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Old 05-12-2014, 12:07 AM   #17 (permalink)
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SLOMOTO - '92 Honda Civic VX
90 day: 56.49 mpg (US)
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You got it. I would just punch a hole near the check valve, then you could just cut an inch off an reconnect it if you wanted to remove the gauge. Get a piece of tubing or a tapered fitting and stick it in the hole (maybe with a little adhesive caulk), run the hose for the fitting to your gauge, use an existing access hole in the firewall (repeating myself).

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Mech
Thanks again! I'll post pics up when I have it installed. Maybe someone can use this tread as well.


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If the part you get does not look like the one you took off, then make sure you can reverse that part replacement. I prefer original equipment, unless the difference in cost is exorbitant. I did not like using my customers as guinea pigs to experiment with cheap parts, when I warrantied everything for a year and unlimited mileage. These days with chinese imports the quality issue is a magnitude worse than it was in 1999.

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Mech
If this is about the hose, there's a '94 Civic sitting in the junkyard that I'll source the hose from.

It it's about the PCV valve, the one I installed is OEM Honda, but you're not the first person I've heard say the VX didn't really have a PCV valve so I saved the original one just in case I notice a difference with respect to the engine/mpg/idling, etc. The OEM Honda (part #17130-PM6-003) does have a valve in it.

I appreciate all your help! I'm excited to get the gauge installed, to "see" the health of my engine and to improve my "pedal control"!





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