Topic: BAD OIL LEAK!!! Need answers asap!

[tommyboy]

Ok so i have a 22r and i just did a fuel pump replacement and in the process of doing it i took my valve cap off just enough in the front to where i could see where to place the fuel pump on to the end of the cam. well after i got everything back together...BAM!!! after i run the engine i leak like crazy and not just drops im talkin little puddles. ive kinda got the main area down of where it is...its leaking off the top of my tranny down the passenger side only and i know its not the rear seal or the valve cap because all those areas are clean. i need to get it fixed asap so any thoughts or probable answers would be great..thx guys.

[Duffil]

if by valve cap you mean valve cover, it's probably the rear cam plug. It's a half-circle piece of rubber just like the one in the front. it probably fell out or shifted out of place. either find it or go buy a new valve cover gasket set.

[tommyboy [OP]]

is it shaped like a horse shoe kind of? and i just added a post to ur build thread lol how wierd.

[tommyboy [OP]]

oh wait i think i know what u mean cuz its part of the gasket right...and its in the front too right cuz if thats what u mean i dont think its that because that stuff is all clean...all the edges of the valve cover are clean...

[Duffil]

yup.

[Duffil]

if the only thing you pulled was the valve cover I don't see what else could cause it unless the gasket fell out of the rear of the cover.

[Duffil]

10-15 depending.

[tommyboy [OP]]

ok so say its not the valve cover but its near the rear of the heads and block wat could it be?? oil sending unit of some sort??

[Duffil]

there is nothing in that area. the OP sender is by the filter. the EGR cooler would leak water, not oil.

[tommyboy [OP]]

aw ok that calms me down a lil then...so i need to check the cam caps i belive you called them and make sure im not pinching the valve cover gasket right??

[Duffil]

[tommyboy [OP]]

right on man thx...ill let ya know how it goes.

[Birfailed]

You should try asking these kind of questions over at pirate4x4.  They love to help out with these types of questions.  Really new guy friendly over on pirate.

[tommyboy [OP]]

I fixed it today it was the gasket it needed reseting and a lil rtv did it good as well.
and i also did not know that the BRAKE! light staying on meant it needed more brake fluid. i thought that was pretty sweet!! man a yota really can not be beat...(knock on wood)!!

[mudmaster]

and i also did not know that the BRAKE! light staying on meant it needed more brake fluid.

All vehicles do this. You may want to check for a leak or pad/shoe wear. Brakes do not use fluid.