$319 for the valve cover gaskets is so cheap! You got yourself a great dealer. Still consider yoursel lucky that you do not own a E350 benz, or e65 745/750i, their timing chain cover AND valve cover gaskets love to leak, especially on the BMW.

 

I think I may have this problem as well. My '01, with 125k miles, has a slow leak that leaves a few drips on my garage floor daily. At least it isn't a bad leak like on my gs300 I used to own.

 

Well, I think I have a final on my oil leak. Took it back to Toyota for the 4th time last week and they found (finally) a small piece of the old gasket still there. I havent smelled any oil burning or seen a drop on my garage floor so I'm pretty sure its fixed. Thanks for all the replies.

 

Glad you got to the bottom of the issue and got it resolved with Toyota. They need to ding the Tech that worked on it originally for sloppy work.

 

That's really sad you had to take the car back that many times to get it corrected. You would think that for valve cover gaskets that the job would be straight forward. I guess it wasn't! Glad it completed. Later!

 

you get what you pay for, i bet you wished you paid normal price and had no headaches. Congrats on finally getting it fixed.

 

I been having fun tracking down a oil leak that seems to be still going and i think its the o ring from the dipstick tube. I already replaced the valve cover gaskets, crank and cam seals, oil level sensor o ring and resealed the oil pan. Only thing left is the same stupid o ring from the dipstick tube,

 

If you can't tell for sure take a piece of paper towel, wrap it up some and put it around the dipstick tube where the dip stick goes into the tube. Hold it on with a rubber band or zip tie. After a couple of hundred miles take it off and see what you have. It may sound like a rude way of doing it but that's a proven way to tell.

 

Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but it quite pertinent to my present oil leak. My oil leak was noticed by my tech when he was changing my plugs and one (improperly installed) valve cover gasket. The other valve cover gasket was replaced last year as well. The oil does not (as of yet) drip on the floor but is noticeable under the oil pan mostly on the driver's side. I had my oil changed right after with Mobil 1 High Mileage. It is still leaking and my mechanic told me although it can be the oil pan gasket (not really a gasket but a sealant), it might also be the 0 ring at the dip stick. He told me if it gets much worse to bring it in and he will put dye in the engine oil and use an ultra violet light to locate the source of the leak. I read 2 posts above about the O ring being a possible cause for oil leaks. Considering the amount of labor involved in replacing the pan gasket seal, it is MOST IMPORTANT to make sure where the source of the leak is coming from. My 2001 LS430 has 127,500 miles and from all the posts I have been reading this is pretty much when our oil leaks begin.

 

If u no what you are doing can be DYI