Camry's PCV valve

Built_Well · 2008-07-13T03:09:15+00:00

There's no mention in the Camry's owner's manual orscheduled maintenance guide about PCV valve replacement.Wikipedia says, "Typical maintenance schedules for gasolineengines include PCV valve replacement whenever spark plugsare replaced."The '06 Camry Maintenance Guide mentions to replace sparkplugs at 120,000 miles or 12 years, and to inspect theengine valve clearances at that time, but no mention atall is made of the important PCV system that recirculatesblow-by fuel and water vapor from the crankcase to theintake manifold en route to the combustion chamberfor re-burning.By the way, iridium spark plugs lasting 12 years is great.I remember my old Dodge Colt needed new plugs every coupleyears or so. I guess that's one of the advantages of havingiridium and also having a Direct Ignition or Distributor-lessIgnition system. I'm getting into this car talk.Not sure I'll be able to resist changing the spark plugsfor 12 whole years, though. Maybe 8 or 10.

Jul 13, 2008 20 Replies

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johngdole 18 years ago

BTW, accelerations can be controlled by "continuously variable valve lift, as in BMW's Valvetronic system, instead of moving a throttle plate. This cuts down on the piston pumping loss experienced in low speed operations.

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