I had to take my Corolla back two times years ago as a licensed toyota service center did the same thing with my head gaskets. I had to fix the issue myself. Sad that a DIY actually fixed my issue.
Use the factory valve cover gaskets, those blue aftermarket ones tend to slide around a lot when trying to position the valve cover especially on the V6.
@@FredTheLutinoCocatiel Definitely not true. Fel-Pro made the blue ones in the video more than likely, because they are some of the only ones that are blue, but there are tons of different manufacturers of these gaskets. The OEM Toyota ones are definitely not made by Fel-Pro, I will say that.
Some people will tighten down the valve cover bolts at the first sign of a leak. It is only a temporary fix putting off the inevitable. After watching several videos did it myself taking my time. Still took about 5 hours though.
I love your accent LOL my favorite part of every video is the beginning when you say hello friends welcome to Toyota maintenance CZcams channel. LOL you can hear the passion in your voice
I’ve got to do a valve cover gasket on my 1999 Camry with the 2.2 liter engine. I just got the parts in from Toyota. The grommet gaskets, valve cover gasket, PCV valve and spark plugs. The car has 71,875 original miles and has never had a tune up.
Those look like Fel-Pro tube seals. I replaced mine with the gasket about two years ago, both Fel-Pro. Last week I noticed oil on top of the cam cover around the ignition coils and had a misfire on 4. I pulled the front and back ignition coils and they were both covered in oil. I went and purchased another Fel-Pro gasket, but Mahle tube seals and immediately noticed the Mahle tube seal gaskets had a much tighter diameter than the blue Fel-Pro ones. Hopefully the Mahle's being tighter will keep oil out of the tubes like the OEM originals did for 19 years. So to all that read this, DO NOT buy the Fel-Pro tube seal gaskets, Get Mahle or OEM. (2001 Tacoma Prerunner 2.7L)
Thank You! I learned a lot. One of your better videos. Seeing how it comes apart explains a lot. I think the spark plug tube seals were "Cup Seals". Looks like if it was installed correctly there would be no problem, it's not a dynamic seal. Not seeing how it could really leak there, looks pretty solid even if the seals were installed backward. It's not like they are under oil, they seem like heavy duty dust seals. Now it could be possible that the spark plug tube could leak where it screws into the head. Maybe when the guy who replaced the valve cover gasket inadvertently pulled out the spark plug tube. An oil leak from the bottom of the tube makes more sense because that seal (RTV Silicone) sits in oil. For good measure reseal the tubes. You said Half Moons. That would be a rubber piece that goes into the end of the head? Ok, that blue seal is silicone. It might not be hard enough to push in the Half Moons to seal. I learned something. Another reason stock gasket is better.
I just did it with oid washers today time to take the intakes back off. 5/3/23 I just replaced the rubber grommets 3hrs to redo it,. but you saved me from smelling oil all summer.5/4/23
This is his video showing tips and tricks for this engine. czcams.com/video/D04eVLXnl1k/video.html And his video showing a replacement. czcams.com/video/sEkEySQNsMg/video.html
I needed a new valve cover so I bought one off eBay. It came complete with a gasket attached to it. I did the whole job only to have leaking on the “new” cover side. The cover was “weeping” like crazy and causing smoke like before. Turns out the gasket that came with the new cover was garbage. For The other side I ordered a gasket kit from Yotashop with no leaking happening at all. I replaced the gasket from the new cover with The Yotashop gasket kit and since have had no leaking. Moral of the story…don’t trust the cheap Chinese gaskets you get with new valve covers.
@@02markcal my personal mechanic has a “helper” (his 15 year old son) and when they replaced my radiator, the dad was making sure his son did majority of the work
Whenever I tell someone who is about to DIY a 5VZ valve cover job, I ALWAYS tell them to go OEM with every single gasket and part. You can get everything from Toyota for around $100. That's for the valve cover gaskets, plenum gaskets, PCV/grommet, throttle body gasket, cam caps, grommets, and spark plug tube seals. As well as a tube of Toyota FIPG. You don't need to replace the half moons but they need to be removed and cleaned. It's an involved job in regard to valve cover jobs. Which is the big reason I say to go with OEM. You don't want to do this job twice!! That blue gasket is obviously not OEM and I've heard testimony from users on T4R.org who've stated that these blue gaskets (probably Felpro), tend to not last nearly as long as OEM.
Doing my 96 Avalon. The head bolts are tty, one time use. Every tutorial just reuses the bolts and tightens them to heck. Bad idea. Will actually use a torque wrench and the Manuel steps for head placement 😂. Hopefully solves my problems.
The rubber holding the PCV valve gets as hard as a rock too. Took me 30 minutes to slowly cut and pry that thing out without breaking a chunk off and having it fall into the engine.
When I did mine, I removed the PCV valve and grommet after I removed the valve cover. You're absolutely correct, that grommet was hard as a rock. I'm glad I took the cover off first because trying to remove it in a tighter space while the valve cover was attached to the head would have been a complete pain in the ass.
It's definitely the longest valve cover job I've ever done. All the other ones that I did were on 4 cylinder engines. Which took a quarter of the time when compared to the 5VZ.
I recently changed the valve cover gasket on my 2003 Corolla S 1.8 L engine and bought the after market blue gasket like yours and when I put everything back together I started my car up and it sounded HORRIBLE. Like it was knocking or something but when I would get going down the road it would stop but then My oil pressure light would flash or stay on solid. Literally all I did was change the gasket. I didn’t touch anything else inside the engine. Any advice would be much appreciated.
@@slalomking like sludge maybe? When I took the cover off there was a lot of sludge accumulation on everything and I was kind of poking around at it but I didn’t really see any fall in.. any advice on how to fix it?
@@bsizzlemynizzle still the same noise when I start it up. Been busy with other things lately so haven’t had the time to mess around with it. At this point I’m wondering if its the timing chain? Maybe it’s off a tooth or something? Idk, I’ve been thinking about selling it for cheap and cutting my losses.
That’s a good question. Although from what I have seen they need close attention when removing and replacing them. I think to make sure they are sealed well. I haven’t done mine yet but I’m trying to get all the information I can before the task. I really don’t think it’s that hard but a lot to remove to get to the value cover gasket’s. Not like the old Chevy covers where the plug wires were the only thing in the way.
@@stevanrose7439 it's not too difficult. I just did mine. The main thing is to take your time and make sure you take photos of how everything came apart. I replaced all the half moons with new ones so I didn't have to worry about cleaning the sealant off the old ones (it's a pain scraping off that old sealant)
@@AVI80R907 very smart just buying all new everything. I did the same for my truck. I remember having to take videos of myself talking while pointing to a certain connection or bolt, etc. Took me forever since I washed both covers I’m hot soapy water to scrub, and also painted both valve covers to look better under the hood. Saves a person a lot of money then taking it in
You might as well do both while you're in there. Why go through the hassle of going back in there for what is a very inexpensive gasket. Even for OEM. Just get it all done and then most likely never have to worry about it again.
Took me the same amount of time to do everything on my v6. Looks like a easy, straightforward job, but once your in there it can be quick to lose track. 8 hours of DIY saved me a lot on labor for a mechanic
Yeah, took me about the same time. I was also taking my time as it was the first time I've done one like this. If I had to do it again, I could probably cut the time in half now that I know exactly what needs to be done and what to expect.
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Why they design 1990's Toyota Truck 4.3 V-6 with stupid grommet in valve cover? It's garbage engineering. 1MZ-FE 3.0 liter Toyota CAR/SUV V-6 has better design with rubber sandwich shoulder bolt. You can just skip new one by add the extra washer on it for maintain the torque when put back. I replace two valve cover gasket like this in the two different Toyota 3.0 liter V-6. One 6 year ago and one 3 year ago, still no leak. Not good design for Toyota truck... 👎👎
Quite possibly the lowest maintenance vehicle on the market are Toyota’s. Get a 200,000 mile car and expect not to do maintenance then you don’t need to be driving you need to be riding a bicycle and you still have to maintenance that.
Also, take a few minutes and clean the valve cover before installing any of the seals. Common sense. You will never have it off again. Clean the dang thing. Think.
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Very professional and detailed approach to what some would consider a basic repair job ….. but it’s the details that matter! Nice work, Peter!!
I had to take my Corolla back two times years ago as a licensed toyota service center did the same thing with my head gaskets. I had to fix the issue myself. Sad that a DIY actually fixed my issue.
Use the factory valve cover gaskets, those blue aftermarket ones tend to slide around a lot when trying to position the valve cover especially on the V6.
Mine didn't, add some permatex in some spots so the gaskets will hold.
Fel-pro makes all gaskets just sold under different names.
@@FredTheLutinoCocatiel Definitely not true. Fel-Pro made the blue ones in the video more than likely, because they are some of the only ones that are blue, but there are tons of different manufacturers of these gaskets. The OEM Toyota ones are definitely not made by Fel-Pro, I will say that.
How is it holding up?@@Tahara-Aichi
Some people will tighten down the valve cover bolts at the first sign of a leak. It is only a temporary fix putting off the inevitable. After watching several videos did it myself taking my time. Still took about 5 hours though.
I love your accent LOL my favorite part of every video is the beginning when you say hello friends welcome to Toyota maintenance CZcams channel. LOL you can hear the passion in your voice
Thanks for another great video Petr,have a good weekend and thanks for taking Isaac under your wing!
Thank you for the videos they are much more enjoyable watching while it’s snowing outside
Thanks for your advice, I have the V8 and bought the factory valve cover gasket, tube seals, bolts with new rubber grommets and sealant.
I just love you. You are so helpful, such a wonderful guy. I'm always smiling watching you. Thank you for all your videos
I’ve got to do a valve cover gasket on my 1999 Camry with the 2.2 liter engine. I just got the parts in from Toyota. The grommet gaskets, valve cover gasket, PCV valve and spark plugs. The car has 71,875 original miles and has never had a tune up.
Love this series!!! Great stuff
I just replced the rubber grommets 3hrs to redo it,. but you saved me from smelling oil all summer.5/4/23
Kewl, awesome attention to detail !
Those look like Fel-Pro tube seals. I replaced mine with the gasket about two years ago, both Fel-Pro. Last week I noticed oil on top of the cam cover around the ignition coils and had a misfire on 4. I pulled the front and back ignition coils and they were both covered in oil. I went and purchased another Fel-Pro gasket, but Mahle tube seals and immediately noticed the Mahle tube seal gaskets had a much tighter diameter than the blue Fel-Pro ones. Hopefully the Mahle's being tighter will keep oil out of the tubes like the OEM originals did for 19 years. So to all that read this, DO NOT buy the Fel-Pro tube seal gaskets, Get Mahle or OEM. (2001 Tacoma Prerunner 2.7L)
Thank You! I learned a lot. One of your better videos. Seeing how it comes apart explains a lot. I think the spark plug tube seals were "Cup Seals". Looks like if it was installed correctly there would be no problem, it's not a dynamic seal. Not seeing how it could really leak there, looks pretty solid even if the seals were installed backward. It's not like they are under oil, they seem like heavy duty dust seals. Now it could be possible that the spark plug tube could leak where it screws into the head. Maybe when the guy who replaced the valve cover gasket inadvertently pulled out the spark plug tube. An oil leak from the bottom of the tube makes more sense because that seal (RTV Silicone) sits in oil. For good measure reseal the tubes. You said Half Moons. That would be a rubber piece that goes into the end of the head? Ok, that blue seal is silicone. It might not be hard enough to push in the Half Moons to seal. I learned something. Another reason stock gasket is better.
My goodness! I just ordered FelPro gasket and tube seals for my Dodge. I -hope I- WILL get the tube seals in the correct way.
I just did it with oid washers today time to take the intakes back off. 5/3/23 I just replaced the rubber grommets 3hrs to redo it,. but you saved me from smelling oil all summer.5/4/23
I hope you are checking the valve clearances while you are in there
The engine heat vulcanized the rubber to the metal. It can be done, like on engine mounts and stuff.
Great stuff 👍
Good info, since I'm getting ready to do mine. Thanks.
Same here, so good to see what not to do.
Check out Timmy the Toolman's video on the valve cover job 👍🏼
This is his video showing tips and tricks for this engine.
czcams.com/video/D04eVLXnl1k/video.html
And his video showing a replacement.
czcams.com/video/sEkEySQNsMg/video.html
First the, "Psycho" stabber, then, "Da, Da, Da".😂 Love this guy
I needed a new valve cover so I bought one off eBay. It came complete with a gasket attached to it. I did the whole job only to have leaking on the “new” cover side. The cover was “weeping” like crazy and causing smoke like before. Turns out the gasket that came with the new cover was garbage. For The other side I ordered a gasket kit from Yotashop with no leaking happening at all. I replaced the gasket from the new cover with The Yotashop gasket kit and since have had no leaking. Moral of the story…don’t trust the cheap Chinese gaskets you get with new valve covers.
Love the 5vzfe
excellaNT vlog. i learned something i didnt know. so im getting ready to do my valve cover gaskets on my sequoia... did you get rid of yours?
Thank you very informative
Thank you so much man
Why don't you let the young man do the repair with you overseeing him? He'll learn a lot that way.
That is the only way to learn, as watching/reading only goes so far, but hands on experience is priceless.
@@02markcal my personal mechanic has a “helper” (his 15 year old son) and when they replaced my radiator, the dad was making sure his son did majority of the work
Isaac may have a job or be in school, there are any number of reasons why, including that Petr needs to keep work moving through the shop.
Time constraints
Insurance liabilities plus everything causes cancer in California.
Whenever I tell someone who is about to DIY a 5VZ valve cover job, I ALWAYS tell them to go OEM with every single gasket and part. You can get everything from Toyota for around $100. That's for the valve cover gaskets, plenum gaskets, PCV/grommet, throttle body gasket, cam caps, grommets, and spark plug tube seals. As well as a tube of Toyota FIPG. You don't need to replace the half moons but they need to be removed and cleaned.
It's an involved job in regard to valve cover jobs. Which is the big reason I say to go with OEM. You don't want to do this job twice!!
That blue gasket is obviously not OEM and I've heard testimony from users on T4R.org who've stated that these blue gaskets (probably Felpro), tend to not last nearly as long as OEM.
Agreed!! Why spend all your time and energy only to risk the job with aftermarket parts? OEM-only for me!!
That job has to be done with OEM.
Not true at all. My 4 runner still going on 15 years on a aftermarket gasket and it's still bone dry.
Over torqued valve covers and upside down spark tube seals.... Aftermarket PCV valve.... Did it have vacuum leaks too?
I'm also going DIY for sequoia 2004 and that valve Fel-Pro cover gasket kit is on my amazon cart >>> now going to delete it .. OEM is the way to go.
That's a Fel-pro gasket. The grommets aren't included in most of there kits.They didn't source them separately.
Fel-pro are good gaskets
Doing my 96 Avalon. The head bolts are tty, one time use. Every tutorial just reuses the bolts and tightens them to heck. Bad idea. Will actually use a torque wrench and the Manuel steps for head placement 😂. Hopefully solves my problems.
What lb/ft of torque do u use on the bolts
The rubber holding the PCV valve gets as hard as a rock too. Took me 30 minutes to slowly cut and pry that thing out without breaking a chunk off and having it fall into the engine.
When I did mine, I removed the PCV valve and grommet after I removed the valve cover. You're absolutely correct, that grommet was hard as a rock. I'm glad I took the cover off first because trying to remove it in a tighter space while the valve cover was attached to the head would have been a complete pain in the ass.
Yall are supossed to turn the car on for like 10 minutes so it gets hot and the rubber holding pcv valve will come off easy
How many hours does it take to replace tappet cover gaskets
Big big big help
I’ve seen people messed up these types of jobs by cutting the spark plug seals when they put the cover back on as well
do these grommets go bad after approximately 220k miles??
Ty
Wow! Imagine that!
- V6
Doing simple gasket job turns into a huge hassle because of this configuration
It's definitely the longest valve cover job I've ever done. All the other ones that I did were on 4 cylinder engines. Which took a quarter of the time when compared to the 5VZ.
Don’t all those other grommets and spark plug tube seals come with the valve cover kit?
Most aftermarket ones come in kits, but the OEM ones from Toyota are all sold separately.
The valve covers are probably completely packed with mud. You would not believe all the silly stuff going on under those baffles.
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I recently changed the valve cover gasket on my 2003 Corolla S 1.8 L engine and bought the after market blue gasket like yours and when I put everything back together I started my car up and it sounded HORRIBLE. Like it was knocking or something but when I would get going down the road it would stop but then My oil pressure light would flash or stay on solid. Literally all I did was change the gasket. I didn’t touch anything else inside the engine. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Something fell into the engine
@@slalomking like sludge maybe? When I took the cover off there was a lot of sludge accumulation on everything and I was kind of poking around at it but I didn’t really see any fall in.. any advice on how to fix it?
Any updates? Did you get it fixed?
@@bsizzlemynizzle still the same noise when I start it up. Been busy with other things lately so haven’t had the time to mess around with it. At this point I’m wondering if its the timing chain? Maybe it’s off a tooth or something? Idk, I’ve been thinking about selling it for cheap and cutting my losses.
How does someone decide to take on that job without knowing some of the most basic things about it?
What state are you located in I need some work done on my third GEN
He's in Cali
North Cali, maybe Arcata? 🤷🏻♂️✌🏼
The dealer messed up valve gasket job. I took it upon myself to do it from now on they were not gonna be held responsible.
How did they know how to remove and put it all together, yet they didnt do this part correct? Doesn't make sense.
DIY turned into Make-You-Cry. .
Maybe to flush out the engine with ?
Plastic pry tools and something to eat away at the rubber parts [ disolve them ]
OMG, the spark plug tube seals are reversed 😅
If it was a felpro gasket they really suck I have used them and not been happy
What is the purpose of the "half moon" tabs?
I think they're just for leaking oil 😂
That’s a good question. Although from what I have seen they need close attention when removing and replacing them. I think to make sure they are sealed well.
I haven’t done mine yet but I’m trying to get all the information I can before the task. I really don’t think it’s that hard but a lot to remove to get to the value cover gasket’s.
Not like the old Chevy covers where the plug wires were the only thing in the way.
@@stevanrose7439 it's not too difficult. I just did mine. The main thing is to take your time and make sure you take photos of how everything came apart. I replaced all the half moons with new ones so I didn't have to worry about cleaning the sealant off the old ones (it's a pain scraping off that old sealant)
@@AVI80R907 very smart just buying all new everything. I did the same for my truck. I remember having to take videos of myself talking while pointing to a certain connection or bolt, etc. Took me forever since I washed both covers I’m hot soapy water to scrub, and also painted both valve covers to look better under the hood. Saves a person a lot of money then taking it in
Maybe where they line bored for the camshafts?
Be sure to torque new OEM grommets in a criss cross pattern making multiple passes. Go slow.
Hi Petr, if my 5ZFERE V6 3.4L engine is only leaking from the drivers side, do I need to do the other as well??
You might as well do both while you're in there. Why go through the hassle of going back in there for what is a very inexpensive gasket. Even for OEM. Just get it all done and then most likely never have to worry about it again.
8 hours and I was done, 1/2 moons and all.
Took me the same amount of time to do everything on my v6. Looks like a easy, straightforward job, but once your in there it can be quick to lose track. 8 hours of DIY saved me a lot on labor for a mechanic
Yeah, took me about the same time. I was also taking my time as it was the first time I've done one like this. If I had to do it again, I could probably cut the time in half now that I know exactly what needs to be done and what to expect.
Need new screws with gourmet s
So they double chubbed it.. put in a grommet on top of the old grommets…. Lol
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He’s obviously working and doing a great job at it. Buy a Manuel for your vehicle and stop whining like a baby.
Toyota 5VZ-FE Valve Cover Gaskets Replacement ~ czcams.com/video/sEkEySQNsMg/video.html by Toyo Maint
Why they design 1990's Toyota Truck 4.3 V-6 with stupid grommet in valve cover? It's garbage engineering. 1MZ-FE 3.0 liter Toyota CAR/SUV V-6 has better design with rubber sandwich shoulder bolt. You can just skip new one by add the extra washer on it for maintain the torque when put back. I replace two valve cover gasket like this in the two different Toyota 3.0 liter V-6. One 6 year ago and one 3 year ago, still no leak. Not good design for Toyota truck... 👎👎
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Sorry but this channel really sucks he's up in his ass about "his work"
Endless money pit.
Yeah but they are such great trucks and they have skyrocketed in value.
Yeah its obvious you know nothing about Toyota trucks in general. Money pits? 😂😂 Not even close
Quite possibly the lowest maintenance vehicle on the market are Toyota’s. Get a 200,000 mile car and expect not to do maintenance then you don’t need to be driving you need to be riding a bicycle and you still have to maintenance that.
Use a heat gun to heat the old grommets up and they come right out, without having to scratch and mar the surface like a caveman. Think.
Also, take a few minutes and clean the valve cover before installing any of the seals. Common sense. You will never have it off again. Clean the dang thing. Think.
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