CCV Help

I noticed oil blowing out around the seals of what I think are the ccv valves on the top of the valve cover. I assumed they were cloged. I went to remove the front elbow from the valve cover and it snaped in my hand. does anyone know how to remove this from the valve cover. I have heard 90 degree turn to unlock. I have heard it is just pressed in and pulls straight out. I have even heard that it is part of the valve cover, and you need to replace the whole valve cover to repair the broken elbow. Any suggestions are greatly appriciated.

what year? engine?

It is a rubber gromment that is attached to the elbow that is a very tight fit. You can pry it out but it will prob break. I replaced mine with a normal gromment and PCV valve and retro fit the hose to the hard plastic one. It worked very well and have not had any problems.

Good Luck

It is a 2000 xj with the 4.0 I6.

here is a link with part numbers and pictures.
It does look like the larger elbow is a 90degree deal.
http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/technicalfiles/JAvalveCover/ValveCover.htm
It's for an upgrade to your year components.

Mine's an '88 so it's slightly different. However,I pulled the old elbow and grommet out of the front and replaced it with a "normal" grommet and hard elbow. I found them at my local autoparts store (in this case Pep Boys) hanging on the rack. I bought several different ones, went home, figure out which ones worked, and returned the rest. Cost was a few bucks.