LS6 intake and PCV help!!
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thanks. found it for 18$ new on ebay but i can get a used one for free from a friend. BUT a new problem just poped the freaking PCV hose that runs from the driver's side to the passenger side valve cover broke, it was VERY dry i barley touched it! any idea how to solve this? those things run for like a 100 new? ALSO, i droped my 8mm socket behind the engine is it safe to start the car after am done or should i look for that socket first?
EDIT: heres a pic. it broke at the 90 degrees hose. ive read that this is very prone to breaking?? can i just run a breather? heres a pic.
EDIT: heres a pic. it broke at the 90 degrees hose. ive read that this is very prone to breaking?? can i just run a breather? heres a pic.
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You broke the EVAP purge valve. The line comes off by squeezing the sides of the connector. That will cause the clip to "open up" and you can slide the purge valve out.
To fix the PCV system you have to find some of plastic barbed vacuum fittings and just splice it all together.
If you want to run a breather you'll have to remove the whole PCV system. Pull the rest of the hoses off and cap everything. If you don't remove and cap the system then you will have a vacuum leak.
The dipstick tube doesn't move out of the way. You just have to be really careful when you pull off the intake. It's not fun.
To fix the PCV system you have to find some of plastic barbed vacuum fittings and just splice it all together.
If you want to run a breather you'll have to remove the whole PCV system. Pull the rest of the hoses off and cap everything. If you don't remove and cap the system then you will have a vacuum leak.
The dipstick tube doesn't move out of the way. You just have to be really careful when you pull off the intake. It's not fun.
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^thanks am keeping the pcv and get one of those bends.... THIS IS the worst day in my entire life:@ i removed the intake out of the car and while doing that a nut slipped out of my hand and fell somewhere, i heard a knock and then it disappeared now am afraid that it landed inside my driver side head? now what! pull the head to see if the nut is there FML
EDIT: i might be paranoid but i can not seem to find that ficking thing! would a string magnet solve that? its either #1 or 3
EDIT: i might be paranoid but i can not seem to find that ficking thing! would a string magnet solve that? its either #1 or 3
Last edited by omarrakeen; 09-20-2011 at 09:52 AM.
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^thanks am keeping the pcv and get one of those bends.... THIS IS the worst day in my entire life:@ i removed the intake out of the car and while doing that a nut slipped out of my hand and fell somewhere, i heard a knock and then it disappeared now am afraid that it landed inside my driver side head? now what! pull the head to see if the nut is there FML
EDIT: i might be paranoid but i can not seem to find that ficking thing! would a string magnet solve that? its either #1 or 3
EDIT: i might be paranoid but i can not seem to find that ficking thing! would a string magnet solve that? its either #1 or 3
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the swap itself isnt hard at all. i got the steps from there. i pulled the whole thing is an hour with breaks but something bad has to happen ill get the flexible string magnet and see if i can fish it out. am sure if its in my head then its either in #1 or #3
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Look on top of your tranny there for your lost socket cuz I have lost two sockets and one of my coolant plugs that I'm trying to fish out and I can see them on top of my tranny, can't get them. And I also broke the same line you did.
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You did the exact thing I did a week ago. It even broke in the same spot. The part was 24 bucks and its a fuel valve solenoid or something? I cant remember. But you have to squeeze the taps of that line and pull the broken tube out of it with needle nose pliers.
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just fished that little bastard out!! and got the LS6 intake and whatever i need for the install just waiting for the oil pressure sending unit socket coz i broke it wish i can port and polish my throttle body while am at it
EDIT: AND a teaser pic of my 120$ LS6 intake
EDIT: AND a teaser pic of my 120$ LS6 intake
Last edited by omarrakeen; 09-22-2011 at 04:26 PM.
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yes it was inside, took the above advise and looked it up with a flash light first and as i guessed it was in #3. now i am very relieved i might invest in some dremel tool and port the tb. but i never did that i dont wanna mess it up lol..seeing it sit there is just tempting!