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02-11-2016, 04:00 PM

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I had these codes thrown the other day, but i put gas in my truck while running(dumb i know)but it was really cold and the wife would have froze. and the CEL came on right after, but the truck runs fine, just the CEL light came on. could this be the culprit?

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02-11-2016, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Jbrew

That sure lifts the valve up off the cover. I'd get the proper grommet (all 3rd party suppliers carry them) and make absolutely sure a Motorcraft valve is used.

Anything other is too restrictive and with that PCV lift kit, that would just compound problems.

Completely agree with jbrew on the motocraft pcv valve, ive tried so many other brands and never got anywhere close to the results i have with the motocraft. My local stores never carried the motocraft though had to order from rockauto which actually is reasonably priced. Plus that elbow on it probably isn't helping any i would change it to the correct one.

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02-11-2016, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Fordfan2006

Here it's cleaned up a tad. And that's the thing I think it might be heated. I never noticed the 2 lines coming from the back until earlier

Yea it is ! Huh, definitely couldn't tell. Before you cleaned it , it looked like some sort of large plastic nut thingamajig lol.

Yea coolant runs thru that line, it taps your heater core hard-line that runs from the water pump through the block valley to the heater core.. It's called a cold climate system. Yup, your special.

It may be a Motorcraft valve. If you look on RA, they usually have a pic or it. Great set up! With your idle your engine has, it's most likley working as it should.