Celica Forums General Discussion General need to know where PCV hose is? Pics will help.

hey everyone...i'm not sure which hose is which..and would like to know which hose is the PCV hose... so i can put some Seafoam through there and clean it out. thanks.

thanks

what is this pcv hose and this seafaom cleaning? does this help?

when in doubt, look under your hood. theres a sticker on the underside of the hood that tells you where certain things like where the pcv hose is and valve clearance specs and how to change your coolant.

yup! i did the seamfoam the other night and it went smooth

well its supposed to clean out the hose and gunk in it...therefore resulting in smoother idles and such.

how hard is it? where do you get the seafoam?

virgilson when you do this you should write up an install guide

you can get seafoam at a autozone or I think nappa has it. But I got it fromt his local place near where I work called "Monument Auto Parts" they got all the "you wouldnt find" stuff there.

heres my picture of the PCV hose on a GTS motor. Hose "A" is the hose you wanna pour some of the seafoam down.

see how it goes to the throttle body... thats the one

thanks rich...haha big ass pics though..

do you take the hose completly off? sorry i'm just alittle confused peeps

no you dont, you just take it off from the top part of hose "A" and you can use a oil funnel to help pour the seafoam.

did you feel a little bit of suction from the hose?

also..do you have the car running? or have it turned off?

make sure and have someone help you out, a g/f or a homie or your dad. SO they can sit in the car and keep the car from stalling while your pouring this stuff down the PCV hose because it will choke a bit. Then pour the rest of the sea foam in the motor where you initially pour the oil when you change it. Then start her up and let her run for a bit and go for a test run to clear up the sea foam in the motor. If you want, go and check out the tip of the exhaust. You may see some weird grayish colored stuff come out and it will spit out of the exhaust. Thats normal, thats the sea foam working and doing what its suppose to do. But any more questions just ask I can help you

Virg you gotta help me do this

well you HAVE to HAVE the car running so it can suck the seafoam down the throttle body and do it's thing. Just have someone else help you

haha i did it already..it was pretty cool on how the suction sucked up all the seafoam...haha..getting oil changed today..

maintence day for my celi.

thanks richard.

no problem mitch...if you want we can do it today..since i have no work..

just hit up my cell...

oh btw: i felt a difference after i did all of this...better response..and my car stopped all the shaking

yeah!! good shit virge! and you welcome homie! anytime

damn thankz for the info guys. i'm probably gonna do this along with a synthetic oil change this weekend. i hope i'll be able to tell a differance

you will definitely..

yo virgil how much did the seafoam cost?

the seamfoam is like 5 something a can its cheap hehe.

Hey Virg, hows your car been running since you got the water in it?

actually watere didn't really get into the engine..it just got stuck in the intake tubing.

car's running great.

^^^ god gave you another chance :angel:

virgilson how did you get water in your intake

Seafoam works great I used it on my girlfriends moms car . did your car smoke bad ?

yups smoked out white debris for about 5-10 mins



as for water in my intake
i got stuck in a deep puddle in the rain

damn virgilson that sucks man that must have been some hella rain

hells yea...i had to take a detour since the underpass i usually take to go to work was flooded...and then got stuck in a big puddle...then all of a sudden after i got flooded in the rain stopped..i was like "WTF" only if i waited another 5 mins...lol


you can call me -Virgil

OK so, what is the exact steps?

Take off the top of hose A.
Start pouring the seafoam or start the car first?
Down the whole thing of seafoam or what?
Have someone inside the car play with the gas pedal in the case of the car choking
Turn off car then plug the hose back in.
Run the car a bit and then take it for a test drive.

Do I have to put some in the oil input?

sounnds good to me^^^

usually you start the host first...take it off..and start pouring it in slowly.

after you put in half a pint...close it up and then let it idle for like 5 mins...then take a drive..to run out the excess seafoam..

Rich, will seafoam work with synth-blend/synthetic oil?

ok let me see if i got the gist of things...
1. disconnect the top part of the hose
2. pour a small amount of seafoam
3. start the car and give it some gas
4. smoke a blunt
5. then take her out for a test run.

i hope this is the way it is, because im gonna get me another bottle of seafoam for the gas tanks

Virgil, how many quarts of oil goes into the GT engine? if i remember clearly, it was about 3 2/3 quarts. i just wanna make sure i dont kill my car.

^^^???? engine oil or the seafoam?

engine oil

well on the install page it says 4.5 quarts for a GTS...and they say for a GT its less...but i'm not sure how less.

3.9 quarts for a GT...

just pour the rest of bottle in the oil crankcase.

*CORRECTION* on number "3" you must have the car on so it can suck up the seafoam and go through the PCV hose where it's suppose to.

Question(s): What does the PCV hose do, where does the Seafoam go when you pour it in there, and how does cleaning it help you? Where in the throttle body does it lead to? IACV?

Bump for answers

well pouring seafoam into your PCV hose will clean out all the gunk and dirty stuff in there and in through the valves in your engine...resulting in quieter engine noise. once you pour it in..the excess seafoam will just burn off through the exhaust.

i'm gonna have to wait to do the seafoam cleaning because #4 is MIA right now damnit

Thanks Virgil