CCV Valve replacement

[Speedracer]

So my check engine light came on and my buddy at Baron BMW checked it out for me. CCV valve, or the oil separator, finally gave out after 96k. He hooked me up on the parts saving me $200. Ended up getting all the hoses, the valve, new lower intake boot (stupid crap is always tearing), and the oil filter housing gasket. Let me start off by saying, if you've not done it, I wouldn't unless you are mechanically adept. Luckily I am and have access to a shop and tools and a lift. They told me expect to a solid 4-5hrs just getting it off. Well, it took about 2hrs to get the old valve and hoses out, and the oil filter housing off. And it took about 2.5hrs to get it all back together. I must say...that's a royal pain in the ass! But, I wanted to do it right. No more oil leak or check engine light! If anyone decides to tackle this project...be careful, a couple of those hoses are triiiiiicky!

[nike001]

Yeah, I payed my dealer (employee rate) to do mine. The tech that did mine had everything done in 2.5 hours. He even took the DISA off and inspected it and cleaned my ICV. I knew that I wasn't going to be able to do it.

[LivesNearCostco]

Would either of you mind sharing the code(s) that incidate a failed CCV?

[Speedracer]

Would either of you mind sharing the code(s) that incidate a failed CCV?

I'll get back to you on that. I think I might have the paperwork at the shop, if not, I can get the code from my buddy at the dealer.

[nike001]

Would either of you mind sharing the code(s) that incidate a failed CCV?

I did mine fora 'preventative maintenance' type of thing. You can tell your CCV is failing with oil burning among other things. If you look around for CCV problems, people will show you to test it by taking off your oil filler cap on the top of your engine. If it makes a chewbacca type of noise then you probably need a new one. I changed mine before it went completely out. Water freezes in there and freezes everything and next thing you know you either get all of your oil dumped out the tailpipe or dumped right in to the engine. A failed CCV rarely ends well. I wasn't about to take my chances.. so I changed it.

[RVAzhp]

it took me about a solid 8 hours to replace everything and get everything including belts etc. ccv was a huge pain in the ass. finally just broke it apart to get it out.

[VaTechZHP]

I just ordered that part as well. Was going to have my shop replace it for me with new hoses etc. I've been chasing an erratic idle issue and thought it was just a tear in the lower boot. Threw that on, and same symptoms. Does the CCV going out have any impact on driveability? My car feels like it has either a dying ICV or some kind of vacuum leak.

[HokieZHP]

Is there a list of parts required to do this? I'm about to place a big ECS order and want to include the CCV parts as well. I found two different CCV's on their website. Can someone tell me which I need and also what other parts I need to do the job?

Thanks

[danewilson77]

Do you want the cold weather CCV?

Sent from Williamsburg, VA USA

[HokieZHP]

Yeah probably since it gets pretty cold here in Blacksburg.

So is it this one: http://www.ecstuning.com/BMW-E46-330...Valve/ES25703/


and what else do I need?