GRRRRRR what size Gasket?
#2
Lexus Champion
Looks pretty bad to me and don't forget the leak is on top of the Alternator. The alternator/generator is the source for your electrical system and maintain the battery at it's optimum output.
I know you just bought this car at below KBB value,so this is the answer why it's below KBB value. I've read all your posts in here and I feel bad for you about your frustration. I recommend take the car to the trusted independent shop and fix one problem at a time or Toyota dealer.
I say fix that distributor o-ring first(the cheapest one), and don't worry about the valve cover gaskets yet. The bushings, the shocks, and some another stuffs can wait.Good luck.
I know you just bought this car at below KBB value,so this is the answer why it's below KBB value. I've read all your posts in here and I feel bad for you about your frustration. I recommend take the car to the trusted independent shop and fix one problem at a time or Toyota dealer.
I say fix that distributor o-ring first(the cheapest one), and don't worry about the valve cover gaskets yet. The bushings, the shocks, and some another stuffs can wait.Good luck.
#3
Lexus Test Driver
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Looks pretty bad to me and don't forget the leak is on top of the Alternator. The alternator/generator is the source for your electrical system and maintain the battery at it's optimum output.
I know you just bought this car at below KBB value,so this is the answer why it's below KBB value. I've read all your posts in here and I feel bad for you about your frustration. I recommend take the car to the trusted independent shop and fix one problem at a time or Toyota dealer.
I say fix that distributor o-ring first(the cheapest one), and don't worry about the valve cover gaskets yet. The bushings, the shocks, and some another stuffs can wait.Good luck.
I know you just bought this car at below KBB value,so this is the answer why it's below KBB value. I've read all your posts in here and I feel bad for you about your frustration. I recommend take the car to the trusted independent shop and fix one problem at a time or Toyota dealer.
I say fix that distributor o-ring first(the cheapest one), and don't worry about the valve cover gaskets yet. The bushings, the shocks, and some another stuffs can wait.Good luck.
Really the only issue with the Suspension is the Strut other than that all seems to be good, I just want to change the bushing because of the mileage.
I just wish I could find a DIY for the valve cover gasket for the SC300, I found one for the LS400, but nothing for the 300.
If this is the most I'm going to have to do to a car with 170+ on it I'm happy . I mean most cars barely last 100k without any MAJOR problems, the SC has a few minor ones in comparison to others.
#4
Lexus Test Driver
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GRRRRRR what size Gasket?
Did I ever tell you how stupid some people at the auto parts store are? So yesterday I went to Advance Auto to pick up some stuff to fix my distributor. So I bought the cap, rotor and o Ring and from the minute I walked in and talked with the guy benind the counter I had a bad feeling. I ask him for a distributor cap and rotor kit......he tells me that they dont sell them together. Well that is bull because they said it is available in store according to their website, so after informing him that he was dead wrong I finally found a different associate that had half of a brain.........or so I thought.
Well now I have my cap and rotor now I need to get the gasket. So I ask this guy for the O ring for the distributor........boy was that a mistake. The look on his face was like I just asked him the meaning of life, he had no idea what I was looking for. So after explaining what it was he still had no idea what it was. I tried calling it everything in the book and describing it 10000x different ways and the dude was oblivious, he then grabs his manager who told me that they do not sell o rings seperate. After explaining to him that it to is on their site and they do sell them he then looked in the computer and grabbed one off the shelf and said it would work.
Now onto today, I'm about to go and rip out the distributor, but something told me to double check everything. Thank God I did because the o ring was WRONG!!! WWAAAYYY to big.
Does anyone know what size O Ring the 97 SC300 takes because these guys have no idea what the hell they are doing and I really dont want to go back their without knowing the size exactly.
Well now I have my cap and rotor now I need to get the gasket. So I ask this guy for the O ring for the distributor........boy was that a mistake. The look on his face was like I just asked him the meaning of life, he had no idea what I was looking for. So after explaining what it was he still had no idea what it was. I tried calling it everything in the book and describing it 10000x different ways and the dude was oblivious, he then grabs his manager who told me that they do not sell o rings seperate. After explaining to him that it to is on their site and they do sell them he then looked in the computer and grabbed one off the shelf and said it would work.
Now onto today, I'm about to go and rip out the distributor, but something told me to double check everything. Thank God I did because the o ring was WRONG!!! WWAAAYYY to big.
Does anyone know what size O Ring the 97 SC300 takes because these guys have no idea what the hell they are doing and I really dont want to go back their without knowing the size exactly.
#5
Lexus Champion
Just go to Lexus and get the right part and be done with. If I say 1.25" o-ring the guy at the auto parts still don't know and give you the wrong one. You may end up leaking more oil and the distributor o-ring only cost a few bucks.
I'd merge your thread together because it's the same topic about distributor leaks/o-ring.
I'd merge your thread together because it's the same topic about distributor leaks/o-ring.
Last edited by VVT-i; 06-14-08 at 02:04 PM.
#6
Lexus Test Driver
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Just go to Lexus and get the right part and be done with. If I say 1.25" o-ring the guy at the auto parts still don't know and give you the wrong one. You may end up leaking more oil and the distributor o-ring only cost a few bucks.
I'd merge your thread together because it's the same topic about distributor leaks/o-ring.
I'd merge your thread together because it's the same topic about distributor leaks/o-ring.
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#8
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YOU ARE THE MAN!!!! thank you very much, now just to figure out if I should get a 1 5/8 ring or a 2" one.
#11
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I wish the caps that Advance Auto sells would come with the gasket but it does not
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