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Sydney
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February 2005
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Melbourne
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Re: 7MGE Oil leak
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Mon, 29 August 2005 09:41
 
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yep cam covers, new seals and replace the poxy screws with some nice stainless ellen drive bolts
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Sydney
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February 2005
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Re: 7MGE Oil leak
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Mon, 29 August 2005 10:09
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How much are the seals? is and an easy job to perform?
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Lismore, NSW
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February 2003
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Re: 7MGE Oil leak
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Mon, 29 August 2005 11:20
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Not sure on costs of the cam cover seals, give your local Toyota dealer a call and even try your local parts shop eg Supercheap Auto's... To replace the seals you remove the air intake pipe that runs over the cam covers, unscrew the 12 phillip head screws (6 on each cover) lift the cam cover of, remove the old rubber seals and install the new seals... But before you do this do the following...
Give the 12 screws a bit of a nip up, clean the oil out from the spark plug wells etc and leave for a few days while driving the car. Then check to see if it has leaked if it has replace the seals if not keep an eye out whenever you pop the bonnet. I hope what I told you makes sense and helps you out.
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Sydney
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February 2005
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Re: 7MGE Oil leak
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Mon, 29 August 2005 12:19
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celicaboy_2000: thanks for the info, yeah i've tried tighting the screw like what you've told me before, and still leaking abit of oil, i think best thing for me to do is replace the seals n see how i go from there!
allan: where can i get these stainless ellen drive bolts that u were talking about ?
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Membership Secretary
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Sydney
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June 2002
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Re: 7MGE Oil leak
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Tue, 30 August 2005 00:46
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When I rebuilt my 7M I used after markert seal kit, both the head and the cam covers were clean but after a weeks running I had the same problem.
To fix it this time I put the cam covers back on with Black Toyota Gasket Sealer. A lillte bit expensive but it did the trick no more leaks. Its propbalby the best gasket sealer I have used.
So for a short verson, buy new seals, and toyota gasket goupe and assmebly with sealant on both sides of the seal. Also seal that black piece of plastic to the head. It will be harder to pull apart next time though.
Go to a bolt specialist if you want new bolts but I really couldn't see how putting different bolts would help.
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Sydney
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February 2005
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Re: 7MGE Oil leak
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Tue, 30 August 2005 02:12
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TheStitt: thanks for that, i'll probably head down to toyota spare parts tomorrow and get the stuff to do it..see how we go from there.
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