Bolts next to coil

Any one know what the bolts next to the coils are, leaking oil

 

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Have you pulled the spark plug? Seems like the next investigative step.

 

Those bolts hold down the valve cover I think. The spark plug tube seal could be leaking and the plume has spread to the bolt head.

How old is the PCV valve?

 

Just finished doing the plugs no oil on the in side of the coil. Haven’t change the pvc valve, had the truck for two years put 15000 km on it.
That bolt has a rubber gasket on it that looks pretty bad!

 

Those are in fact the valve cover bolts, and their sealing grommets. They can be had alone if the valve cover gaskets are good (or you're lazy) otherwise they come with the VC gasket set (as do tube seals, which BTW if your spark plug tubes were leaking all the way onto the VC, you'd have a serious problem)

 

Should a just replace the grommet, or do I have a bigger problem?

 

Replace the grommet and replace the PCV valve. The PCV valve, if it's the 15 year-old factory original, could be the root cause of the problem.

 

You're looking at a valve cover gasket job.
You need a valve cover gasket set with grommets and tube seals

 

And some RTV.
Apply it where the Timing Cover, Head, and Valve Cover meet.
I know you know this @b_r_o . Just putting it out there for OP.

 

Replacing the pcv valve and the grommet solved the problem, thanks for the help guys!

 

Jumping on to follow this up. I just did a valve cover gasket and spark plug tube gasket replacement. There was oil on the outside of my pcv valve (apparent when I pulled the hose off, so I decided to replace that, too). What's interesting is that despite everything I've read about this part, my pcv valve was threaded directly into the top of the valve cover with no rubber grommet. Sooooo, I decided to do the same with the new pcv valve (which did not come with a grommet, by the way). It threaded down perfectly and I just snugged it tight with a socket wrench.

Is this a modification that someone did? Or is this how the pcv is supposed to install on my model? Anyone else have the same thing??

It's a 2004 base model, rear-wheel drive, 2.4L (2rz-fe engine).

 

It just threads in. The old rubber grommet style valves are from a different era - mostly the 90s

 

Like Bro said, it is supposed to be that way.
Threaded is “better”.

The old style with a grommet was bad to break off into chunks when you pulled the valve out.
And the chunks would fall into the valve cover. Fun times digging them out.
Sometimes you even had to take the valve cover off.


The only down side to the thread ones is they are tapered thread.
Too tight and you can crack the valve cover.
Snug is good. You did good