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PCV is and acronym for Positive Crankcase Ventilation. It is part of a system that helps control air pollution by burning fumes that collect in the engine crankcase instead of venting them to the atmosphere.

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Is this PCV hose broken?

It certainly looks cracked. You could try spraying some EGR cleaner at the crack while the engine is idling. If the EGR cleaner gets sucked in through the cracked pipe, the revs of the engine will ch …
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Should the PCV breather hose affect fuel trims?

With the pipe disconnected and open to the air (not plugged), as you say, unmetered air will be getting in, bypassing the air flow meter. Therefore the mixture calculated by the engine ECU using readi …
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