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by Pug4milesEvo4smiles
Mon Jul 08, 2013 2:56 am
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: Help Locating PCV valve.
Replies: 7
Views: 4941

Re: Help Locating PCV valve.

PCV valves are always fitted to the cam cover or inlet manifold. The valve will have a 90 degree elbow with a rubber pipe about 13 to 15mm diameter on it, the other (metal) part will be pushed into a rubber sleeve (grommet). Sometimes you can test the pcv valve by pinching the rubber pipe and liste...
by Pug4milesEvo4smiles
Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:07 pm
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: Help Locating PCV valve.
Replies: 7
Views: 4941

Re: Help Locating PCV valve.

I'm not seeing anything that looks like one in the diagrams, neither is a search bringing anything up (but who knows what PSA call it :roll: ) One thing that might help is I don't know which 1.8 I'm meant to be looking at - there are 4 :? Oppsie, sorry... It's a Peugeot 406, 2001, Silver (I know be...
by Pug4milesEvo4smiles
Fri Jul 05, 2013 7:16 pm
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: Help Locating PCV valve.
Replies: 7
Views: 4941

Help Locating PCV valve.

Hi all, I am going quietly nuts here. I have a Haynes book for my 406 1.8 LX and they don't call them the Haynes book of fibs for nothing. Apparently 406's don't have PCV valves? Really Haynes really? :roll: I am getting blow-by up through the oil filler and a slight knocking under throttle (hills e...
by Pug4milesEvo4smiles
Fri Jun 14, 2013 11:12 pm
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: Please help identify this part.
Replies: 3
Views: 1594

Re: Please help identify this part.

At last! I had no idea it would be such a challange to find what it was, thank you all so much! Even the Haynes book of fibs decided to just exclude it like it wasnt important. Now I can get on and order the part, at last! Gotta love the internet. I will also check out the aux belt tensioner (stupid...
by Pug4milesEvo4smiles
Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:08 pm
Forum: Engine, Clutch and Transmission
Topic: Please help identify this part.
Replies: 3
Views: 1594

Please help identify this part.

Hi all and thank you for looking in on this post, I am so glad to have found this forum. The skinny..... I have a family school run 406 (1.8 LX 2001) that has been faultless (apart from the AC having a mind of its own and only working in minus 20c) up till now. It started running lumpy and developed...