My crankcase Vent hose either melted a few inches downstream from the PCV valve or the local squirrels chewed a hole in the the line - either or I have a huge sucking leak and P0171 and P0174 codes since then.

Question is 2 fold
1. How to I remove the Crankcase Vent Hose from the back of the engine easily?
Do I have to remove the Throttle body to do it? Does it just pry out or is it screwed in?

2. The replacement tube, if I get the Ford replacement is it F6ZZ6C324A? - Crankcase Vent Hose And Connector. 4.6 Single Over Head Cam EFI GT. Or can I use regular old vacumn hose from an autopart place and a new PCV valve.

Right now the trusty Duct Tape is getting me down the road but I don't want to leave that for very long.

Thank you all so much in advance.
DAF150

 

The elbow at the back of the intake just pops off. You need the assembly from Ford.

 

Thank you, don't want to pry on it till I get the new piece. Thanks again.

 

Just a note for anyone else - the part # listed above was not the part# from Ford.
The Crankshaft Vent Hose and connectors for a 2001 F150 4.6L Supercrew Lariat is: XL3Z-6C324-HA
About 36$ (some places online cheaper but still had to ship it.)

 

Sure it is. The actual part number is the same as above, which is, - "6C324"

The last letters are revision order, - first four are where it came from, ie, who made it and where.

It's just that the first set of letters/numbers are the original part @ production date.

Hope that didn't confuse lol. MANY revisions with that part because of the number of variants throughout the years. Parts #'s rarely remain the same and yes, you did get the correct revision.

Why does this post seem worthless now? I don't know, but there it is.

 

Jbrew - Validation is never worthless and thanks for the explanation. I hope I never need to see that part again but others may and probably will. Thank you.