oil leak on 2011. 51k miles

5year or 60k

 

Sooo, its a 2011.. How do I know if the 5 year is truly up?

 

Well what month you buy it?

 

Or call the dealer and ask.

 

last month.. lol

 

My truck had 165k when my oil seal wore out this past year. I had a local Lexus-Toyota shop replace it and the main pulley/harmonic ballancer (oil eats the rubber on the harmonic). Was like $300-$320 total, parts and labor, I recall.

DO NOT go to the dealer, when I insisted it was only the main seal, they said they wanted to replace the whole timing cover for $2,100.

 

Nothing is perfect and your statement is BS. It is a leaking oil seal on a 6 year old truck.

 

I knew someone would say something about this. Sorry but it is truth. I have been hearing about and dealing with more mucked up Toyota's than ever lately. Both newer and older. They are cheaping out on production costs therefore allowing the lowest bidder to design and build their parts for them. New GM.

 

That really doesn't make any sense. Everything breaks. Of course older vehicles have problems and of newer vehicle issues, I assure you most are isolated incidents or user error.

I for one haven't had major failures, and I've had two different toyota trucks over 200k miles.

 

Went by the dealer today, warranty ran out in December so I am told. But.. its only 185 bucks for them to change the seal, which isn't too unreasonable, may just schedule them to do it. I hate having leaks on anything.

 

Well check PCV valve. if you have massive oil leak at idle maybe you have blow by in engine. Most of those seals are designed to run with engine under slight vacum (PCV valve connected between filter and intake itself) thats how they seal. Oil flowing like that is weird. Otherwise that seal is pretty to replace, you just have to make sure you have torque wrench, new oil seal, pulley holder, and new crank bolt (don't recommend reusing old one since they designed to stretch)

 

it doesn't leak at idle.. Only under load.. revving.. And oil is only coming out down low.. I can see it start running out under the crank pulley

 

I would do quick PCV check just in case. Maybe thats all it is.

 

how exactly do you "check" it......

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osa1juPiNDs

 

It is a check valve that allows flow from the valve cover to the intake and it prevents flow from the intake into the valve cover.

If you have a compressor you could blow on each end and ensure it only flows in one direction. However you can replace it for less than 10 bucks.

 

Yes they have gone to shit in a hand basket:


https://highmileclub.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/hmc-exclusive-2008-toyota-tacoma-with-732000-miles/

http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/heres-what-a-toyota-truck-looks-like-after-1-000-000-mi-1776141464

 

Ive replaced em and messed with pcv valves before on older vehicles. I understand what they are for.. I just don't understand what it would have to do with a leak.. I know it helps create vacuum in the whole system, and relieves pressure from the crankcase, and from gases getting by the rings into the oil. But what would a pcv valve have to do with an oil leak near the bottom of the motor?

 

IF the PCV was stuck closed it "could" build up pressure inside the crankcase and invert the seal causing a leak.

Rare, but it has happened...

 

pcv seemed fine. I pulled it, shook it, blew through it each way.. seemed to function properly only allowing flow one way. I cleaned it and put it back in