Exhaust side Check Valve

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Ca_Silvia
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While installing my Z32 maf i have to redo the exhasut side pcv tube. I did a quick blow through test of the check valve on the exhasut side. When i blow through each side it lets air though both ways. Does this mean i need a new valve? Can i scrap that valve entirely or just replace it?


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D_Stirls
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Car: Nissan 180sx 1990 Ca18det
Location: Adelaide,South Australia

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The exhaust side breather set up doesn't have a PC Valve in it, It's connected to the intake before the turbo so it will always be in vacuum anyway and this is why it doesn't need a PCV. The reason the intake side one has a PCV is because the intake manifold encounters both negative and positive pressures so the PCV is needed to stop the positive pressures getting into the the crank case.

Ca_Silvia
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Really? That is quite strange then because my car definatly has a PCV on the exhaust side. Ill just remove it and see how the car runs and go from there. Thanks!


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