Happiness is a new No. 3 cylinder head cover

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Cyrus

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happiness is deleting that fucker and saving the $60 bucks the dealer wanted for it. i am putting my engine back together without it, just using oil plug gaskets to for seal purposes.
 

Backlash2032

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Without the cover it makes it impossible to pressure wash the engine without drowning the plugs..

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Cyrus

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you can still pressure wash without the #3 cover, just use rags after to soak up water in the galley and then blow out the last few drops with compressed air. works for me!
 
Oct 11, 2005
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Just going by the book on this one! :icon_bigg

This thread was not meant to be serious, I just was glad to get things cleaned up. Its been said before by others... the no. 3 cover was not a high point in Toyota's engineering achievements.
 
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Forgot what it looked like - went napa seal special and haven't looked back. Only drawback is the sparkplugs snap in nicer and get better support. Thinking back though I wasn't always sure if the spark plug snapped in or just the top valve cover.

Not only is the engine clean but there's the bosch bov, nice work.