That's probably the best quality video of a "how to" that I've ever seen!

Half moons should have been done and then any dirt/grime that falls on the cam lobes should be wiped off and then use a separate clean rag dipped in oil to wipe them so they are not dry when engine is started. Other than that pretty solid diy video.

After 9 long hours I finally finished 😅

Super helpful! I was having some challenges with the spark plug tube seals and you showed me exactly how to do it. THANK YOU!

The lesson here is: if you wait long enough, the bolts are really easy to remove.....

Badass perfect video, bout to do my 4runner tomorrow. One of the clearest vids i have ever seen TY!!

I have a 06 Lexus 470 and has major oil leaks from old valve gasket. Thanks for the highly detailed video for tutorial that I will attempt to replicate.

This will save me about $400 bucks at the local garage. Thanks!

Awesome job and perfect quality, thank you 👍

Torque spec from Toyota manual is 53 inch lbs. The manual also says to install/torque bolts from the outside in, star pattern. Good video, I was looking for clarification on the spark plug tube seals.

Awesome job. Great zoom in on area you are working in. Nice edits. Very nice presentation. 👌

Nice video thank you for the info will be using ur link

Thank you great video

Gr8 job👍👍👍 i wish if u could show up the RTV how u applied it on front side f valve cover the rear cover was clear. 👌👌👌

Thank you for this vid, it was very helpful! Took me 4 hours to do the drivers side, but I’m a slow wrencher. My torque wrench doesn’t go low enough for this job, I spent way too much time second guessing if I had it too tight or not. Time to invest in another torque wrench.

Thanks for the vid. I just finished the job from watching this. My 03 V8 4runner is slightly different from the engine you worked on. The driver's side is pretty much the same but the passengers side has less room too work on. You definitely have to remove the air box and also unbolt the transmission fluid dipstick tube from the oil dipstick tube in order to access the cover bottom bolts. Actually it was more challenging than the driver's side IMO.

Mines was leaking, I noticed all of my bolts looser then hand tight so I figured I'll just torque them all back to 53 in-pounds to by some time while waiting for all the new parts to come in. It hasn't been leaking again and I'm thinking Ill just wait till it starts leaking again before doing this repair. On a side note, it's been almost a year and it's still not leaking.

Correct torque is 53 in. Lbs. Should have pulled semi circle covers and put rtv around them.

Thanks

Purple cleaner is far better at removing the varnish on the valve covers. In addition, the half moons at the rear of the cylinder heads should’ve been removed, cleaned and new high temperature silicone applied.

are you going to remove and reseal the half moons?

Brake cleaner. Thanks!

Good job my friend Fresno California

So it’s been a year had this just held up so far

Mine didn’t have the bolt Rubber washers install them anyway??

Whar are all the other o-rings in the felpro kit for?

The Manual states that the torque to the value cover bolts is 53 inch pounds.

Hello I have a quick question hopefully you can help. I have a 2004 Toyota forerunner six cylinder 4.0 and I’m looking to change the valve cover gaskets. Do I need to remove the intake to do so? And if I do do I need to drain the radiator? Any help would be appreciated

i did driver side today aand i thought ii did eveyrhting correctly but white smoke started comingupfrom those bottom bolts and lots oil started leaking,..think maybe the gasket moved and didnt go on right? pinched or something like that? LS430 is a bit morefinnicky,.iwish it was as easy as thattoyota

For the spark plug gaskets does it matter how to install them ? I think I installed them backwards oh man

Is there supposed to be a snapping noise when you put the coils back in place? I put the coils back into my 4.3L sc430 and didn’t hear a snap. I haven’t started it so I don’t know if it will misfire.

Great video. How do you get the passenger side lower valve cover bolt out with the oil dip stick holders in the way???

Hey there JamesonDIY, I have the same problem with my 01 Tundra Limited with a leaky valve cover. They recommend OEM Toyota parts such as valve covers, spark plug gaskets and FIPG RTV Seal but I noticed you are using Aftermarket parts with Permatex Black RTV instead. How has it been coming along? Debating if I should Pay $240 for OEM parts to do the same job or go your route and save money. Let me know. Cheers

Should have resealed the half moons on the back while he was In there. They are known to leak if your don’t reseal them.

From Toyota, do the bolts come with the grommets? Does each bolt need a grommet? If so, would that mean almost 40 grommets?

How’s it been running so far better?

02:35 Wondering, since the cover bolts were loose, could you just torque them back to 53 inch/pounds and reseal the cover gasket? 13:50 It seems most people remove those half-moons and clean and apply the RTV.

I think it's backwards too..I am doing it for the first time on this engine, the OEM seals are shaped different which is causing the confusion

The oil seals had a metal tab u needed to bend up in order for the whole seal to be removed.

This is about the same process for ls430 2003 Lexus? Right?

"Just give them a little douche." Best part of the video.

Thanks for this video I just finished mine. I noticed @ 20:28 you had the spark plugs gasket backward. Have you checked I see if oils leaking In the spark plug hole.

torque 53in/lbs

How long I've to wait to tight up after putting sealer

Couldn't you run a bead of RTV around the entire valve cover area instead of only in certain spots?

For me The worst part of this job was removing the valve cover bolts 🔩. Because i felt 3 of them wore going to snap and i gently moved them back and forth to brake them free and after I spent 5-10 minutes on those 3 valve cover bolts I ended up snapping all 3 what a nightmare other than that easy job. I was thinking maybe the previous person might have stripped them on. Now I'm waiting to get the heads back from the machine shop. I had to do a valve job cause of a broken timing belt. Thank God I didn't deal with removing the broken bolts.

Those valve covers are not cleaned too well and you should have pulled those half moons from the back and cleaned them up with new sealant on them. Just placing RTV on the surface will not seal a leak that will protrude from underneath the half moons. That is going to be a leak issue and the valve cover job will have to be done again.

Do you happen to know the function of the hose you removed at 2:05 thank you for the video helped alot

What about valve cover bolt tightening sequence?

Got a 04 dodge truck v eight magum

I got a dodge truck with v8mag.

Stopped watching after 7:30 when you bust the seal prying it out. You're supposed to bend those 4 tabs back and then the seals pop out in seconds and in one piece. How did you expect to put in the new ones? If you didn't know basic stuff like that from the getgo, I wasn't staying around for the rest.