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slownugly · 11-19-2012, 02:34 PM

i started doing some stuff on the intake manifold today, i figured i would clean the egr passages and fix the pcv valve. im slowly starting to realize this thread will include almost every aspect of the vx (d15z1) that makes it special as well as regular maintenance procedures that may be specific to the vx. hopefully this whole thread can help anyone out in the future. anyway here we go

most vx owners may know this but honda made the pcv valve on the vx OPEN from the factory. not many mechanics would know the difference so when they used the old "shake the pcv valve to see if its insides were still loose" and they heard nothing they ordered a pcv valve as part of a tune up. well this is my second vx one i am fixing and it is quite easy to do. i believe there is a write up already but ill show a pic of it. all you have to do is use a saw/seraded knife/grinder/dremel to cut away the lower nipple until the raised section is gone and the inside guts will fall right out. very simple

Edit: I found out vxs do have a pcv valve. The questions only where it's at. Some have the valve at the breather and some have it at the intake.

11-19-2012, 02:34 PM	#25 (permalink)
slownugly Burn lean and prosper\\// Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: scranton pa Posts: 576 VLX - '93 Honda Civic VLX Team Honda 90 day: 51.1 mpg (US) Thanks: 55 Thanked 65 Times in 54 Posts	i started doing some stuff on the intake manifold today, i figured i would clean the egr passages and fix the pcv valve. im slowly starting to realize this thread will include almost every aspect of the vx (d15z1) that makes it special as well as regular maintenance procedures that may be specific to the vx. hopefully this whole thread can help anyone out in the future. anyway here we go most vx owners may know this but honda made the pcv valve on the vx OPEN from the factory. not many mechanics would know the difference so when they used the old "shake the pcv valve to see if its insides were still loose" and they heard nothing they ordered a pcv valve as part of a tune up. well this is my second vx one i am fixing and it is quite easy to do. i believe there is a write up already but ill show a pic of it. all you have to do is use a saw/seraded knife/grinder/dremel to cut away the lower nipple until the raised section is gone and the inside guts will fall right out. very simple Edit: I found out vxs do have a pcv valve. The questions only where it's at. Some have the valve at the breather and some have it at the intake. Last edited by slownugly; 11-30-2013 at 02:42 PM..