PCV Valve Failure: 10 Common Signs/Symptoms

A faulty or failing PCV valve often shows a number of symptoms, which depends if the valve is stuck open or closed, or if it's been damaged. This rapid no fluff video gets straight into the details you need to see, to help diagnose a defective PCV valve quickly. There are a number of clear signs of a PCV issue including, poor fuel economy, sludge build up, increase in oil consumption, erratic engine performance, even simple areas such as engine noises can help you diagnose the PCV valve as being the likely culprit. My list at the end of the video gives clear bullet points/summary of the Open/Closed symptoms for quick reference. Remember not all of these indicate a defective PCV valve in their own, but multiple ones do point to it as a possible cause of issues. To test your valve quickly without any tools, check out my under 1 minute PCV valve test video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK54mYxnc7o Other videos - Engine Oil Consumption Fix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx3QdDRdG7o Saving money with cheap tyres, bad idea - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFoDOQ_p0Ng Fit a steering wheel cover easily - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvosZ49AwHg The how to series are made to help people with everyday tasks, and I make them as short and direct as possible to save time. If you want to help support the channel you can via Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/mrbazreviews Or using the affiliate links to Amazon (this helps a lot you can shop off the links at no cost to yourself, the channel gets a small commission - it does add up and provides funding/assistance, thank you to those who are helping me make more content). If you buy other products off of a link it still helps, so do browse around for anything you need. Fault code readers - https://amzn.to/3N36OP0 Engine Oil - https://amzn.to/3JXs9aI 1/4" socket sets - https://amzn.to/3V3OpBP Sparco steering wheel cover - https://amzn.to/41ywtmA Wash & Wax - https://amzn.to/47qMWwU Engine cleaner - https://amzn.to/4154VFn Car valeting - https://amzn.to/47olGz5 Screwdriver set - https://amzn.to/4fEuao6 Timestamp: 00:00 - Start 00:13 - 10 Symptoms 01:47 - PCV Stuck Open Summary 01:54 - PCV Stuck Closed Summary #pcv #oil #carmaintenance #howto #pcvvalve #pcvdiagnose