thanks for tuning in to my channel what we're going to do is do a subscriber request today uh
i have someone that was asking about the pcv valve on the malibu and this does apply also to the hhr
saying that both of them have the 2.2 liter in it um so either one will work out just fine for this
video but i'm going to show you on the malibu and kind of go from there so let's get at it
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all right it's a beautiful day here in wisconsin it's a whole what 22 degrees out uh we're trying
to make this quick and easy before it gets too much colder out because it's getting colder as the
day goes on here so let's get you flipped around and we can show you what we're going to be working
on here all right i'm going to do is going to be working uh going through we had a subscriber that
asked about the pvc pcv valve i always want to say p pvc like plastic end up getting that all
screwed up so it's pcv valve that's positive crankcase ventilation valve um unfortunately
with the 2.2 liter it doesn't have one where that end up being is right here coming off of the um
this would be the valve cover and ventilating back into the intake and with this one they just run a
short tube here and what there is a baffle inside the valve cover here and that acts as
you can your pcv valve and that prevents the the exhaust or the intake pushing back into the um
into the crankcase of the engine and then this just allows that one-way ventilation back into
recirculating that back into the intake so that then it gets burned properly in the cylinder
so unfortunately with these 2.2 liters the ecotec 2.2 liters uh they do not have a pcv
valve on there so you can't really replace it you can't do anything along those lines you have
to get into the v6s before you start getting a pcv valve so that goes along with the hhr
that doesn't have one either because that has the same engine at 2.2 liter
so sorry the to say that i can't necessarily provide the right information as in how to
replace it because there really isn't anything to replace on these motors
uh one thing i do want to point out seeing that we do have this kind of open here real quick
is that if you are experiencing any kind of misfire or something's just not running right um
there could be a few things that could be causing that one of the more common things that i've run
into is there if you take off this uh valve cover there's o-rings where each one of the spark plug
ports is and those o-rings will start to break down and come apart and next thing you know you
have oil that's going to get down in by the spark plug and that can cause some problems it's kind
of a common things with these 2.2 liters i've replaced the valve cover gaskets on these things
many times and it's not a real difficult process but it does take a few minutes to do it and
it's definitely a repair that will fix any kind of oil leakage in by each one of the spark plugs so
if you are experiencing any issues like that it might be something to take a look at all
you have to do is pull out the uh coil pack boot you'll probably have some oil in it along
and around the um the boot itself and that's when you know you hey need to go through and
replace those gaskets so outside that um really not too much more you can do especially on the
pcv valve you know just don't have one to replace on this particular motor so if you have any
questions feel free to leave in the comments below and we'll catch you on the next video
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