[Supras] help with replacing some gaskets??

[cthommes at adelphia.net]

This would be the expected result of taking your car to Pep Boys for service and/or advice.

-Craig

---- Don Might <don_might at nivelparts.com> wrote: 
> "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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