Q. I have a ’96 Honda Accord EX with 42,000 miles. Recently, I brought it to my local garage to have the valves adjusted (they seem to be “rapping” a little, and I thought that maybe at this point, ...

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Every engine, regardless of its condition, has a certain amount of blow-by or air/fuel mixture that slips past the pistons and rings and finds its way into the crankcase. In addition, during normal ...

BMW of North America has announced a major recall effort affecting over 917,000 vehicles in the US. The issue concerns fire risks caused by the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve, as reported ...

Once BMW started using plastic liberally, the Bavarian automaker’s reliability went downhill faster than the U.S. housing market during the subprime mortgage crisis. Instead of getting their act ...

Question: I'm working on my Ford E-150 van with a 4.2-liter. Can you tell me the location of the PCV valve for this engine? I took the air housing covers and the engine cover off looking for it, but ...

Every engine has some sort of crankcase breathing system. The internal combustion process creates pressure, some of which makes its way past the piston rings-along with fuel vapors-and into the rest ...

My 1995 Volvo 850 non-turbo (with 160,000 miles) has an oil leak at the rear main seal or RMS, probably because of crankcase pressure. When I remove the dipstick and stick a balloon over the top and ...

Every engine, regardless of its condition, has a certain amount of blow-by or air/fuel mixture that slips past the pistons and rings and finds its way into the crankcase. In addition, during normal ...