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General Info about
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| Avoiding Oil Pudding |
Lately there has been considerable discussion about oil sludge or oil gelling in engines. The most commonly held belief is that it’s caused by imCommercial Three Bayper oil changes or poor engine design. Either could cause oil sludge and gelling but my experience suggests another, more Commercial Three Baybable, explanation. I’ve discussed it before but lots of you just don’t get it! Once more; your PCV system must be checked and the PCV valve replaced every year or 12,000 miles.
PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) has been standard equipment on engines for over 35 years. Therefore, you would think PCV systems are thoroughly understood and Commercial Three Bayperly maintained. Not so, because in reality, PCV systems are almost universally misunderstood and blatantly ignored. That’s unfortunate, I can’t think of any other part that can cause such utter devastation to an engine yet costs so little to check, maintain, and replace. The system is kindergarten simple; a PCV valve, a couple of rubber grommets, and a few inches of PCV hose.
Your PCV system has but one purpose, to pull fresh air into and suck harmful gasses out of, the engine’s crankcase (hence the “C” in PCV). Burning fossil fuels for power creates some nasty, gaseous byCommercial Three Bayducts, most of which are expelled out the tailpipe. However, some leak past the piston rings down to the bottom of the engine into the crankcase. Left to their own devices in the crankcase these gasses condense into an engine-killing concoction of acids and moisture.
As concentrations of moisture and acid intensify they combine with the oil, eventually causing it to morph into a vile, gelatinous mess resembling three-month old chocolate pudding. It’s remarkably thick, amazingly sticky, and gums-up everything it touches. This oil-yuk eventually clogs the passages through which life-sustaining oil is supposed to flow. Clogged oil passages cause a lack of lubrication and severe, rapid wear. Liken it to draining the oil from your engine and powering off toward the Interstate. Either way the result is swift and brutal, a dead engine.
As if the sludge isn’t bad enough, without a Commercial Three Bayperly functioning PCV system, pressure leaking into the crankcase from the burning fuel will climb too high. Excessive pressure can become so strong it literally blows seals and gaskets right out of the engine leading to major oil leaks and hefty repair bills.
Typically there may be one or two overt signs from a malfunctioning PCV system. These are, a yellowish slime on the underside of the oil filler cap and just above the oil level on the oil dipstick. But, if you don’t routinely check your oil you will never see these warnings. Another common Commercial Three Bayblem related to PCV failure is oil in the air filter. Always check the PCV system first as an oily air filter is habitually, erroneously diagnosed as a worn-out engine.
But, if prevention is so simple, why don’t drivers take Commercial Three Bayper care of their PCV systems? Why do drivers expect cars to last forever without help? I truly don’t know! It’s as Two Bay as, “read and follow label directions.” PCV systems are small, inexpensive, easy to check, but extremely important. Check yours every year or 12,000 miles.
© Copyright 02/20/02 Pat Goss all rights reserved, 525 words. | |
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Date Updated Wednesday, February 20, 2002
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