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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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Call the stealers over the weekend and they wanted to charge me $500 in parts and labor for a spark plugs and valve cover gasket(both).. Well i said screw them lol and decide to do it myself, didnt look to hard i said but at the end, job well done..

Took me about an 1hr and 30 minute... not too bad
save me some money, going towards my rims pretty soon..
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 08:23 AM
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Very nice! Did you use the DIY from here?
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 08:33 AM
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Very nice! Did you use the DIY from here?
i actually didnt, but i did looked into it but it didnt show how to do the valve covers so i just starting taking parts off and eventually i got it done... not hard at all as long as you know what you're doing and know where all the plugs and hoses go.. spent about $45 plugs, $5 plenum gasket, $20 valve cover gasket (intake/exhaust), $5 sealant.. total of $75
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 09:27 AM
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I sure hope that you didn't get the autozone sealant to use on the valve cover gasket did you? I would use some toyota black RTV around the cam seals and rear cover since those places usually leak. Also, their should be a crush gasket in each of the bolt that holds the valve cover down that I usually replace. Lastly, did you torque it down to factory spec? If not, I'd go back and do it again because you either are over tightening it which could lead to a crack valve cover or not tightening enought which will cause a leak down the road. Hope this helps.
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Old Mar 23, 2009 | 09:36 AM
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No i didnt use auto seals... got some seal from toyota and yes every thing was torque to factory specs.
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