Positive Crankcase Ventilation—three dirty words, but do they really need to be perceived that way? In general, the PCV system has two main functions: vapor relief and liquid separation. PCV systems ...

As a car owner, you may wonder what a PCV valve is, considering it is a part of your car engine you are not aware of. Your car’s engine is the lifeline of your car and has to be in its best shape ...

Clogged crankcase ventilation systems often are overlooked causes of engine oil leaks. Savvy service personnel keep these systems at the top of their mental checklists for solving oil leaks. I'll ...

Every engine has some sort of crankcase breathing system. The internal combustion process creates pressure, some of which makes its way past the piston rings-along with fuel vapors-and into the rest ...

We don't mean to be the harbingers of doom, but it's unwise to keep driving if your car's engine has a malfunctioning positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system, particularly a bad PCV valve.

Regardless of what type of vehicle you drive, if it was built in the last few decades, its engine has some form of emissions control system designed to reduce the harmful environmental impacts of ...

Does your garage reek of gasoline fumes? Seldom-noticed parts in your Corvette make your garage smell better and make the air cleaner. The Evaporation Emission Control system, EVAP or EEC, also called ...

Although some maintenance schedules include an interval for replacing the positive crankcase ventilation, or PCV, valve, others may not. In the latter case, a general recommendation is to replace the ...