Replacing Valve Cover Gasket

[TacomaSR54x4]

How hard is it to changed the valve cover gasket on a 92 Camry V6? How do you change it?

[Unco]

this topic has been covered in detail a few times. i suggest you run a search.

[mazdaverx7]

you have to remove the airbox and associated hoses and intake tube as well as the mass air sensor connector and tps connector. next remove the "24V V6" plastic cover that is held on by two 5mm allen nuts. after that, remove the two 10mm bolts holding the solenoid rack on. next, remove the cold start injector line and the three vaccume lines around it as well as the ground wire attatched to the side of the plenum as well as the pcv line. go ahead and remove the two 12mm bolts securing the egr tube to the uim then remove the two 14mm bolts and the two 12mm bolts holding the intake to its corresponding braces to the rear of the manifold. then you'll want to remove the two 10mm allen headed bolts that secure the uim to the lim and then the two 14mm nuts on the outside of the uim. after that you can remove the uim and set it aside. there will be a vaccume line or two and i believe one or two coolant lines still attatched to the manifold. dont worry though, just slide the manifold out of the way. now that you have the uim out of the way, you'll want to remove the two 10mm nuts holding the wiring harness and one ground on top of the valve cover and unclip a grey connector and a connector on top of the power steering pump, and the rear-most three injector clips and you can slide the harness out of the way. from there you will remove the spark plug wires and unbolt the 8 10mm bolts securing the valve cover to the head. if i missed a detail or two, this should give you the gist of things wihtout searching. you'll pick up on anything i left out when you do the job. if you need any more help you can feel free to post back here or pm me.

[mazdaverx7]

i also wanted to add not to forget to replace the spark plug tube seals as well as the rubber washers under each valve cover bolt.