Valve Cover Gaskett Help PLZ!!!

[robertsmb]

Ok, my MR2 is in the shop for an oil leak and they said the leak was around the Valve Cover Gasket.... the shop has called every parts store including Toyota, and they cant find a Vavle Cover Gasket for a 2.0L DOHC Turbo MR2... they cant even get a part number for it.. like it doesnt exist....

Can someone please help me? I woudl like to get this gasket as soon as possible to get my engine running right.

[Gairloch]

You might want to call the stealership yourself. I question how hard they tried.

[NESW20]

go in to the dealership, talk to their parts department. don't let them tell you no. it's in their parts catalog (on the computer). the CAN get it for you.

-Mike

[MR2Jedi]

dealers have them or can order them..can't remember what i paid for it..wasn't a whole lot.. just make sure they order both of the peices. outer edge and the 2 circle things that go around the 2 center spark plug holes

[OEMonkey]

11213-88381: Valve Cover Gasket
11214-88381: Valve Cover Gasket
90210-07001: Valve Cover Washer(for the bolts)

Two PN's for the VC gaskets bec. there are 2 peices.

[MR. 2Lanes]

Same thing with my car. And I can literally see oil spitting out of my valve cover onto my turbo. Shit sucks! Any whoo, is it pretty hard to replace if anybody has done it themselves before? I'm gonna save money and fix myself. It doesn't seem that it would be that difficult, but I know the bolts are going to be a bitch to get off.

[robertsmb]

The mechanics and eveyrthing else I have heard says its easy.. like a 1 hour job...

Take off the throttle body and then the valve cover... the gaskett is right underneath... clean the shit out of the cover and seat the gasket and put it back together...

end of story.

[MR2-Good-4-u]

mine has the same problem but the 2006 edition of sport compact car had a write up about the mr2 and they said it could be the phillips head bolts that they used, they said they work themselves loose all the time and you should replace them with hex head which you can get at twos r us.

[BDSL]

The valve cover gasket is more than an hour job. I have done it in my garage and from start to finish takes about 2-3 hours.

Remove rear strut tower bar.
Remove intercooler pipings.
Remove throttle body inlet.
Swing the trottle body out of the way. You might want to remove a bunch of the electrical connectors and hoses so they don't get in the way.
Remove the EGR pipe.
Remove the spark plug wires.
Then you should have complete access to the valve cover.

[MR. 2Lanes]

Alright!!! Thanks for the estimated times!!!

I'll be sure to get it done now. Thanks again!!!

[MR. 2Lanes]

Holy crap!!! It took me 4 hours to do this job. Had to replace valve cover gasket and twos r us hex bolts, and clean turbo of oil from the valve cover sputtering oil all over. Now the turbo doesn't lag in 4th and 5th gear. Woohoo!!! Thanks for all the help guys!!!