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Thank you all for your replies. I shall follow your advice. I will have the entire PCV system replaced and ensure that the hole in the motor is cleaned out. I have no smoke coming out anywhere except the tailpipe when I first start the car. But I did not want to wait until bad things happen. My next question concerns the alternator. When do I know I should change it ? My car has 220K miles on it. The alternator looks pretty old. Can it suffer a catastrophic failure or will it warn me first ?
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This is one way to test your PCV system to see if it is bad/plugged/clogged. Start the car and drive it until it is warm. Once it's at its proper operating temp, put it in park, open the hood, pull the oil dip stick 1/2 way out. If you see grey smoke coming out of the dip stick hole, it is bad. Replace the entire system as soon as possible.
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