Once BMW started using plastic liberally, the Bavarian automaker’s reliability went downhill faster than the U.S. housing market during the subprime mortgage crisis. Instead of getting their act ...

Car engines require a lot of parts working in unison to properly function. There are thousands of explosions happening every minute when your car's engine is running, hence the name "internal ...

BMW of North America has announced a major recall effort affecting over 917,000 vehicles in the US. The issue concerns fire risks caused by the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve, as reported ...

Although some maintenance schedules include an interval for replacing the positive crankcase ventilation, or PCV, valve, others may not. In the latter case, a general recommendation is to replace the ...

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And what is the reason of this recall? The problem is a part (valve heater) of the PCV (positive crankcase ventilation) system. According to BMW, it may not have been produced according to the ...

No matter how tightly within the prescribed specifications an engine's piston clearance and ring tension are in its cylinders, a certain amount of fuel and combustion vapor slips past and enters the ...

We don't mean to be the harbingers of doom, but it's unwise to keep driving if your car's engine has a malfunctioning positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system, particularly a bad PCV valve.

As a car owner, you may wonder what a PCV valve is, considering it is a part of your car engine you are not aware of. Your car’s engine is the lifeline of your car and has to be in its best shape ...