Beck/Arnley 039-6428 PCV Valve Grommet

The old grommet had become brittle and hard. The hole had become enlarged and it was leaking oil vapors, staining the valve cover immediately around it. After removing the old dirty PCV valve I tried to remove the grommet carefully, prying with putty knife and lifting, but a curved section fell down into my valve cover. Luckily for me, I had planned to remove the valve cover to replace it's seals, so the gasket fragment fell out easily when I turned the cover upside down ... I had waited too long to change this grommet and valve, I suspect about 40,000 miles, now I know. This grommet and valve gets hot, and sooty-oily-gum bakes dirt inside. Traditional periodic inspection and cleaning with carb cleaner spray might inadvertently loosen the valves tight fit into the fragile grommet, or weaken the grommet ... From now on I plan to simply change the PCV valve and grommet about every 15,000 miles or 2 years, absolutely no longer interval than that. I take frequent but short trips, hard on a car and it's oil. The combo is relatively cheap ~$10 here at Amazon, compared to many other maintenance items. A poorly vented crankcase, seems to me, can cause overpressure and a strain on gaskets and seals, oil to be pushed upward into piston rings, crud and varnish to form in the engine ... and removing a brittle old gasket can drop a piece inside your valve cover ... like mine did. Prone to sludge and varnish forming, I feel that such Toyota engines need good crankcase ventilation, and might be bad about gunking up PCV valves and valve covers. I found the Beck Arnley grommet to be firm like hard ebony rubber as you see, almost like softened hard plastic, looking identical in shape to the old one. This brand costs more than some of the others and gets high ratings here, so I selected it for my '98 Camry 2.2L 4-cyl which has 165,000 miles. It fit very tightly on both inside and outer surfaces, so like many here I chose to lube it generously with fresh motor oil, being obviously compatible. Of course I carefully inserted the seemingly oversize gasket first, a very snug fit, then wedged the new (Fram) PCV valve into it with pressure and slight twisting. I even replaced the old brittle and cracking PCV hose with about 3" of new 8mm silicone hose, and painted the valve cover with gray Plasti-Kote engine enamel ... now perhaps the valve cover assembly's even better than new, overlooking all else around it!

fit very well work good

Not much to be said. It is a simple part. The dimensions worked fine the the replacement Fram PCV valve that I ordered. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C33LK6 Both of these parts were used on a 2001 Toyota Solara V6 (1MZ-FE engine). A few notes regarding installation: I'd recommend doing this replacement during a valve cover gasket replacement or other similar work. Trying to change out this part, with a transverse mounted V6, with the valve covers still on the engine, requires a masochistic level of automotive maintenance dedication. If doing a replacement with the valve covers still on the engine block, the old unit will most likely fall apart and pieces might drop down into engine. There is a set of internal baffles that should keep most of the material close to the installation hole. In situations like this (for other cars), I've been able to use a vacuum cleaner nozzle to draw the parts up where I could get at them with some needle nose pliers. I've talked to some mechanics who have told me it is not too bad if the old pieces of rubber fall in, as they will break down over time and be caught by the oil filter.

o ring good one

the inner bulbous part is a lot smaller than the one I had originally. but it seems to fit fine enough. no issues.

PVC valve grommet used in a restoration project. Fits perfectly

Great replacement option and a good price. It has a good seal. It was so tight, as I was installing it, my Miata called me daddy. 5 stars! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Great job thank you.

Para mi nizan zuny de 1994

buen producto

Fits as advertised - identical to another B&A part.

Perfect fit. Take heed and have a shop vac and a couple of hemostats handy to hold the old crumbling pieces as you remove the old one... they WILL fall into the valve cover.

I bought this to replace my old grommet that fell apart when I removed it to paint my valve cover. This one is a direct replacement for it.