WagnutSS

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had the heads off of the camaro last weekend, when i was putting it back together i noticed that the PCV valve and the hoses running from valve cover to valve cover were cloged and rotted out, i need to get these replaced, but right now they are capped off, i figured if it ran fine with them cloged then it would run just as fine with them plugged.

Has anyone else had this problem, and where can i get the new hoses?

thanks in advance

-Austin

King Nothing

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mine rotted also and we found them when we pulled off the 853 heads and put on the freshened up 241 heads. $9X and i got a new PCV line from chevrolet and now it's all good

WagnutSS

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did you just go down the a dealership and have them order it in?

King Nothing

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yep, i ordered the whole thing

sjsingle1

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ls6 valley cover wont rot out

King Nothing

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true but if you want the stock look and know the PCV lines don't hurt you enough to make a difference, the stock lines are the way to go

sjsingle1

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i just got the new style ls6 valley cover....it is cheaper than a new pcv hose setup.....and it eliminates the pcv totally.....no worries about a expensive hose rotting out and creating a vacum leak was the seal of the deal for me

djfury05

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umm yea if you are going to spend $90 on pcv, it might as well be the LS6 valley cover from GMpartsdirect and the little grommets you need. There is a write up on LS1HowTo on how to do the swap, it is very simple.

Why would you want the stock look PCV anyways, it looks like **** and its more hoses to worry about and move out of the way when your working on the car.

King Nothing

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with the PCV lines you don't need to pull off the intake manifold and worry about that sending unit back there

WagnutSS

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looks like im prolby gonna go the LS6 valley cover route thanks for all the input

King Nothing

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good luck bud and be careful with the unit back there

djfury05

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any person who can follow a write up loosely can easily do this.. quit trying to make it seem like such a big deal because you spent ur money on worthless stock PCV when you could have had better..
OP good choice on the LS6 valley cover.. it is not that hard as some think it might be.. it takes 10 minutes and you can do it blindfolded...

King Nothing

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i've never seen any proven gain from goin to the LS6 valley cover. yeah it takes 10 minutes to switch em out . . . once you get the manifold off. if you've pulled an intake a few times you can get it off in 25-30 minutes, but for others it'll take longer to just get the manifold off.

op good luck with gettin it done and gettin the car back up and running!

WagnutSS

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it will be no problem getting off the intake, i had the heads off last week, and had the valley cover off just out of curiosity

King Nothing

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well get her buttoned up and have some fun!!!

Josh@Lashway

For not much more$ you could get the entire oil separating catchcan kit with everything you need to replace the stock system.

sjsingle1

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a catch can and a ls6 valley cover is da bomb

01'SSLSX

you can use 3/8's inch fuel line from the local parts store.
its cheap too

sjsingle1

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da BOMB

sjsingle1

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look ma.......no PCV