So after finding my stock air box was askew and likely operating not entirely closed for who knows how long, I imagine that was probably affecting my PCV and/or Suction Pump as well. After looking at both of them, they are quite old and the hoses are all covered in a fine layer of oily residue and who knows how well (if at all) they are working.
My quandary is this: go budget or better? It’s a 205,000 mile example in great condition, but that’s still a pretty high mileage vehicle to be upgrading. The stock hoses and rubber is so crappy in the first place, I can’t imagine it’s a huge step down to go eBay budget vendor. So it’ll either be under $70 in parts (I’m buying the whole tube bundle for each job, not just the PCV check valve and the suction pump) or like $250 if I go the 034 silicone PCV and stock Audi/VW suction pump hose and valve replacement route.
I’ll probably throw a new PRV hockey puck in there too just to get the crankcase breathing correctly.
Let me also say I don’t currently have nor have had any check engine lights. I can get access to vagcom but haven’t used it in a while, and have an old but working obd2 scanner at home (which I used to track down dead coilpacks).
Thoughts?! Other things I should do while I’m in there??? Any help is much appreciated!
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My quandary is this: go budget or better? It’s a 205,000 mile example in great condition, but that’s still a pretty high mileage vehicle to be upgrading. The stock hoses and rubber is so crappy in the first place, I can’t imagine it’s a huge step down to go eBay budget vendor. So it’ll either be under $70 in parts (I’m buying the whole tube bundle for each job, not just the PCV check valve and the suction pump) or like $250 if I go the 034 silicone PCV and stock Audi/VW suction pump hose and valve replacement route.
I’ll probably throw a new PRV hockey puck in there too just to get the crankcase breathing correctly.
Let me also say I don’t currently have nor have had any check engine lights. I can get access to vagcom but haven’t used it in a while, and have an old but working obd2 scanner at home (which I used to track down dead coilpacks).
Thoughts?! Other things I should do while I’m in there??? Any help is much appreciated!
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