PCV VALVE CHANGE? please help

[Burtonsnow157]

alright so i bought a new pcv valve from ford and took the hose off of the valve. .. but now i cant get the gray piece that is connected to the valve cover out

how do i take that gray piece off of the valve cover?
-2003 GT

 

[darkside03gt]

un-screw it. its that simple.

 

[Burtonsnow157]

wont turn either way

 

[Burtonsnow157]

i just finally got it off but the guy at the parts desk gave me the wrong valve so now i gotta go back tomorrow and pick the right one up

 

[Silvergto2]

i just finally got it off but the guy at the parts desk gave me the wrong valve so now i gotta go back tomorrow and pick the right one up

Actually you might have the correct one. When I changed my PCV on my 02 GT the PCV that was original to my car had a plastic elbow attached to it and the new PCV from Ford didn't. I went back thinking I had the wrong one as well but Ford did a design change so I ended up having to buy another part to connect the new PCV.

 

[Burtonsnow157]

Actually you might have the correct one. When I changed my PCV on my 02 GT the PCV that was original to my car had a plastic elbow attached to it and the new PCV from Ford didn't. I went back thinking I had the wrong one as well but Ford did a design change so I ended up having to buy another part to connect the new PCV.

yeah thats how mine is, its like a t shape with a screw-in bottom, and it has a plug spot for an electrical harness. if the one he gave me is in fact the right one how do i get it to fit then

you said

I ended up having to buy another part to connect the new PCV.

where did you pick up this part? did it have a spot to plug in the electrical harness?

 

[bdcardinal]

so you have a heated PCV.

 

[GettinThere]

When I changed my pcv valve awhile back, I found out that I needed (from the Ford parts counter) not only the pcv valve itself, but also the plastic elbow (and hose) that attaches to the pcv valve. I had already bought the pcv valve (NOT the heated version), and was able to get the elbow separately as a Cobra part, and press the elbow onto the pcv valve with a c-clamp.

It was a suprisingly complicated ordeal for something as simple as replacing a pcv valve.

 

[myponyrocks]

all is you change is the pcv valve. If you need to change the elbow because it's damaged, then from Ford yes you have to buy the entire assembly.

If your car has a heated PCV you don't need to replace it with the heated version.

 

[GettinThere]

all is you change is the pcv valve. If you need to change the elbow because it's damaged, then from Ford yes you have to buy the entire assembly.

How do you pull off the old elbow off of the old pcv valve without damaging or deforming it?