Crankcase ventilation is almost provided in all automotive engines. Its prime job is to prevent the dilution of lubricating oil present in crankcase which may lead to corrosion of crankcase metals if ...

Improper blow-by control can lead to oily breather and valve covers. Is improper control of blow-by gases in your crankcase causing problems in your engine? If any of these questions below sound ...

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 ...

Positive Crankcase Ventilation—three dirty words, but do they really need to be perceived that way? In general, the PCV system has two main functions: vapor relief and liquid separation. PCV systems ...

Crankcase blow-by is hot gases that sneak past the piston rings. As of 2007, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency limits nonmethane hydrocarbons to 0.14 grams per bhp-hr. Blow-by gases are rich in ...

Now, Toyota is patenting an improvement of its hydrogen-combustion engine. The tech reduces the amount of oil that can reach ...

Although some maintenance schedules include an interval for replacing the positive crankcase ventilation, or PCV, valve, others may not. In the latter case, a general recommendation is to replace the ...

Some of us will remember (or still have) engines with PCV valves. The PCV system basically took blow-by gas and oil vapors from the combustion chamber and funneled them back into the intake system, ...

There are few critical choices to make in terms of the latest heavy-duty trucks, such as whether you should opt for a 6.4 HEMI or a 6.7 Cummins for your RAM 2500 engine. But one of the ...

As a car owner, you may wonder what a PCV valve is, considering it is a part of your car engine you are not aware of. Your car’s engine is the lifeline of your car and has to be in its best shape ...