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Originally Posted by zerge916
have you figured it out yet?
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I believe I have. It think it's the passenger cam seal and so do 2 other Lexus mechanics that looked at it. The thing is, it hasn't leaked since I've been driving it around. I cleaned off as much oil as I could and haven't seen new oil leak. What really sucks is that I did the timing belt myself 10k miles ago. I did not do the cam seals at the time because I read that they were difficult and required a lot more work as the extremely tight cams must be removed. One of the mechanics recommended that I continue to drive with it and watch the leak. He said if it's slow then just try to wait until the next timing belt change so that I don't have to drop $1300 on seals right now.
I am happy that it hasn't leaked anything during short drives around home but I am still worried about the fact that it leaked approximately half a quart during my 1hr 45min drive which did include climbing about 4,000 feet in elevation.