03 Honda CR-V loses oil like crazy!

[Carlostrece]

The Microgard PCV valve would be fine if it is constructed of metal like the original. I don't trust screwing (softer) plastic threads into a very hot part of the engine.

The Microgard PCV is metal. If it matters, the exterior of it visually appears to be good quality. In fact, it looks higher quality than the metal OEM AC Delco PCV I bought for my Buick a few months ago.

 

[Carlostrece]

Let us know if it works if you keep it. It's enough of a pain to just pay a few $$ more for OEM.

Agreed. How would I know if it's working properly?

 

[Gasbuggy]

Let's see those spark plugs

 

[Sequoiasoon]

By the way you describe the neglected CR-V, I would just clean up the old PCV valve with carb cleaner and reinstall it with the old hose to see if it collapses under vacuum before buying a new hose.

If I'm going through the effort to take it off, for not a lot of money I'm replacing both valve and hose so I know it is correct. If teh old works after cleaning how long before it does collapse or crack on ends?

I'm trying to fix an issue. I might clean the old one for 's and grins to see if it cleans up and rattles good but 99% not reinstalling it unless something odd happens.

 

[Carlostrece]

If I'm going through the effort to take it off, for not a lot of money I'm replacing both valve and hose so I know it is correct. If teh old works after cleaning how long before it does collapse or crack on ends?

I'm trying to fix an issue. I might clean the old one for 's and grins to see if it cleans up and rattles good but 99% not reinstalling it unless something odd happens.

Nukeman's advice was meant to save me money on parts because earlier I said it's not my car, but I'm paying for whatever gets done because I'm trying to help my neighbor. She doesn't know anything about car maintenance and doesn't have much discretionary money.

I'm handicapped and she's my part time caregiver. She takes good care of me. So I want to take good care of her. I recently gave her a pay raise, but also as a bonus I want to help her with her Honda CR-V maintenance.

I'm buying the parts & supplies and paying for my cousin's labor to do the deeds. I want to help her car, which helps her, but I also want to keep costs down. So I want cheap easy solutions that might reduce oil consumption.

With that in mind, Nukeman's advice was a clever way to keep parts costs down to zero; which would be a good idea if I was broke, labor was free, and I could monitor those parts in future.

However, in this case labor is not free. I have to consider labor costs and reliability. I can't justify paying for my cousin's labor to clean an old PCV and hose when I can buy a new Microgard PCV for $14, and a new OEM PCV hose for $20. Also, we don't want to closely monitor the parts after cleaning them. We want one and done.

So I ordered a new PCV & hose. The new parts cost the same or less money than it would cost to pay my cousin to clean the old ones.

My country cousin owns a very old Honda Civic and Chevy van. For his own vehicles, he probably would clean and reuse the old parts because he's super thrifty about spending money on parts for his cars, but he doesn't have to pay himself for labor.

For my situation (paying for labor) buying a new PCV & hose is the lowest cost route, IMO. Also the most reliable because we don't want to have to closely monitor these parts after we're done working on them. We want to replace them, then move on to additional solutions.

I appreciate Nukeman very much because he's knowledgable, helpful, and a great guy, as are you Sequoiasoon.