[s-cars] Valve Cover leak causing boost drop? Revisited
Peter Golledge
petergolledge at gmail.com
Sun Aug 26 21:55:16 PDT 2012
Got a Victor Reinz (German Made) from RockAuto.com of all places...
holding nicely.
On 8/26/2012 9:10 PM, Jim Fleischer wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Many thanks to all for your responses, and to Dave F. for the crankcase diagrams.....from what I can understand, the fact I have a bunch of air coming through the rear of the valve cover upon pressure test is one of the one-way PVC valves is malfunctioning, allowing gases to vent to atmosphere, outside the "closed" system. Whether or not this is my prmary issue or not, seems like I need to fix this regardless, then go from there. So, unless told otherwise, looks like I will be replacing both PVC valves in question, and replacing my valve cover gasket as well. Any thoughts?
>
> Fuel pump, FPR and filter have all been changed within the last 6 months, BTW. Spark plugs will be changed this fall.
>
> Looks like the PVC valves are readily available through ECS tuning and AutohausAZ, but having trouble finding the valve cover gaskets.... I assume this is dealer only? Any tips on parts sources that might carry it much appreciated. Links to BTDT appreciated as well.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jim Fleischer
> '95 urS6 avant, with breathing difficulties
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