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Originally Posted by Ape Runner
I just changed mine yesterday as part of the maintenance. It had failed and oil was seeping out of the gasket.
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I had some gunk leaking out of mine also when I checked it a month or two ago. I thought the valve was bad, but when I took it out, it rattled like it is supposed to. It was a dealer replaced part 40K miles ago, and it was much better quality than the cheap plastic Advance Auto part I bought to replace it, so I cleaned it out and put it back on. I cleaned it by spraying a bunch of engine degreaser through it. Cleaned up real nice.
Oil had actually leaked down the top of the valve cover and travelled all the way around the valve cover's rim. I sprayed the covers with engine degreaser and scrubbed em down with an acid brush. That was a couple thousand miles ago and there is no leakage to be seen since.
I also replaced the PCV hose which had some cracking. It is possible that the leakage was from the hose to valve connection. Make sure you inspect the hoses as well. I had two vac hoses that needed to be replaced.
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