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post Jul 19, 2012 - 1:03 AM
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So me and my friend had a stupid idea to try and color my valve cover. So after the deed was done we drove it from Garland to Dalllas and when we got to the destination the engine was smoking and we tried to put oil in again so we could get home. Then we got home it ran out of oil again. My question is, what happened to make it go like that? frown.gif
 
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post Jul 19, 2012 - 3:54 AM
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yeah i think that's the problem, the rubber seal around the cover. Do you know where i can get a replacement?
post Jul 19, 2012 - 12:11 PM
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QUOTE (MangJavs @ Jul 19, 2012 - 3:54 AM) *
yeah i think that's the problem, the rubber seal around the cover. Do you know where i can get a replacement?


...I almost think you're trolling...Its called a valve cover seal. Go to AutoZone or wherever (I'd do Toyota cause nothing beats their quality) and get one.

Just a heads up, ANY time you take apart something that is sealed with a rubber gasket, you HAVE to replace it with a new one. There is no if and or but.

That being said, if you don't even know that or the fact that almost every part of a motor has to be torqued specifically and that you have to replace gaskets you shouldn't be taking your motor apart; even if its something as simple as a valve cover. You're so lucky you didn't mess something up and I'd be extremely upset to see a 6th Gen get trashed cause you wanted to paint the valve cover. I'm not trying to be mean but its the truth.

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- MangJavs   car just overheated   Jul 19, 2012 - 1:03 AM
- - caribou17   QUOTE (MangJavs @ Jul 19, 2012 - 2:0...   Jul 19, 2012 - 1:23 AM
- - delusionz   + did you evenly torque down the valve cover nuts ...   Jul 19, 2012 - 1:56 AM
|- - trdproven   QUOTE (delusionz @ Jul 19, 2012 - 4...   Jul 19, 2012 - 2:43 AM
- - MangJavs   i didn't replace any parts just the one tube w...   Jul 19, 2012 - 2:07 AM
- - caribou17   QUOTE (MangJavs @ Jul 19, 2012 - 2:0...   Jul 19, 2012 - 3:25 AM
- - MangJavs   yeah i think that's the problem, the rubber se...   Jul 19, 2012 - 3:54 AM
|- - caribou17   QUOTE (MangJavs @ Jul 19, 2012 - 4:5...   Jul 19, 2012 - 11:52 AM
|- - travisxcore   QUOTE (MangJavs @ Jul 19, 2012 - 3:5...   Jul 19, 2012 - 12:11 PM
|- - Smaay   QUOTE (travisxcore @ Jul 19, 2012 - 10...   Jul 19, 2012 - 8:19 PM
- - Special_Edy   Actually rubber gaskets are usually reusable. Its ...   Jul 19, 2012 - 12:29 PM
|- - trdproven   QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Jul 20, 2012 - 3...   Jul 19, 2012 - 5:41 PM
- - MangJavs   Thanks for everything guys. Yeah I know I don...   Jul 19, 2012 - 5:16 PM
- - MangJavs   another thing is that when we put the valve cover ...   Jul 19, 2012 - 9:29 PM
|- - Special_Edy   QUOTE (MangJavs @ Jul 19, 2012 - 9:2...   Jul 20, 2012 - 12:08 AM
- - MangJavs   So my oil is leaking because the valve cover wasn...   Jul 20, 2012 - 12:18 AM
- - Box   Hypothetically let's say his valve cover has n...   Jul 20, 2012 - 12:24 AM
- - delusionz   my first celica had the 3sfe engine (identical to ...   Jul 20, 2012 - 12:40 AM
- - JohanFer   Sorry guys for this question, but I am new to engi...   Jul 23, 2012 - 11:19 AM
|- - delusionz   QUOTE (JohanFer @ Jul 24, 2012 - 4:1...   Jul 29, 2012 - 10:16 AM
|- - JohanFer   QUOTE (delusionz @ Jul 29, 2012 - 11...   Aug 2, 2012 - 10:53 PM
- - Galcobar   Ignition timing which is off may cause overheating...   Jul 23, 2012 - 9:44 PM
- - MangJavs   So we finally replaced it and car seems to be work...   Jul 29, 2012 - 3:22 AM


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