P1416 code, what is dealer cost to replace passenger side air check valve.
03-09-2018, 01:27 PM
#3
Within a few years even the brand new dealer installed one will start throwing codes. Here is what'cha do:
Get a can of WD-40 or Seafoam aerosol with the really long red straw applicator and squirt it up through the hose towards the passenger side air valve. Give it a good 1/2 a can or so. Let it suck up there for a day or two. Reset your codes until they stop setting. You can squirt more again if you think it will help.
This usually happens in the fall when engines start running richer in the cooler air. The new ones only last 2 years or so. WD-40 can be applied forever. It's a rubber flapper valve that starts deteriorating and won't seal. The WD-40 makes it pliable again and cleans the sealing surfaces.
The dealer price is around $140.00 for the valve and you have to pull the manifold to get to the valve. Then you have to put it all back. Plan two hours of labor at $150-200 per hour and you can see the advantage of WD-40.
Get a can of WD-40 or Seafoam aerosol with the really long red straw applicator and squirt it up through the hose towards the passenger side air valve. Give it a good 1/2 a can or so. Let it suck up there for a day or two. Reset your codes until they stop setting. You can squirt more again if you think it will help.
This usually happens in the fall when engines start running richer in the cooler air. The new ones only last 2 years or so. WD-40 can be applied forever. It's a rubber flapper valve that starts deteriorating and won't seal. The WD-40 makes it pliable again and cleans the sealing surfaces.
The dealer price is around $140.00 for the valve and you have to pull the manifold to get to the valve. Then you have to put it all back. Plan two hours of labor at $150-200 per hour and you can see the advantage of WD-40.
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03-09-2018, 02:47 PM
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Racer
Within a few years even the brand new dealer installed one will start throwing codes. Here is what'cha do:
Get a can of WD-40 or Seafoam aerosol with the really long red straw applicator and squirt it up through the hose towards the passenger side air valve. Give it a good 1/2 a can or so. Let it suck up there for a day or two. Reset your codes until they stop setting. You can squirt more again if you think it will help.
This usually happens in the fall when engines start running richer in the cooler air. The new ones only last 2 years or so. WD-40 can be applied forever. It's a rubber flapper valve that starts deteriorating and won't seal. The WD-40 makes it pliable again and cleans the sealing surfaces.
The dealer price is around $140.00 for the valve and you have to pull the manifold to get to the valve. Then you have to put it all back. Plan two hours of labor at $150-200 per hour and you can see the advantage of WD-40.
Get a can of WD-40 or Seafoam aerosol with the really long red straw applicator and squirt it up through the hose towards the passenger side air valve. Give it a good 1/2 a can or so. Let it suck up there for a day or two. Reset your codes until they stop setting. You can squirt more again if you think it will help.
This usually happens in the fall when engines start running richer in the cooler air. The new ones only last 2 years or so. WD-40 can be applied forever. It's a rubber flapper valve that starts deteriorating and won't seal. The WD-40 makes it pliable again and cleans the sealing surfaces.
The dealer price is around $140.00 for the valve and you have to pull the manifold to get to the valve. Then you have to put it all back. Plan two hours of labor at $150-200 per hour and you can see the advantage of WD-40.
The WD-40 works well but don't forget the car will smoke when you first start it up after doing this.
03-09-2018, 04:35 PM
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Within a few years even the brand new dealer installed one will start throwing codes. Here is what'cha do:
Get a can of WD-40 or Seafoam aerosol with the really long red straw applicator and squirt it up through the hose towards the passenger side air valve. Give it a good 1/2 a can or so. Let it suck up there for a day or two. Reset your codes until they stop setting. You can squirt more again if you think it will help.
This usually happens in the fall when engines start running richer in the cooler air. The new ones only last 2 years or so. WD-40 can be applied forever. It's a rubber flapper valve that starts deteriorating and won't seal. The WD-40 makes it pliable again and cleans the sealing surfaces.
The dealer price is around $140.00 for the valve and you have to pull the manifold to get to the valve. Then you have to put it all back. Plan two hours of labor at $150-200 per hour and you can see the advantage of WD-40.
Get a can of WD-40 or Seafoam aerosol with the really long red straw applicator and squirt it up through the hose towards the passenger side air valve. Give it a good 1/2 a can or so. Let it suck up there for a day or two. Reset your codes until they stop setting. You can squirt more again if you think it will help.
This usually happens in the fall when engines start running richer in the cooler air. The new ones only last 2 years or so. WD-40 can be applied forever. It's a rubber flapper valve that starts deteriorating and won't seal. The WD-40 makes it pliable again and cleans the sealing surfaces.
The dealer price is around $140.00 for the valve and you have to pull the manifold to get to the valve. Then you have to put it all back. Plan two hours of labor at $150-200 per hour and you can see the advantage of WD-40.
03-09-2018, 05:49 PM
#6
This is the air valve on the driver's side. Open the plastic clamp to the right of the valve and remove the hose. Shoot WD-40 into the hose. You can also put a shot or two into the valve right here.
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