Broken PCV valve (1 Viewer)

[lx200inAR]

Starting the morning off right. Changing out my PCV valve and I over-torqued the new one and it snapped at the threads?
So, what’s going to be my best method of getting the threaded part out?

word of caution, when installing a PCV valve, don’t go for that last 1/4 turn “just for good measure”. It is plastic after all..

 

[RET2]

There are several types of tools that can remove broken off threaded nipples, check with HD or Lowes in the irrigation section.

 

[slowride]

Try a YouTube search with Tundra 5.7 there was a guy on there that broke his...

I can't remember how he got it out...

There was a big thread on here ( ih8MUD ) a few months back about changing them out and how fragile they are...

 

[lx200inAR]

Yeah.. I should have read that.

 

[lx200inAR]

Crisis averted. A quick trip to the plumbing section.

If you are needing to do this, Just keep turning the extractor, at no point did I feel like the tool had ever grabbed the broken piece, but when I went to pull out the extractor to see what was going on, it had already pulled out the nipple.

 

[lx200inAR]

Also, on a plus side, my old valve was moving freely.. so just threw it back in.