bigfish

I had a VERY difficult time locating the PC valve on my 1999 Lexus ES300. I kept expecting to see the black and gray L shaped part, however, my car use a straight metallic PCV valve with a nut at its base. Stand in front of your car, look on the left hand side, on top of the rear cam shaft. You may see the metalic looking nut I mentioned above. Move up the retainer and pull up the hose. You'll see it. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

I did search this and other forums before posting this SOS, but I simply cannot find this darn PCV valve. The only comfort I take from this is that I've asked allot of savvy people to help me find the location of this part, but so far No one can find it. So far here is what I've done to find the PCV valve in my 1999 Lexus ES300: I looked again and again ---- No luck I had my sister look for it --- No luck I had a family friend that works for a FORD dealership look ---- No luck I went to a Shuck's Auto Supply (soon to be known as O'reilly's Auto Parts) --- The parts guy couldn't find it So I went to a Shuck's Auto Supply in a different city (15 miles away) the parts guy there couldn't find it --- No luck I went to a Firestone Tires and Repair, and asked a ACE certified mechanic --- would you believe he spent 10 minutes looking and he couldn't find it? He said "I don't normally work on this types of cars" I went to the library and looked in a Chilton's book, I found a badly drawn diagram of the part but NOT where it resides in the motor. So I went to an Autozone and bought a Toyota Camry - centric Haynes auto repair book, but once again the pictures were not helpful. Someone could make ALLOT of money digitally photographing and then diagraming every engine component of this car. With that said if anyone makes allot of money doing this remember me. I am begining to wonder if my 1999 ES300 even has a PCV valve (I know it does) but I can't find it . . . . Anyone willing to help a flounder fellow-ES300 owner out?? -Ron

I recently bought a replacement PCV valve for my 1999 Lexus ES300. The only problem is I have not been able to find the valve location underneath the hood of car. Anyone know where its locate? Words of advice would be appreciated, a digital picture would be greatly appreciated. -Ron