08-03-2023, 05:12 PM
You might be surprised by how little is needed to stop the PRV ball seating.
If there is no water in the sump and no other obvious culprit you may wish to remove the PRV. In my experience you will need to jack up the rear of the engine a bit to do this, obviously ensuring that you won't damage something else in the process. It's tedious. You will have to disconnect things.
If you get the spring and ball out, examine the ball carefully. I would tend to replace it with a perfect clean example because that's easier.
To flush the seating, I would put a clean tray in the appropriate place and rotate the engine to flush outward from within with its own oil, then examine the entrails in your clean tray.
Hope this helps.
Stuart
If there is no water in the sump and no other obvious culprit you may wish to remove the PRV. In my experience you will need to jack up the rear of the engine a bit to do this, obviously ensuring that you won't damage something else in the process. It's tedious. You will have to disconnect things.
If you get the spring and ball out, examine the ball carefully. I would tend to replace it with a perfect clean example because that's easier.
To flush the seating, I would put a clean tray in the appropriate place and rotate the engine to flush outward from within with its own oil, then examine the entrails in your clean tray.
Hope this helps.
Stuart