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1992 Toyota Camry

Question: Oil Leaking!

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lopakakaluna, 3.0L V6, Pearl City, HI, March 16, 2010, 17:58

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Noticed oil leak coming from a black looking round plug under the valve cover located on the drivers side of the valve cover. Is it hard to replace? and what would be the step by step procedure to replace it? Also notice another oil leak coming from the oil cover plate that the oil filter is attached to. Can the gasket be replaced without removing the exhaust manifold?

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  patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, March 16, 2010, 22:30
  

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  Its not too difficult to replace the oil cooler gasket but I have not removed the manifold to replace it. The plug at the end of the cylinder head is easy to replace on the radiator side of the engine but the rear valve cover is more difficult to remove/replace about 3 hours.
  Autozone have some popular workshop manuals for free on line once you register (for free) on their website http://bit.ly/autozone_repair_info .There is a company that independent auto repair shops "buy" their information from that offer a very reasonable service to do it yourselvers. You get a one year subscription to year make and model specific repair procedures, service bulletins, component locations, wiring diagrams ect.... great quality information same as the professionals have ,much better than generic workshop manuals from parts stores, much cheaper than the factory manual. http://bit.ly/alldata_repair_manuals or try http://bit.ly/mitchell_repair_manuals_online and get an online repair manual subscription.
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  lopakakaluna, March 17, 2010, 22:40
  

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  Thanks fixed it with no problems. Great help! Thanks for the links to will make use of it.
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