gonna take mine off and replace, cant find a decent pic of them anywhere or where they are on the engine etc.. anyone got a decent pic of what they look like?? i dont want to remove the wrong bloody thing !!

 

thanks

i have a fantastic break down drawing of their location and associated pipes, let me dig it out

That's a bit like this.......

http://www.courtesyparts.com/z32/oe_pcv.html

;)

finding the passenger side one is easy with the battery removed and once you have you know what the drivers side one looks like and location

the passenger one is easy the the drivers side is a bit of a barsteward good luck getting your hands in there big fella

cut in half a spanner for easier usage in the tight location

I hate those clamp things that nissan use on the tubes. Whats wrong with jubilee clips (is that the right name, the ones with screws on?) is what I say? :)

whats wrong with tie wraps is what i say, most of my little vacuum hoses in the engine bay have tie wraps on em to stop slippage

I,d reccommend you get yourself a very long pair of long nose pliers to get to the rear sprung clips on the pipes , makes getting them off alot easier :bow: HTH

Need to do mine at some point soon, in a spanner rating (esq. Haynes...) what do we think? more fiddly than difficult?

pain more than anything

the clips are awkward and the pipes usually have hardened and snap when removed

need to remove assorted cables and such for the drivers side one.

Sounds a nice job for me when im feeling patient! (Wont be pulling the zed appart anytime soon then lol)

i have deen told my pcv valves might be gone what do they do

no problems on mine just im slowly replacing all the old stuff on the car inc pipes etc and these are one of the things im replacing as i go along, besided i dont know when they were last replaced!!

ok before i remove anything, is this a pcv valve??

Yep that's one :)

pcv valves recurculate piston blow by gasses back into the inlet .