I was looking for a PCV valve for my 2015 5.7 HEMI, and found a huge price discrepancy in many of them. From over $52.00 for a factory MOPAR OEM part, to as little as $12.49 at Autozone. And who knows what's Chi-Com, and what isn't? (They most likely all are).
Mine isn't near the factory recommended 60,000 miles for replacement. But what concerns me, is this thing is a cheap molded plastic, twist on/ twist off O-Ring sealed part. Constant heat soaking over 60,000 miles is going to make this thing brittle as hell over time. I don't want to wait until it's all dried out, and have the thing break off trying to remove it. So I would like to do it early.
Plus, I can lube the O-Rings on the new one, that will help when it gets replaced. (They also say it's good to do the same with the engine bonnet mounting points, which are also plastic, snap on / off). Anyway, I just wondered if it's worth the extra $40.00 to go OEM? Has anyone ever had any issues with non OEM PCV valves acting up? We're talking over triple the price here.
Mine isn't near the factory recommended 60,000 miles for replacement. But what concerns me, is this thing is a cheap molded plastic, twist on/ twist off O-Ring sealed part. Constant heat soaking over 60,000 miles is going to make this thing brittle as hell over time. I don't want to wait until it's all dried out, and have the thing break off trying to remove it. So I would like to do it early.
Plus, I can lube the O-Rings on the new one, that will help when it gets replaced. (They also say it's good to do the same with the engine bonnet mounting points, which are also plastic, snap on / off). Anyway, I just wondered if it's worth the extra $40.00 to go OEM? Has anyone ever had any issues with non OEM PCV valves acting up? We're talking over triple the price here.