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pcv

Essential engine maintenance term mechanics use daily

PCV stands for positive crankcase ventilation and it is a vacuum controlled valve on or near the valve cover of an engine that removes blow by gasses from the crankcase and allows them to be reburned

That oil leak could be caused by a defective PCV valve.

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