Valve cover gasket change...

dyogim · #1 (**permalink**) 09-26-2003, 12:00 PM

not for my truck but, for my moms 96 toyota camry V6. How hard is it to change the rear gasket? From it looks like, I'll have to remove the instake manifold to access it.

Mike

dupont24 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-26-2003, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by dyogim

not for my truck but, for my moms 96 toyota camry V6. How hard is it to change the rear gasket? From it looks like, I'll have to remove the instake manifold to access it.

Mike

Itake plenum has to come off. At the dealer we charge bout 4 hours to do the job! The big pain it the harness, disconnect every plastic bracket that you can on the harness to make room.

Eddie · #3 (**permalink**) 09-26-2003, 09:13 PM

Yup,the intake's upper plenum has to come off (14mm socket and 8mm allen). You'll need to loosen (but not totally remove) two bolts (14mm and 12mm sockets) behind the engine block that hold support brackets to the plenum.
Get some silicone sealer too,you need to dab some spots with the stuff.

dyogim · #4 (**permalink**) 09-29-2003, 10:59 AM

Thanks for the info!