Problem Reports

Valve Cover Gasket Leaked oil. Replaced gasket.

oil leaking around valve cover gaskets. Should they be adjusted. My son has had camry's and has an avalon that did the same thing. He turned the gaskets 1/4 turn and the problem ceased. Also we have been told b a toyota mechanic that this does sometimes happen if you use synthetic oil which we do in all our toyota cars.
Do I need to have them replaced or just adjusted?

Gasket leak.

Smelled something burning. Noticed nothing wrong with the cars drivability. Took to mechanic and they showed me where the oil was leaking from the rear bank onto the manifold and burning which is why i saw no oil in the driveway.

The valve gasket started leaking down the steering rack, the car was going good, so i just left it like that. About 2 month later the steering started playing up, i did not know what happened so i took it to a mechanic and he told me that because the valve gasket was leaking on the steering rack it made the bushing soft and now the whole steering rack is moving as you turn your steering wheel.Dont change the steering rack just change the bushing which will cost about $70.00. The mechanic told me i had to change the rack which he quoted was 675.00 but i found out it was about 550.00, so i did the bushings myself, its bit awkward because of not much room there,but once you take the steering out and do the bushing outside and put it back on again its much easier. Good Luck snd there is another problem with those cars is the back seal goes very quick so i am selling mine now.