UTAH (and Surrounding Areas) BS Thread

Thanks.

 

Its wheel bearing time for me.. anyone have any spares laying around they're willing to sell?

 

Amazon.

 

In the middle of replacing my water pump and tensioner and I noticed I have the common Timing Chain cover leak behind the PS pump. The truck isn't pissing oil onto the driveway yet, so I will just clean this for now and see how much Oil actually leaks out of it. This is a 2011 TRD offroad with ~100,000 mi.

Some people can repair this from the outside by just putting sealant on the seam. The correct way to do this, is to basically tear the engine down to apply new gasket material..... I might try the outside fix first. If I took it somewhere, the fix for this gasket issue would probably run me ~$2500. You basically need to remove the valve covers and take the front timing cover off the engine. It is a lot of work for a 5 min fix with a tube of the gasket material.

Here is a picture of some other TW member doing the outside fix (the engine is upside down in the pic).

 

In case anyone else has a leaking timing chain cover, it is leaking from this area.

Picture was after I sprayed some brake cleaner on it to clean the area. The area that leaks is literally 3-4" in length.

I ended up putting some Permtex grey gasket rtv on the outside (I spread a 1/4" bead all around the seam (no pic but it is like the pic in the post above)). Ill check this area in a couple days to see if I see any Oil seepage. It isn't pooling in the driveway so I don't consider it a huge issue at the moment.

 

Reminder to steam clean your carpets........ The shit that just came out of mine was horrifying.

 

LOL

 

I should clarify... truck not house. hahahah. The water was legitimately black. On the edges that line the ends of the floor mats, you could visibly see the water color change from clear to a dark brown while pulling the cleaning solution up.

 

Whered you get them done? I need to do carpets and my seat covers. Im legit afraid.

 

I have an industrial steam cleaner with a hand tool, did them myself. When I started I was just trying to get a few spots out of the cloth seats in the rear but you know how that goes... You're welcome to borrow it.

 

I'll take you up on that. My wet okole seats are gross, and wetsuit shampoo like they say to use did basically nothing

 

The carpet in my apartment has permeant stains from where my mountain bike sits

 

Thankfully mine are in the tiled laundry room.

 

Benefits of having your own house jealous you got a bittchin pad

 

Single dude with his own place is pretty bitchin'.

Got a work in progress precision bolt gun laying on the coffee table, bikes in the laundry room, its a free for all!

 

Oh that’s how any bachelor pad should look in my opinion

 

I had a similar feeling when I steamed cleaned the back seat of our Camry before we sold it.

 

Thank you for clarifying. Lots of things were rolling through my head.

 

I am legit jealous. If I take my weapons out of the safe, my wife loses her shit.