[Supras] help with replacing some gaskets??

[Rockey Fox]

The cam position sensor o-ring will become hard and brittle over time and appear to be a valve cover leak. I found that out once after replacing valve cover gaskets that didn't stop all the oil leak.

Also, 300 miles is about what I get from a tank around town which equates to about 20 mpg in mine when the little yellow light comes on requiring around 15 gallons (or $45) to refill it.

hth,
Rockey  91T

----- Original Message ----
From: gene lyu <geniesgotagun at yahoo.com>
To: supras at supras.com
Sent: Thursday, June 7, 2007 9:16:34 PM
Subject: [Supras] help with replacing some gaskets??

Hey all!
   
  Apparently I'm leaking some oil, and it's looking pretty serious.  I took it to pep boys and they said they do some oil leak test thing, so I had them do that and they came back and told me I was leaking from the VALVE COVER GASKET, OIL PAN GASKET, and the CAM & CRANK SEAL.  
   
  Now, I have no idea what any of those are but I have no more money so I'm pretty much stuck with having to do this by myself.  From my understanding, the engine has to be removed for the oil pan gasket to be replaced, so that's definitely not getting changed for awhile.  Hopefully, that's not where most of the oil's leaking from... a friend said I could just seal it with some sorta sealant stuff for now, so I guess I'll check it out.  
   
  As far as the valve cover gasket goes, are those the two things running over the camshafts?  Cause I just recently replaced those, so someone mentioned the bolts holding down the covers may need replacing.  The thing about that was the pep boys people wanted to charge me 69.99 for a valve cover gasket, and when I asked him if that was for the pair, the guy told me I only have on valve cover gasket.  I'm... confused.  Maybe we're both calling two different parts of the car the same thing?  Anyway, hopefully it's just the bolt thinggys on the car that need tightening.... 
   
  Which brings me to the main point of this post haha(sorry it's so long...), how difficult is it to replace the cam & crank seals?  Someone mentioned that it was just like replacing the timing belt or something?  But considering I've never replaced a timing belt before, I have no idea how involved it is.  Anyway, I was wondering if someone could do a step by step thing with me or point me out to a website or something that describes the process well enough for a complete neophyte like me to understand :D  OR if any of ya'll are around the Irvine or San Fernando Valley area, if you could give me a hand haha, I'd very much appreciate it.
   
   
  Anyway, thanks in advance!!
   
  -gene
   
   
  PS  how do ya'll get your engine bay's lookin so clean?!  do you just douse everything with simple green or something? :D
   
  PPS i remember a MPG thread from a lil bit ago and I was wondering how much ya'll get to a tank.  The only mod on my car is a K&N FIPK, and I'm getting ~300 miles before the needle sits on E.  Is that about right?  Or is something incredibly wrong here...? :(

       
---------------------------------
Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. 
_______________________________________________
Supras mailing list
Supras at supras.com
http://supras.com/mailman/listinfo/supras_supras.com







      ___________________________________________________________________________________
You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck
in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_html.html