oil leak
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Ruiner
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Where is this oil coming from? the pic is take from under looking through on the driver side past the steering rack.
theres a few main culprits, i cant really tell from the picture but in order of most common
-Valve cover gasket
-Rear main seal
-oilpan/timming chain cover
JRZEE2000TR4LTD
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Bad picture, but from your description it almost has to be the VC gaskets. Very common on these trucks. Any other place (especially the other two mentioned) would be easy to spot as the leak wouldn't be that high up on the motor block.
Arnezie
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:withstupid:
DeathCougar
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DeathCougar
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Also, I think it's clearly the valve cover gasket. Very common leak point, nothing higher than that or even in that vicinity to leak.
gshadow325
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I looked at a 01 yesterday and it has never been cleaned since 2001 under the hood. The oil traveled down and was blown to the rear by the fan. So tons of oil going down and tons on the firewall. On the brake resivior.
Looks like a leading vc is my guess. If I buy this 01 my plans are to decrease and observe.
Looks like a leading vc is my guess. If I buy this 01 my plans are to decrease and observe.
Ruiner
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Timing chain cover on a 5VZ-FE.
generalized for all cars, not just 4runners
jgue467
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Just tighten them for now, some of mine were so loose i could turn them by hand. Once I tightened them all up, cleaned the engine as best i could, it took a few weeks maybe months for the remaining oil to finish burning off but it did. I re-tighten them about once year and they have not leaked since. Luck! :banana:
Just tighten them for now, some of mine were so loose i could turn them by hand. Once I tightened them all up, cleaned the engine as best i could, it took a few weeks maybe months for the remaining oil to finish burning off but it did. I re-tighten them about once year and they have not leaked since. Luck! :banana:
