I did not find much here regarding my oil leak coming from my VVTi Cam Gear, but these three videos were helpful.

• Jeff's Garage: DIY Rebuilding a 2JZ/1JZ VVTi Cam Gear when it starts leaking!
• Lexus/Toyota 2JZ-GE VVT-i O-Ring Replacement
• Toyota Lexus VVTi Cam Gear O-Ring Leaked Fixed

I intend to replace the O-Ring that all three videos talk about when I get the replacement O-Ring on Monday, but when I took everything apart today, I found what appears to be a 2nd O-Ring that is broken at an odd angle. That no one even talks about.

2nd O-Ring in the VVTi Cam Gear?

Is this suppose to have the angled break?
It seems pretty stiff (but so does the O-Ring I am replacing) is this suppose to also be a Viton O-Ring?
Has anyone ever seen this?
Is it a problem and should also be replaced?

 

I heard back from the guys at Power Dynamix in Texas.
They are the ones who did the Jeff's Garage Video linked above.

They wrote:
So, if anyone else is curious in the future, this is not an O-Ring and does not need to be replaced.

 

Bro, it’s me, from the future. This is the only place on the entire internet that explains the split seal. You just saved me a ton of trouble. Thank you for this thread so much!

 

Glad I could help - I agree that for how common this problem is and how easy it is to repair I too am shocked more comments had not been made about the split seal.

 

hi yes I the same crack so do I need to replace it? Or is it fine?

 

If you have the oil leak you need to replace the o-ring, but leave the split sleeve alone.
I thought that was clear in the write-up.

 

😂😂😂 funniest quote I’ve seen in a while