$2500 to change a PCV valve?
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$2500 to change a PCV valve?
I was at the local Land Rover parts counter waiting for my not so cheap Castrol oil ($12.0 1qt 0W20) for my 2010 XKR, and I heard one of the service reps calling a customer and telling him the said news that his vehicle needed a new PCV valve. The explanation continued with details that the valve was bad and oil was getting sucked into one of the cylinders, hence the smoking that the customer had observed. The service guy went on to explain that the PCV valve and valve cover were "one piece" and would have to be replaced as a unit. The parts and labor for this would total almost $2500! Now, I'm really too curious not to admit that I overheard his conversation so I asked him which engine he was talking to the customer about. His response was 5L V8 supercharged.
Yikes! Sounds like a dubious design to mate a part that will have to be replaced with a valve cover, or else the service guy was feeding him a load of crap...
Anyone change or had a pcv valve changed and can comment on this repair?
Yikes! Sounds like a dubious design to mate a part that will have to be replaced with a valve cover, or else the service guy was feeding him a load of crap...
Anyone change or had a pcv valve changed and can comment on this repair?
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I overheard something similar when I was at the Jaguar/Land Rover dealer I was there getting my deeply discounted oil change via coupon
and the Service Advisor came out to the customer sitting next to me on that plush leather couch and proceeded to tell him it will cost 1950.00 to replace brake rotors and pads
on his Discovery
and the Service Advisor came out to the customer sitting next to me on that plush leather couch and proceeded to tell him it will cost 1950.00 to replace brake rotors and pads
on his Discovery
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This is bad advice. Malfunctioning PCV (and we don't know exact mode of failure, it could fail shut) can cause other issues, like fuel in oil, sludge formation, or oil leaks through valve cove. Catch-can will only mitigate oil blow-by.
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Most breather covers fail by creating a crankcse leak and lean engine code. This lets to much air in the sealed(supposed to be) crankcase and therefor let alot of oil vapor go through the full load beather. Yes super charger off, and injectors, coils wiring etc. That job sucks and i would also add in a couple other things like the heater pipe on the back of the motor since its pretty exposed at the time. These things aint toyotas...
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Lord that sucks. I didn't realize the injects needed to come out. What a pain in the rear for something like pulling a cam cover.
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To your point, an explanation on the need for the use of a catch can. At the very least, the guy is entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBAqxSXFyb4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBAqxSXFyb4
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