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Old Mar 1, 2019 | 01:33 PM
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when changing my spark plugs on the passenger side due to a misfire error P0308 a silver ball pictured below fell out of from somewhere possibly a hose. does anyone know where this ball came from or what it goes to? thanks
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Looks like the check-ball from the gm quick connect fitting on the valve cover breathers
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is the ball supposed to be in this fitting ? i found some forums taking about the tabs but nothing about the tabs
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One place you can look at a picture of it that I know is the East Coast Supercharging site. If you look the 2014 supercharger installation instructions page 40 it is show there. They remove that ball (check valve) when installing the system. The 2015+ instructions also show it but I'm not sure of the page number.

The tabs are on the dry sump tank vent breather hose, not the PVC fittings.
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Yes thanks so much I found the link from East Coast supercharger with exactly what you were talking about apparently mine fell out on its own I'm wondering if that's what caused my misfires from that ball getting stuck as they state it will get stuck in the east coast supercharger installation guide. I don't have a supercharger installed but that definitely sounds like it would explain the misfires on the same side as that ball was stuck on the number eight cylinder
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A Google search on PCV valve and misfire came up with this:

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Too much air flowing into the intake causes the engine to lean out [too much air in relation to the fuel] and misfire. At an idle, the PCV valve restricts air flow, to reduce this problem.
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