Timing cover oil leak

Look over on the passenger side of the engine, leaking oil will be dripping around the PS Pump.

 

Will do

 

Damn. I bet you will not leave with everything you came in with. Like various caps, cable ties, push pins, maybe even a bolt or two.

 

I would have just done this.....

 

As a guy who cleans his oil drain pan with brake cleaner, Holy fuck that gives me anxiety

 

Looking at those pics make a great point for a timing belt vs a chain.

This problem has been ongoing since 2007 with the 2GR and they still throw the FIPG in there. Looks like it's the EXACT same seep point since 2007. Timing belt is a pain in the wallet if you do it every 90k miles, $750 at the dealer with water pump.

 

What's FIPG? So you're for the chain or against it?

 

form in place gasket, used lots of places on vehicles by many manufacturers. A very heavy duty RTV

 

Ahh. That's right. Seal packing

 

Liquid gasket, as opposed to something like a head gasket.

I'm usually in favor of a chain, but this 3.5l 2GR appears to have some continual problems. It's not the chain's fault though, appears it's just poor gasketing.

Thing is, a belt replacement is cheap, if you have a shitty chain design it's $2600 out of warranty.

I didn't have a problem with the 22re chain, although the tensioner was going out at about 170k miles, no leaks though. The 2.7l chain in the '97 went 110k miles, no leaks. The 4.0l I only had it 27k miles.

 

Apparently whatever Toyota is using isn't all that great. A quick Google search shows the same leak point since 2007.

 

Name one other truck, any truck, that doesn't have issues of its own. Let he who is without sin...

 

No room in the engine bay dude

 

2.7 mochine nevar brek

 

3 years late to the party sir.

 

Nobody ever sends me the party invites

 

My engine just died most likely due to this repair... Oil pump failed and engine grinded itself to death. At least that's my theory. the dealer wanted 3k to tear down and diagnose.

I forgot i even made this post.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/low-oil-pressure-engine-replacement.787794/