Toyota Camry Oil Leak
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Date: 2020-08-05
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Don
So - obviously a dealership can sell you the best quality, original supplier probably. But do auto part stores have OEM parts - that's where I'm confused? (Don't they have some) Do I just ask if they have an OEM BRAND part available at the auto part store, or what? I've always gone cheap, except where the repair is important or time consuming, like this one. FYI: I'm rolling in a '96 Camry w/ the same oil leak that was repaired - now it's leaking on the other side of the engine - so I'll be replacing the distributor o-ring next week.
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So - obviously a dealership can sell you the best quality, original supplier probably. But do auto part stores have OEM parts - that's where I'm confused? (Don't they have some) Do I just ask if they have an OEM BRAND part available at the auto part store, or what? I've always gone cheap, except where the repair is important or time consuming, like this one. FYI: I'm rolling in a '96 Camry w/ the same oil leak that was repaired - now it's leaking on the other side of the engine - so I'll be replacing the distributor o-ring next week.
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autos
You're a good guy Mr. O. I'm surprised with that long time and a comeback you still didn't charge him for that jobber. I was going to ask you if you did too and you already answered. You said three hour I would have said (I assume the customer for some reason wanted to use Dorman and it wasn't you) since customer wanted this product, to charge something fair, like an hour or just half. Maybe it was your call on what to use and Toyota was far or closed at the time. But yeah I hate that all the options sometimes are Dorman.
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You're a good guy Mr. O. I'm surprised with that long time and a comeback you still didn't charge him for that jobber. I was going to ask you if you did too and you already answered. You said three hour I would have said (I assume the customer for some reason wanted to use Dorman and it wasn't you) since customer wanted this product, to charge something fair, like an hour or just half. Maybe it was your call on what to use and Toyota was far or closed at the time. But yeah I hate that all the options sometimes are Dorman.
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Adnan
I must have watched this video 8 - 10 times pausing it on frames so I could read the part no because Toyota doesn't show any illustrations of this part, just says seal.
So, I got the part number of the seal, but was not able to get it for the O-ring.
I decide to put a comment asking for the part no. and it is right there in the description. Hahahaha.
He mentions the name NOK, is this OEM because it is half the price of the seals being sold under the Toyota brand.
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I must have watched this video 8 - 10 times pausing it on frames so I could read the part no because Toyota doesn't show any illustrations of this part, just says seal.
So, I got the part number of the seal, but was not able to get it for the O-ring.
I decide to put a comment asking for the part no. and it is right there in the description. Hahahaha.
He mentions the name NOK, is this OEM because it is half the price of the seals being sold under the Toyota brand.
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J.
Eric. I have a 2000 Toyota Camry 2. 2L. I am contemplating changing the oil pump seals/o-ring. I do not have a lot of tools. I would like to know if you know of an easy, cheap way to loosen the harmonic balancer so I could access the oil pump. Again, all I have are a few hand tools and a jack stand. I cannot afford to pay my mechanic to do this (at 125 per hour labor. I have watched many of your videos and you seem to be able to generate solutions on the fly.
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Eric. I have a 2000 Toyota Camry 2. 2L. I am contemplating changing the oil pump seals/o-ring. I do not have a lot of tools. I would like to know if you know of an easy, cheap way to loosen the harmonic balancer so I could access the oil pump. Again, all I have are a few hand tools and a jack stand. I cannot afford to pay my mechanic to do this (at 125 per hour labor. I have watched many of your videos and you seem to be able to generate solutions on the fly.
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50sKid
Well crap. This is one older video I did not see until now. I just did one of these on a Rav4. The owner had the o-ring seal from Toyota but all we could get was the dorman oil seal from AutoZone. I did not use the o-ring seal from that kit because I could see how bad it was but the oil seal looked alright. I didn't imagine it would get hard and crap out! Man that blows.
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Well crap. This is one older video I did not see until now. I just did one of these on a Rav4. The owner had the o-ring seal from Toyota but all we could get was the dorman oil seal from AutoZone. I did not use the o-ring seal from that kit because I could see how bad it was but the oil seal looked alright. I didn't imagine it would get hard and crap out! Man that blows.
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Phil
That really sucks having to do the same job twice and loosing the labor costs! I know what you mean
Eric O. I have had to replace a fuel pump twice because those after market crap pumps fail with a high rate! So the second time around an access pannel was cut to get the pump out in about 15 or 20 minutes. Ugh. Those cheap aftermarket junk parts. I feel for ya.
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That really sucks having to do the same job twice and loosing the labor costs! I know what you mean
Eric O. I have had to replace a fuel pump twice because those after market crap pumps fail with a high rate! So the second time around an access pannel was cut to get the pump out in about 15 or 20 minutes. Ugh. Those cheap aftermarket junk parts. I feel for ya.
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Daniel
I went to a local shop recently to have this repair done. I understand it involves taking the timing belt off, and understand its not a quick repair, but the parts are not a major cost. They quoted me over 600. This seems like what I would expect had I just gone to the actual Toyota dealership. Does this seem excessive for this repair or average?
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I went to a local shop recently to have this repair done. I understand it involves taking the timing belt off, and understand its not a quick repair, but the parts are not a major cost. They quoted me over 600. This seems like what I would expect had I just gone to the actual Toyota dealership. Does this seem excessive for this repair or average?
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Glen
I've learned my lesson. Bought a timing belt kit on ebay (made from China) for my 1996 Camry. It paid like 35 for the timing belt and water pump. I belt broke after 10, 000 miles. Guys, don't buy parts made from China. The car was stranded me and costed me so much headache. Spend a little more and get the quality parts.
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I've learned my lesson. Bought a timing belt kit on ebay (made from China) for my 1996 Camry. It paid like 35 for the timing belt and water pump. I belt broke after 10, 000 miles. Guys, don't buy parts made from China. The car was stranded me and costed me so much headache. Spend a little more and get the quality parts.
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rick
That part is trash, because it failed on you. It was a super star until it rolled into your garage. All that bad mouthing of the Dorman part NOW after it failed on you. You thought it was a good part when you installed it on the failed one. Sometimes saving money, is not really, saving you money.
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That part is trash, because it failed on you. It was a super star until it rolled into your garage. All that bad mouthing of the Dorman part NOW after it failed on you. You thought it was a good part when you installed it on the failed one. Sometimes saving money, is not really, saving you money.
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John
I've had the exact same thing with motorcycle fork seals. Same type of inner sprung shaft seal I guess?
Bought some aftermarket ones. One year later one was puking fork oil all over my bike. Bought OEM ones, and they tend to last me more than twice as long for a very similar price.
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I've had the exact same thing with motorcycle fork seals. Same type of inner sprung shaft seal I guess?
Bought some aftermarket ones. One year later one was puking fork oil all over my bike. Bought OEM ones, and they tend to last me more than twice as long for a very similar price.
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