[Supras] help with replacing some gaskets??

[Don Might]

"the guy told me I only have on valve cover gasket."

Said guy is WRONG.

You have 2 - one for each cam cover (valve cover).

Don


-----Original Message-----
From: supras-bounces at supras.com [mailto:supras-bounces at supras.com] On
Behalf Of gene lyu
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 9:17 PM
To: supras at supras.com
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...? :(

       
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