y_p_w wrote:

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>
> Caroline wrote:
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>> "alan" <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote
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>>> Caroline wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Did you do the little PCV valve test where, with the valve properly
>>
>>
>> installed,
>>
>>>> you pinch the PCV hose and listen for a click?
>>>
>>>
>>> No. It's tucked under the intake manifold, so I can't reach it unless I
>>> start taking off hoses.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Might not be good for all cars. Post your year and model, and I
>>>> might be
>>
>>
>> able to
>>
>>>> tell you.
>>>
>>>
>>> 97 Integra GSR
>>
>>
>>
>> I haven't seen any easy-to-retrieve online manuals for this. (A couple
>> of online
>> manual resources exist for pre-1996 or so Honda models.)
>>
>> The following has drawings and a description of this little test for
>> 1995-1997
>> Civics, for what it's worth.
>>
>> http://www.honda.co.uk/owner/CivicManual/pdf/11-109.pdf
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>
> From my "Integra Service Manual 1995":
>
> "2. At idle, make sure there is a clicking sound from the PCV valve,
> when the hose between PCV valve and intake manifold in [sic] lightly
> pinched with your fingers or pliers."
>
> I'll just say that the PCV valve of my '95 GS-R is a PITA to reach
> without taking out stuff. I can't even fit a pair of pliers in
> there to do the test. My '89 Integra had an easy to reach PCV valve
> location. BTW - anyone knows what needs to be taken out?

I unplugged the hose that connects the valve cover to the intake before
the throttle body, and the coolant line that runs to the throttle body.
Then, you can barely fit your hand in there to pull the PCV valve out
from the engine. Then you can barely fit some pliers in there to remove
the hose clamp that holds the PCV valve on.

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>> If you're very concerned, just buy a new valve. They're not very
>> expensive.
>
>
> OEM at the dealer is going to be way more. However - it's not something
> that's replaced all that ofter.

yeah, it's like $20 around here

>
> I might be desperate enough to take it to a mechanic to do. PCV valves
> are easy to replace in most cars, but the location in a GS-R is just
> ridiculous.
>