tools

• Pliers
• Torque Wrench
• 17mm Deep Well Socket

Parts (diagram)

1. PCV Valve (17130-PCX-003)
2. 14mm Washer/Drain Plug - Same as oil washer (4109-14000)
3. Optional: PCV Tube (17131-PCX-000)
4. Optional: 2x D12 Tube Clamp (95002-41200-04)

Instructions

1. Removal
2. Locate the PCV Valve on the driver side of valve cover.
3. Using pliers, loosen the hose clamp and move it farther down the hose. If replacing the hose, repeat at the opposite end.
4. Pull the hose off of the PCV valve. If replacing the hose, repeat at the opposite end. Note: This took majority of my time as it was sealed on pretty tight. Try wiggling it and turning it. I resorted to using vice gripes to twist it off and a small screw driver to pry it since I was replacing the hose.
5. Remove PCV valve using 17mm Deep Socket Well (counter-clockwise).
6. Cleaning
7. Clean the inner valve with WD40, brake cleaner or similar solvent.
8. Clean the outer part that attaches to the silicon tubing with rubbing alcohol.
9. Shake the PCV valve, you should hear rattling. If not, purchase a new one.
10. Installation
11. Place 14mm Crusher Washer on PCV Valve threads and torque to 44N/m (33lb/ft).
12. Reattach the hose to the PCV Valve.
13. Using pliers, loosen the hose clamps and return them to their original position.
14. Verification
15. Start car and at idle, pinch the PCV valve tube until you here a clicking sound. If there is no clicking sound, recommend replacing the PCV valve and tubing.

Images

• AP2 PCV Valve Location
  
• PCV Valve without Hose
  
• Old vs New PCV Valve - Old PCV valve has 38k miles on it.
  
• New PCV Valve and Hose Installed

References

• This Thread
• AP2 PCV Valve Removal
• Anyone With Ap2 Shop Manual - PCV Valve Torque Spec ?

 

Awesome, I built HowTune for the same reasons, so thanks for the writeup. We plan on keeping it going forever, so hopefully no one has to re-solve these problems

 

To add my experience to the sticky:

'01 28k miles (Car was only used 3 month / year since new)
Brought it home and within 400mi (test drive, 90mi drive home, tooling around town, etc) it had lost >1/2 qt of oil.. Not good!

Popped the PCV out and a first with a light shake it was not rattling. Once I gave it a vigorous rattle/tap against my other hand it "free'ed" up and started rattling.
Completed a oil change and grabbed a new PCV from Honda ($23).

Put 250mi of street driving and about ~50miles on the car at a track day and the oil consumption was down to less than 1 [X] on the dipstick.