98 camry repair help

[mnntwns24]

My 98 Camry has an oil leak coming from the valve cover. I went to take the valve cover off to check the gasket but noticed there are no bolts to remove. How do I get the valve cover off? Are there bolts hidden somewhere? I didn't dig to much into as I didn't want to screw anything up. Thanks for your help in advance.

[Kep]

I believe that the head cover is held on by the spark plug tube nuts. There may also be some bolts from the timing belt cover. When reinstalling they spark plug nuts are only torqued to 17 ft lbs. I believe they take a 30 mm socket. New gasket and plug grommets are recommended. Often you can just torque the spark plug nuts down to 17 ft lbs to take care of a minor leak. While you are in this area clean out your pcv valve.

Page EG1-16 for the 5SFE engine on line manual.

Kep

[Mike Gerber]

30MM hex size for the 4 spark plug tube/valve cover nuts is correct.

Mike

[El Tano]

Originally Posted by Kep

I believe that the head cover is held on by the spark plug tube nuts. There may also be some bolts from the timing belt cover. When reinstalling they spark plug nuts are only torqued to 17 ft lbs. I believe they take a 30 mm socket. New gasket and plug grommets are recommended. Often you can just torque the spark plug nuts down to 17 ft lbs to take care of a minor leak. While you are in this area clean out your pcv valve.

Page EG1-16 for the 5SFE engine on line manual.

Kep

Where can I find the online manual for the 98 camry 4 cyl ?????