Thanks Terry! It does idle rough too. Though I had no idea that was related. So could this then be my oil problem cause?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/5/02, 9:18:19 PM, "Terry Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding RE: L24 smoke.. PCB valve?: > David, > It is a PCV (positive crankcase Ventilation) valve and it can cause problem > if it gets gummed up and sticky. It should be soaked in petrol every major > service ~20K. I just can't recall how the valve is located on the L24 and > Steven & the 6 cylinder ppl will know for sure. Underneath the manifolds > there will be a pipe coming out of the block with a hose on it that goes to > the inlet manifold. The PCV valve is a one way device that shut when there > is vacuum in the inlet manifold and opens to suck the fumes out of the sump > when there is no vac in the manifold. They usually fail on the vac side and > leak so causing rough idle. > I found an article that explains how it works - > http://www.hastingsfilter.com/engineering/tsb_94-2r.html > Ignore the crap about "you shouldn't clean them" - this crowd are in the > business of flogging us a new PCV valve every other service - yeah right. > The truth of the matter is they practically last forever. > regards > Terry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Andrews > Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2002 7:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: L24 smoke.. PCB valve? > G'day All, > I got my old man to drive the my 240Z and I followed him to see when it > blew smoke, and it blows absolutely none, as in not a whisp, unless you > give it the absolute boots and then it does this big dump of smoke. I am > also not convinced its coming out the exhaust, my old man said it might > be something called a PCB valve? He said if this is jammed the sump may > be pressuried causing it to leak out somewhere then fall onto the exhaust > or whatever.. I dunno. But I do know its using around 4L of oil every > 1000km or so. Is the PCB valve thing a possibility? And can anyone be > bothered quickly explaining how/why it works and what i should do to > check & replace it. > Thanks, > Dave --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
