How to change the crankcase ventilation valve

If you are getting a burning oil smell and are low on oil I would recommend you check for an oil leak. The most likely leak will be the valve cover gasket since it is usually a common leak with most manufactures.

If oil is leaking from the cover it will spill over to the exhaust which will then give you that burning oil smell. Your vehicle does not really have a pcv valve. It has an oil separator with pcv hoses and a check valve. See image below.

If the oil separator passages are plugged up it will cause blue smoke to come out the tail pipe. If it has an internal leak it will post running to lean codes and when you remove the oil dipstick or oil cap you will feel a lot of vacuum. A slight amount of vacuum is normal. Hope this helps.

The image I provided earlier shows the check valve under the intake manifold.