General Maintenance & Repairs - What is this hose for?

What is this hose for/to?..

Its ripped completely off from the intake manifold, is it easy to replace? it seems to run completely back behind my intake manifold.

Part numbers or something? :)
I attached a pic.. sorry its not the best.

thats a PCV hose ,you now have a vacuum leak.you can use some rubber hose of the same dia. or order a new 1 from the auto store or gm.

I'd trace the lines all the way back to the top of the two valve covers. The plastic parts should be fine, but there are rubber junctions joining the sections which are likely to also be failing or near to much like the one pictured. You can also replace the PCV valve while you're in there (located near the rip inside that fat section of hose). They're cheap and good protection from oil getting sucked into the engine.

I was looking through on rock auto and ac delco's site and could only find the PCV Valve, and PCV Valve Connector.

They were only like 5 bucks together so I'll order a new set of those. The only problem is I can't seem to find the hose for it... Would I just need to go into a stealership?? or anyone else know where I can get one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/99-02-LS1-Camaro-Firebird-PCV-Breather-Vacuum-Line-Hose-/360461644144?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item53ed303170&vxp=mtr#ht_777wt_680

This might be what I'm looking for... :D

You should be able to piece together all the parts you need from an autoparts store for a lot less than that. It won't be OEM, but it works. If you pull the PCV circuit from your car it looks exactly like what is in that eBay ad. You can then see which rubber parts are worn or soft.

Here's a photo from Ls1howto that helped me:

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/Player1000/stockpcvsystem.jpg

Does anyone know why the pcv hose has a ground on it?

Does anyone know why the pcv hose has a ground on it?

Its not a ground. Its a heat sink to transfer heat to the PCV valve so condensation doesn't form from hot engine gasses hitting a cold PCV valve.

I actually ended up ordering a PCV Catch can from WS6store.. I'll take some pics after the install for sure, but I figured try and fix the oil eating problem as much as I can!!

If the front looks likes that, more than likely the back of the PCV system that rests on the OPSU looks the same. That is why you see oil pooling under the TB. Just did the same thing to mine while pulling the intake off to clean up all the oil that was gumed up under the intake and leaking from the OPSU that was brittle and cracked.

I actually ended up ordering a PCV Catch can from WS6store.. I'll take some pics after the install for sure, but I figured try and fix the oil eating problem as much as I can!!

The logic of these things has never added up for me...

The car burns 1 qt of oil every 3000 miles. This still won't drop the oil level below the fill line - but if this burning oil is indeed a "problem" and the can works as advertised, all of that oil should end up in the catch can, right? Then what???

One would need to empty the catch can every 500 miles to drain the oil back in to the crank case as the can fills up. (Otherwise it would overflow and the excess oil would go back in to the intake and get burnt up.)

If the can doesn't fill up that fast, then its not catching the majority of the burning oil. If it does fill up that fast, then its created a lot of extra maintenance and work for the owner. Or, am I missing something? :|

If the front looks likes that, more than likely the back of the PCV system that rests on the OPSU looks the same. That is why you see oil pooling under the TB. Just did the same thing to mine while pulling the intake off to clean up all the oil that was gumed up under the intake and leaking from the OPSU that was brittle and cracked.

Yeah I just pulled the PCV off and wow its DIRTY... I'll upload a pic

The logic of these things has never added up for me...

The car burns 1 qt of oil every 3000 miles. This still won't drop the oil level below the fill line - but if this burning oil is indeed a "problem" and the can works as advertised, all of that oil should end up in the catch can, right? Then what???

One would need to empty the catch can every 500 miles to drain the oil back in to the crank case as the can fills up. (Otherwise it would overflow and the excess oil would go back in to the intake and get burnt up.)

If the can doesn't fill up that fast, then its not catching the majority of the burning oil. If it does fill up that fast, then its created a lot of extra maintenance and work for the owner. Or, am I missing something? :|

I've heard of it fixing a lot of peoples problems, so I figured why not! Mine actually had A TON of oil residue on the throttle body and intake when I first bought it.

But yeah your reasoning does make sense tho :)

IF anyone thinks oil doesn't get through... here you go..

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/th_IMAG0925.jpg (http://s1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/?action=view&current=IMAG0925.jpg)

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/th_IMAG0926.jpg (http://s1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/?action=view&current=IMAG0926.jpg)

I know GM released a newer style PCV valve. Should I just buy one of those or use this one?

IF anyone thinks oil doesn't get through... here you go..

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/th_IMAG0925.jpg (http://s1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/?action=view&current=IMAG0925.jpg)

http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/th_IMAG0926.jpg (http://s1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg527/777Shock777/?action=view&current=IMAG0926.jpg)

I know GM released a newer style PCV valve. Should I just buy one of those or use this one?

Looks like every other PCV valve I've had on any car.

GM's TSB was very clear that the orifice PCV (the other design) should only be used on engines that burn more than 1 qt. every 3000 miles. If it performed (emissions and otherwise) as well as the stock design, I'd expect that they would put it on every car.

Looks like every other PCV valve I've had on any car.

GM's TSB was very clear that the orifice PCV (the other design) should only be used on engines that burn more than 1 qt. every 3000 miles. If it performed (emissions and otherwise) as well as the stock design, I'd expect that they would put it on every car.

Don't waste your time with this. I've tried to explain it numerous times. lol They seem to just want something that "looks cool" lmao

Don't waste your time with this. I've tried to explain it numerous times. lol They seem to just want something that "looks cool" lmao

Oh. Does the fixed orifice PCV look cool? Maybe I'm not keeping up with my pop culture closely enough. :)

Oh. Does the fixed orifice PCV look cool? Maybe I'm not keeping up with my pop culture closely enough. :)

No.........I referring to that stupid f_____ catch can. :engarde:

Looks like every other PCV valve I've had on any car.

GM's TSB was very clear that the orifice PCV (the other design) should only be used on engines that burn more than 1 qt. every 3000 miles. If it performed (emissions and otherwise) as well as the stock design, I'd expect that they would put it on every car.

Thanks for the info! :)

No.........I referring to that stupid f_____ catch can. :engarde:

Well, I'm not looking for looks, mainly just something to help out with the oil. Especially since, like above my hose ripped and it created a vacuum leak. :o

No.........I referring to that stupid f_____ catch can. :engarde:

Good god why do all your posts fail so hard?
Whats so bad about someone wanting to stop oil from getting in the intake, which decreases power and potentially can cause pinging?

Good god why do all your posts fail so hard?
Whats so bad about someone wanting to stop oil from getting in the intake, which decreases power and potentially can cause pinging?

Because you must have a straw from your oil pan to your PCV. and who asked for your opinion anyway. lmao

Because you must have a straw from your oil pan to your PCV.

Been drinking again i see? Why would you need a "straw"?


and who asked for your opinion anyway. lmao
Who asked for yours?