98 Toyota Corolla Check engine light - tune up and valve cover gasket

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1998 Toyota Corolla came into the shop today because the vehicle is running rough and the check engine light is on. DTC's were p0300, p0301, p0302, p0303 These trouble codes were pulled using Autel Maxisys mini ms905k. We later discovered that this vehicle is burning oil so severely that the plugs are getting build up on them after just 6 weeks. Customer did not want any further diagnoses. How to change valve cover gasket and tune up on 1998 toyota corolla.

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@timcastilo6962 7 жыл бұрын

I drive a 98 corolla as well and after much research I've figured out all of these corollas from 98-02 suffer from ring problems causing heavy oil consumption. My plugs do the same thing every 10,000 miles

@Autofixpals 7 жыл бұрын

wow that sucks. but thats awesome information.

@toyotacorolla2395 7 жыл бұрын

Tim the car guy I have a 98 corolla check engine light can you get back to me

@alhavana9426 6 жыл бұрын

Since the car burns oil because of the rings,the catalytic convertor gets plugged and you will get hesitation and power issues has nothing to do with fuel problems or sparkplugs or anything electrical

@aaronaaron6348 6 жыл бұрын

Tim the car guy. my check engine light is on my 98 Corolla I have the same problem on my car

@jimdavidson5208 6 жыл бұрын

They also suffer from lack of OWNER maintenance.

@DougHinVA Жыл бұрын

my 2000 Corolla with almost 300K miles was running on 3 cylinders. So I got 4 new NGK plugs and used a big vacuum cleaner with a smaller hose attached to remove any debris BEFORE the old plugs came out and used paper towels to get any oil in the spark plug holes....Then replacing all the plugs and a new PCV valve and cleaning the MAFS with electronics cleaner and a new air filter made it run smoothly again .... Toyotas are famous for burning oil (the bottom piston rings are too weak and do not get all the oil off the cylinder walls... to meet federal standards). So just pay for burned oil and change plugs each year... I have had no car payment in 15 years! Oil is cheap and plugs are cheap and wait until the weather is mild (September/October in VA) to do this yourself....

@clusa3721 Жыл бұрын

Good comment! I always wonder why mechanics and amateurs do not show that elemental carefulness of vacuuming the area where they will be working on and any other area to avoid the risk of adding more problems to the engine. Lack of common sense! thanks for your reminder Doug!

@DougHinVA 6 ай бұрын

mechanics have a boss and get paid... they are not paid to vacuum things cleaned...

@clusa3721 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you all. Yes. I just read at repairpal.com that "The Toyota Corolla 1.8L produced between 1998 and 1999 has a known issue with the valves that if left unchecked, will cause burned valves and engine performance issues", plus, "To repair the burnt valves, the cylinder head must be removed and rebuilt, which is a costly internal engine repair, however, this issue can be prevented through inspection and adjustment of valve clearances every 40,000 miles."

@carrosserieautozone9292 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks exactly what i needed to see.

@maxwellhouse1902 Жыл бұрын

The Haynes Manual for the 8th generation Corolla say to put a small dab of the expensive Toyota gsket sealant over by the passenger side of the cylinder head where the straight line part of the gasket takes an angle outwward to make room for the timing chain system. I didn't see you mae mention of that or actually do that. The valve covers on my Tundtra need that as well. Hopefully it wont leak on your customer's vehicle. I think I would've run a compression test on the cylinders and see what that showed you, but to each hi or her own. My 99 VE has 249k on the odo and I just bought it and it has similar issues with sorry maintenance. Fortunately, the compression test came out 205-220 and my plugs were grungy but nothing like the ones you pulled out. Might not have been a bad idea to check the valve clearances as well. I would've likked to see how you got those old gaskets off the 2 long bolts in the middle of the valve cover. MAybe next video......

@supersport2778 8 жыл бұрын

Those cylinders are toast!!!....Temporary fix to a serious problem/overhaul. Cant believe how bad those spark plugs looked! And guess where all that went. Inside the cylinder. Too bad you didn't scope the cylinders to see how bad they looked. Thanks for the video!!!

@zloben9000 6 жыл бұрын

did u clean the pcv valve? it burns oil

@rogjackson 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Very helpful information as to gasket. Once you got the gasket to stick to the cover, did you use any adhesive between the cylinder head surface and the gasket? Or just put on clean with no adhesive or rtv? Thanks. I appreciate your time.

@frankstetka7206 3 жыл бұрын

Rubber Gaskets are designed to work against a clean surface. No glue or Sealant against the head and cover. He just used glue to hold the gasket in place onto the cover. That is not necessary on this design but his choice to prevent a potential mishap; cleaning the glue and gasket off the cover next time May become a real chore but it’s likely never to be changed again as the car is most likely to hit the scrapyard than get a rebuild. 1.8 from this series are very well engineered except the pistons.

@ismaelalvarado01 4 жыл бұрын

So why was it smoking still after you replaced the had valve gasket and the spark plugs???? What other options can it be?

@JuanGutierrez-vr4cw Жыл бұрын

I can't get the top off do I have to take the spark plugs out??

@davidn11 7 жыл бұрын

so it was just the gasket? did the check engine light go away?

@justinreyes2871 4 жыл бұрын

how much does this cost to get the same thing done on my car

@clusa3721 Жыл бұрын

Seven years ago... too late today 2023 to ask you where did you plug the end of the spark plugs wires from the valve to the coils? for my 1998 they go , for 1,2,3,4 to 1-4 and 3-2 coils. It is written in the side of the coils. Mechanics have messed up my engine by plugging 1-4 and 2-3 and that gave me misfires. This goes for 1998 and 1999 Toyota Corollas 1.8L according to my book. So, if you left that end to the coils wires in the same position ... and the position was incorrect .... the problem will persist in the future. The valve cover gasket was looking pretty new to me. Many thanks for your videos.

@chemistryscuriosities 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve got oil in the spark plug well. Will a valve cover gasket kit fix that? By the way mine is a 1999. I don’t know if that makes a difference.

@chemistryscuriosities 3 жыл бұрын

@Hank Rutherford Hill thanks!

@antares37 6 жыл бұрын

Problem is the oil return holes in the pistons, they get clogged. Can be fixed by cleaning them out and add some more holes into it. I changed my gasket without any glue, no problem.

@chemistryscuriosities 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@QactisX 8 жыл бұрын

Are you saying to not torque it to Toyota specs? I tried to install a head gasket on a 96 Saturn SC2 without torquing to specs and oil drowned the spark plugs.

@sandornirienidghitarosvagy8416 6 жыл бұрын

Joel Leonard's

@moto9968 4 жыл бұрын

It's a valve cover man not a head gasket

@trippplefive 4 жыл бұрын

props to the japanese engineer(s) who designed this engine...this might be the easiest valve cover gasket job on the planet. zero props to the owner of this car for neglecting proper maintenance.

@jimmybailey7198 7 ай бұрын

I was reading that they cut costs with this model, but being the way they are, apparently they compensated by making it easier to repair

@3949zxcvbnm 7 жыл бұрын

LOL comes a time when the grease boy need's to stand down and the artist with the rubber glove's takes controll

@charlieb.8441 7 жыл бұрын

only thing I can say is I would have used the torque wrench a bit.And I Never put anything into an aluminum head or block without A.Anti-sieze for spark plugs and l loctite the rest.that is probably the type of customer that doesn't change oil or any maintenance till they fail an inspection or get stuck by the side of the road.Otherwise you're a good wrench!

@larryk769 Жыл бұрын

It is suggested by NGK if you are using iridium spark plugs not to use anti sieze as the threads on the plugs are treated in a way not to require anti sieze. Further NGK suggests using anti seize can cause overtorqueing of the plugs causing potentially other problems.

@heyitschinoable 8 жыл бұрын

Seeing as the misfire occurs between to adjacent cylinders, i wonder if the head gasket is going bad.

@heyitschinoable 8 жыл бұрын

Or if its just oil entering by the rings or valve seals...

@3949zxcvbnm 7 жыл бұрын

hope your car is still running my is 180K miles burns alot of oil but still gets excellent gas millege

@EMC13sR 6 жыл бұрын

john doe mine is almost at 270k 😂😂😂

@ahoorakia 6 жыл бұрын

when the head gasket start going bad ,antifreeze going in to engine, that causes the spark plugs being super clean,because they are getting steam cleaned by antifreeze

@carlosvalentin856 4 жыл бұрын

They never changed those plugs.

@martinmoffitt4702 2 жыл бұрын

right!!! said they did!!

@imscuba 5 жыл бұрын

Did not seal the seam at the timing chain. Bad bad.

@camarafamilia4455 2 жыл бұрын

Y el aceite no selo cambiaste ?

@clusa3721 Жыл бұрын

Good question Camara Family! Pero como el mecanico dijo, su cliente estara volviendo por el mismo problema si cuando recoja su auto el cliente no se interesa en aprender o hacer preguntas. Walmart mecanico no le importo cuando regrese a echarles en cara que se pasaron de la raya de Maximo cuando les pague por el cambio de aceite, sabiendo que eso perjudica/dagna la engine. No es suficiente pagar por los servicios de un mecanico, somos nosotros, los consumidores, quienes debemos estar detras de sus malas acciones chequeando y asegurandonos de que hicieron un buen trabajo o no.

@martinmoffitt4702 2 жыл бұрын

fill the oil and check the gas...drive it till it drives no more!

@philtrottier4442 7 жыл бұрын

Oil gets past the ring and burned in the combuston chamber.Stucked piston ring is the cause.Please see toyotanation.com website for the fix for this problem

@Autofixpals 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Phil.. Customer declined any further investigation.

@leonardlafrance970 5 жыл бұрын

Yip"oil & water mix,engine needs to rebuild,(the oil & compression rings need to change)

@eurogreekjune15 3 жыл бұрын

I must be lucky I guess. I purchased my toyota corolla with 203,000 in 2019 from a guy that didn't take care of it. After a little TLC I am at 240,000 w/o any oil burning/consumption. Question I have for people is the sparks I use are NGK 3967 which is OEM, some people I found on youtube are using NGK 4996 (laser Iridium) issue I have with this is that NGK website doesn't show that as a match? Wondering what others are using

@DougHinVA 6 ай бұрын

iridium plugs are longer lasting than platinum and that was the best available for a long while ...

@Autofixpals 7 жыл бұрын

No it was the plugs. But they became fouled by the fact that the car is burning oil.

@jimdavidson5208 5 жыл бұрын

That engine only hold 3.5 quarts of oil with filter. Lack of routing oil changes is the cause.

@DougHinVA 4 жыл бұрын

this is a long video of a scanning tool... not a regular cheap OBDII code reader (reads the ECM codes set). This assumes you have a real scanner, which most guys do not...

@juicebox2669 3 жыл бұрын

“Changed a week ago”😂😂😂😂😂😂

@jimdavidson5208 6 жыл бұрын

Here's another lack of OWNER maintenance video people. Look at the filth on the engine.

@jimdavidson5208 6 жыл бұрын

Those plugs are fine. Put them back in.

@Datboi_qwe 5 жыл бұрын

It's a auto that's the problem

@MrJames6891 4 жыл бұрын

Those valve covers are cast aluminum, setting on edge of garbage can and kneeling on it, not cool. Would have cracked it if it fell from garbage can

@Autofixpals 4 жыл бұрын

good thing it didn't fall. Thanks for watching.

@Autofixpals 4 жыл бұрын

The VC is more robust than one might think. it can surely support half my body weight. In the 20+ years i have been repairing vehicles i have never broken a valve cover on any vehicle be it aluminum, steel or composite.

@DougHinVA Жыл бұрын

speeding up the video and his voice too much dimmed makes it unusable.

@PhilJLF 7 жыл бұрын

He didn't address the ACTUAL problem that actually caused it to need a new valve cover gasket and plugs... he said "he'll be back in a few weeks" "at least it's running now" what a load of BS, this is why I don't trust mechanics... fix the car!!!! don't just fix it so it will run for a few weeks...

@Autofixpals 7 жыл бұрын

Phil J.L Fig at 7 minutes and 45 seconds into the video. if you actually watched it I stated that the customer declined any further diagnosis.. it's burnings oil. where from? sometimes that requires hours of labor to figure out. labor for check engine light diagnosis is 1 hour. industry standard. labor for spark plugs on a 4 cylinder tune up usually about an hour. compression test labor cylinder leak down test oil consumption test etc, etc, time, time, time, time..... customer doesn't have 💰 so unfortunately we can't go any further. fast, cheap, and good. you can only have 2.

@georgezama 6 жыл бұрын

GO TO PETER FINN!.

@Autofixpals 6 жыл бұрын

ignoring the FACTS again. You forgot the FACT that the customer paid for spark plugs a week or so ago at another shop. would you approve spark plug replacement again 1 week later unless you already know something is internally wrong?? We did not steal his wallet and say hey your buying spark plugs and a valve cover gasket.. quite often the 2 are sold together because it cuts down the cost for the customer since there is a little overlapping labor. Gaskets are cheap even with parts mark up Valve cover gaskets are cheap on Most 4 cylinder engines... Hell you can buy a NEW OEM valve cover for 4 cylinder Nissan's for about 100 bucks... I actually have a video on that too.

@Autofixpals 6 жыл бұрын

your a genius.. go ahead i gave you the address. i didnt make a few bucks. I was getting paid by the hour. No incentive for me to sell him anything. Valve cover gasket costs about 20 bucks and the labor was likely included with the plugs. since there is overlap. however as i already mentioned that was handled by my service manager..... One day you will grow up and understand that TIME is the only thing in this world you cant get back. I have already wasted enough of my time talking to you. your getting blocked. by hater.

@TheRebuilt1 5 жыл бұрын

I think he said a couple of times the customer declined further diagnosis to address fouled plugs. Common sense isn't so comen fo some I Dr Phil. Its probably bad guides or cylinder walls and rings are worn out of spec. It's common on these 1.8's, kudos to Auto Fix Pay for doing the right thing and the best you could under these circumstances.

@clusa3721 3 жыл бұрын

@jimdavidson5208 5 жыл бұрын

That engine only hold 3.5 quarts of oil with filter. Lack of routing oil changes is the cause.

@kmook76 4 жыл бұрын

3.7/3.9 according to the manual without/with filter