Problem Reports

I smelled oil burning for a few weeks but I could not see an obvious cause when looking in the engine bay. Then after about 2 months there was oil dripping from the engine bay area onto the ground. I traced it back to the firewall side of the engine. There were pools of oil on the exhaust manifold. It appears that oil is leaking out of the valve cover, but I still need to get a professional to verify.

I was warned of a minor oil leak from my valve cover during an oil change, but I had never had issues with oil depletion. I didn't know about this common problem and thought I had some time before it would become an issue. Three weeks later, my engine cut out. The gasket had blown out, all the oil had come out, and my engine was locked up.

Both valve cover gaskets were leaking causing smoke under the hood. Replaced front one because it was the easiest just to find out the back one was the worse of the two, replaced that one and no more smoke.

Among other problems, this is known. Pretty nauseous smell when vent is on, even from outside. Checked the oil, and oil has a VERY SMALL leak, but over the course of the car's life, oil has built up on the body and is burning THUS the smell of burning oil. Don't get me wrong, the car runs great, but the smell of burning oil doesn't please me.

Told by Toyota of Glendora that my valve cover/gasket was leaking and quoted me a price of $140.00 for parts and labor. Toyota corp should pay for these defective issues. If made and assembled properly, nothing should leak!!!!