Can you guys help me out. i'm a total noob

[berto22]

My car had been sitting for a couple of months because i had to switch my rear spindle. Got the part changed it, car was good. engine was fine ran fine. the next day i decided to clean the engine so i got some engine degreaser and i sprayed everything minus the alternator and battery.

so fuck me in the ass the next time i turn it on which was about 20 min after i sprayed it, the car didn't start as usual it sounded different but it turned on and stayed on. now my engine was moving a bit too much, rocking too much for me. it started smoking but i didn't panic i figured it was just burning the degreaser but then i noticed oil was BOILING and bubbling up at the spark plugs on the engine. what the fuck did i do to my car!! can you guys help a brother out?!? :1zhelp:

Any help would be appreciated, if you think you know what went wrong, if you think i know what damage i may have caused, what i can do now..

I am ready for any verbal assaults!! and i won't take it personally :slap:

 

[berto22]

oh and i turned the car on today, the oil isn't there anymore and its not smoking but it still rocks a little and the car started the same weird way. and it sounds the same weird way. did i just fuck up my spark plugs?

 

[Mk3runner]

Haha, I got coil packs wet before.. It'll do that. Oil bubbleing.. Um probably a oil leak which is common.. Clean all the crap off and go from there. You got a dizzy being a ge. Take cap off and see if it's wet. Let it dry if it is. Pull plug wires and make sure it's not wet.. Basically dry things up

 

[berto22]

alright im gonna pull them bitches out in a bit. but hey so oil bubbling? any possibility it might be worse than an oil leak?

 

[Mk3runner]

Valve covers leak.. Crap like that. Get to that after you fix current problem. Remember always a qt over at full mark.

 

[berto22]

alright ill do the cables today the cover tomorrow. hope i don't have to spend any money!! thx u sir for the help :icon_bigg

 

[AJ'S 88NA]

Yep your valve covers are leaking, I use paper towels, screw driver, rags. Then clean the wires good and might be a good time to change the plugs.

 

[Mk3runner]

Stock bolts for valve covers suck. Just something to keep in mind.

 

[aus87nat]

Put your hand near your dizzy with the car running. If you end up playing the hokie pokie, you'll need to change your plug leads

 

[Mk3runner]

LOL that's fucked up.. Works tho. Not for a week heart

 

[berto22]

alright so the engine degreaser had nothing to do with this? and all i gotta do is clean up all the oil under the plugs and that's it i don't have to replace anything? well besides the plugs. i mean they are literally in a pool of oil

 

[SURUKO]

get new valve covers gaskets and bolts ....

 

[Mk3runner]

Yea happens more than you think.

LOL maybe the degreaser freed up gunk that was ghetto sealing the gaskets

 

[berto22]

i found this thread: http://www.toyota-supra.info/forums/mkiii-supra/7527-got-oil-on-top-of-your-spark-plugs.html



answered everything it's pretty helpful. thanks guys have a beer on me :icon_bigg

 

[berto22]

Yea happens more than you think.

LOL maybe the degreaser freed up gunk that was ghetto sealing the gaskets

you know what that actually makes perfect sense. lol

 

[Moy]

Go to Toyota, get a pair of valve cover gaskets and the sealing washers for the valve cover bolts. Shouldn't be more than 25-30 dollars (each valve cover gasket is about 11 bucks). Then go to Napa, get 4 of Napa part #704-1076.

Also read this thread, it could help you. It definitely helped me.
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95661&highlight=valve+covers+leaking

Soak up the oil in the plug valley as best you can. Change the valve cover gaskets and the oil plug galley gaskets. You'll need a large allen headed socket (14mm I think) to fit into the oil galley plugs. (Make sure to read the above thread carefully, very important DO NOT TOUCH information in there).

It would be a good time to change out the spark plugs too. I used autolite platinums that I bought at Walmart for about 15 dollars. I do not know the part number for them, though. Gap them to .043" or 1.1mm.

 

[Mk3runner]

Good post

 

[Moy]

Good post

Thanks. Haha. I just went through this a couple of weeks ago.



Oh yeah, I would also recommend replacing the Y-pipe gasket (where it mates to the upper intake plenum).

Here are the part numbers from Toyota that you will need for the valve cover gaskets and y pipe (I do not have the sealing washers as I did not think of them until after I did the work, haha).

Anyways, Part numbers:
Valve cover gaskets: 11213-42020
Y Pipe gasket: 17128-42020

 

[hornet7288]

Valve covers leak.. Crap like that. Get to that after you fix current problem. Remember always a qt over at full mark.

a qt. over full? This isn't harmful in any way? Is this just to prevent rodknock?

 

[Moy]

a qt. over full? This isn't harmful in any way? Is this just to prevent rodknock?

Not for rodknock, it's because the 7M naturally consumes oil. Not a whole lot, but a little bit. It's because of the PCV system (on 7M-GE's, it is the metal piping that goes from the valve covers to the throttle body). The vacuum from the throttle body sucks out the air inside engine/valve covers, which ends up sucking out oil as well as air. That's one reason why if you ever take off your intake y-pipe and look inside that it's full of gunk/grease