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Old 02-12-19, 01:28 PM
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So my head gasket is finally leaking. Who has changed it so far, have you also changed the header gaskets and anything else while the space is available?
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Can you be more specific about what is leaking and where?
If it were mine to do I doubt I'd leave the engine in place for that.

Heads coming off is best done on a stand.
And ya, if the heads come off, there should be new exhaust manifold gaskets going back on.

I suggest you buy a subscription to either the Toyota TIS site or alldatadiy.com and read up on what it take to make this repair.
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I apologize, the valve cover gaskets.
It is leaking right under the driver side valve cover. I can see the dried up oil.
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Even that has a bit more to it as you have HPFS and all of that to deal with as well a bunch of little O-rings.

Enroll as suggested above if you've never done something like this before.
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