{"id":11460,"date":"2019-04-30T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/?p=11460"},"modified":"2019-04-30T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T21:27:00","slug":"pcv-drain-tube-deletion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/?p=11460","title":{"rendered":"PCV Drain Tube Deletion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 1.4L 4-cylinder engine (RPO LE2, LV7) and 1.5L 4-cylinder engine (RPO LYX, LFV, L3A) on 2016-2019 Encore, Cruze, Equinox, Malibu, Spark, Trax, Volt, and Terrain models features a Positive Crankcase Ventilation (PCV) drain tube. (Fig. 24)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11454\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F24-pcv-tube-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F24-pcv-tube-2.png 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F24-pcv-tube-2-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F24-pcv-tube-2-85x55.png 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F24-pcv-tube-2-200x130.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>GM has determined that the PCV drain tube is not needed and the drain tube will be deleted in mid-year 2019 production going forward. As a result, the PCV drain tube will no longer be present when performing engine service on these engines nor will it be available as a service part. A replacement for the tube is not required.<\/p>\n<p>If the PCV drain tube needs to be replaced, remove the bolt (Fig. 25, #1) that secures the tube to the crankshaft oil deflector and bedplate. The crankshaft oil deflector does not need to be removed. Remove the old tube and discard it. (Fig. 25, #2) Replace the drain tube bolt with a new shorter bolt to retain the crankshaft oil deflector. The shorter bolt must be used if the PCV drain tube is discarded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11455\" src=\"https:\/\/techlink.mynetworkcontent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F25-pcv-tube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F25-pcv-tube.jpg 740w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F25-pcv-tube-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F25-pcv-tube-85x55.jpg 85w, https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/F25-pcv-tube-200x130.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><strong>Fig. 25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Refer to Bulletin #19-NA-080 for additional information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Thanks to Jeff Kropp<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1.4L 4-cylinder engine (RPO LE2, LV7) and 1.5L 4-cylinder engine (RPO LYX, LFV, L3A) on 2016-2019 Encore, Cruze, Equinox, Malibu, Spark, Trax, Volt, and Terrain models features a Positive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11460"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11460\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11461,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11460\/revisions\/11461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gm-techlink.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}