Quarter Panel Pressure Vent location?
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Quarter Panel Pressure Vent location?
Anyone know where the quarter panel pressure vent is located? I pulled into the garage this afternoon to find a part laying on the ground. It is PN 22702778. It is a black plastic piece with two vents. It was on the passenger side, but I have not idea where it goes.
Any help is appreciated, dont really want any open holes on the car
Thanks.
*** Moved to the GXP Thread from 2000-2005 ~ Kevin ***
Any help is appreciated, dont really want any open holes on the car
Thanks.
*** Moved to the GXP Thread from 2000-2005 ~ Kevin ***
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Noticed this thread sitting out there with no responses. Did you find the location yet? I am not completely sure, but my guess would be in the wheel well under the fender liner. Let'* bump this up to get you an answer.
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Anybody have any ideas? I checked the wheel wells and did not find anything. Looked on the internet, lots of them out there, but no pics of the location.
UGH.
UGH.
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Ugh is right. I meant to do some research on this but got distracted. Never heard of the problem. I'll dig around after dinner. Is this the gas tank pressure vent?
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Its a PRV, or pressure release valve. It provides an outlet for air when you shut the doors, or you would pop your eardrums. I noticed a picture last week of another member'* trunk with all the trim removed, and I thought I saw it on the right hand quarter panel. Pull the liner from the right side of your trunk and you may see it there. I will look at my car when I get a chance.
It has to be somewhere where air can flow to it from the passenger compartment.
It has to be somewhere where air can flow to it from the passenger compartment.
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Ding, ding, ding.............we have a winner.
Passenger side quarterpanel in the trunk, under the carpet.
How does something like that breakoff one might ask???? Well, you put a couple of pumpkins in the trunk for your kids. You corner slightly hard(GXP you know) and you hear a loud thud of the pumpkin hitting the inside of the trunk. Evidently, busting the plastic retainers, resulting in the part falling out.
Wow, never would have gone there.
Thanks a bunch for the help.
Passenger side quarterpanel in the trunk, under the carpet.
How does something like that breakoff one might ask???? Well, you put a couple of pumpkins in the trunk for your kids. You corner slightly hard(GXP you know) and you hear a loud thud of the pumpkin hitting the inside of the trunk. Evidently, busting the plastic retainers, resulting in the part falling out.
Wow, never would have gone there.
Thanks a bunch for the help.
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Glad to help. Partial payback for selling me that LS1M scanner. Bought new batteries for the Palms and it works great.
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Glad to hear its figured out. Great call, Roy. I was thinking, what if it'* a common problem and a lot of us are missing them and aren't lucky enough to find it in the garage. I either dont have one in my Dodge truck or it'* filled wth a mouse/mole nest. It has always been hard to close a door to fully and ya, you can get the eardrum effect when you slam it.
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In a vehicle with a single exhaust outlet, the PRV will always be on the opposite side of the vehicle as the exhaust outlet to avoid exhaust being pulled into the passenger compartment. On a car with dual exhaust, the PRV will usually be on the passenger side to maximize distance to the driver.
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