150k miles valve cover gasket changed
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150k miles valve cover gasket changed
just got finished changing my vale cover gaskets, spark plug seals and air intake manifold gasket also.
The biggest pain in the rear was a bolt located behind the air manifold. I swear toyota makes it hard on purpose. Lol.
Hopefully nothing leaks as I'll test it out later this afternoon. here are some pictures. It's a 2007 is350.
Took me about 12 hours, that's taking my time by myself. Obviously would be less time, now that I know what to do
The biggest pain in the rear was a bolt located behind the air manifold. I swear toyota makes it hard on purpose. Lol.
Hopefully nothing leaks as I'll test it out later this afternoon. here are some pictures. It's a 2007 is350.
Took me about 12 hours, that's taking my time by myself. Obviously would be less time, now that I know what to do
Last edited by Deathrow23; 08-03-16 at 08:59 AM.
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ncatona (05-21-20)
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Sorry, I didn't take pics of the steps. But can offer help if anyone decides to do it.
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Did you ever have the vvti actuator recall done? IIRC, the valve cover gaskets are supposed to be changed when they do that, but, I don't think they do the spark plug seals. http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...3v395-3180.pdf
Nice job though. Working on 4cyl's all the time makes these v6's look like a huge pain in the rear to work on.
Nice job though. Working on 4cyl's all the time makes these v6's look like a huge pain in the rear to work on.
Last edited by Zmon; 08-04-16 at 01:28 PM.
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[QUOTE=Zmon;9575491]Did you ever have the vvti actuator recall done? IIRC, the valve cover gaskets are supposed to be changed when they do that, but, I don't think they do the spark plug seals. http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/acms/cs...3v395-3180.pdf
Not sure, but I think so. Maybe that's why they didn't look bad at all. Either way, I guess I would have changed it anyway since I had to get to the spark plug seals.
Last edited by Deathrow23; 08-04-16 at 05:41 PM.
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smitty2919 (04-05-23)
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So I found out by looking at some pics that either I don't have these gaskets back on correctly or it may have fell.
These are vvt oil bearing cap gaskets. From the pics they should be seated in the engine but I guess they stayed stuck up inside the valve cover instead. I didn't even pay attention to them at all.
Question is, do you think it would be ok if the gaskets somehow were not on? Maybe it didn't fall and stayed stuck on the valve cover and lined back up. Either way, I can check them now and have to open it all back up.
These are vvt oil bearing cap gaskets. From the pics they should be seated in the engine but I guess they stayed stuck up inside the valve cover instead. I didn't even pay attention to them at all.
Question is, do you think it would be ok if the gaskets somehow were not on? Maybe it didn't fall and stayed stuck on the valve cover and lined back up. Either way, I can check them now and have to open it all back up.