Under Valve Cover Pictures 1994 Toyota Camry 5S-FE 4 Cylinder

[demarpaint]

Another case of I wouldn't be happy to see that if I popped a VC and saw that.

 

[dfarr67]

I had a 91 all trac- good performing car in winter but *****. Hard to get drivetrain parts. Did the timing belt, oil/water pump and the oil pump gave out a year later.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Anyone notice the varnish pattern on the teeth of the timing gear?

 

[Owen Lucas]

Maybe some LiquiMoly engine flush before you drain the HPL for your next OC.

 

[Zee09]

Maybe some LiquiMoly engine flush before you drain the HPL for your next OC.

Nissan and LiquiMoly are officially banned here.
Soon @AutoMechanic will hopefully be..............

 

[SatinSilver]

Any pictures of the car? Don't see those everyday. Dad's first Camry was a '92 SE V6.

 

[jetman]

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Here are some pictures of the underneath of my valve cover on my new to me 1994 Toyota Camry with the 2.2 4 cylinder 5S-FE in it. 204,408 on the odometer. Not the best but not the worst I’ve seen either. Definitely wasn’t expecting it to be this dirty underneath. The camshafts don’t look too good either. Looks like the original owner probably slacked on maintenance. I am the third owner. I have service records from the previous owner who owned it for 6 years. He used exclusively Valvoline 10W-30 High Mileage Full Synthetic oil in it paired with Wix or Mobil 1 filters every 3,000 miles. I plan on running some engine cleaner through the engine probably HPL. I purchased Castrol 10W-30 High Mileage Full Synthetic to go in it before taking it apart. However in the future I may use some HPL or Mobil 1 in it to try and clean it out just will keep the interval at 3-5k as I don’t want to do anymore than that. Plan to keep the 10W-30 too as it specs 10W-30. Let me know what you guys think. This is my first time ever dealing with one of these engines. We just don’t see stuff this old come into the dealership. This car was gifted to me for my birthday so I’m happy to have it where it will be better maintained than it originally was. I do plan to clean the cover more just that was as far as I got tonight as it got dark.

I will also be replacing the PCV valve and hose and another hose too as they were all brittle and snapped when I tried to get them off. I had to take the old brittle valve cover gasket out with a pick as it kept breaking off. Car runs excellent and very quiet and shifts well going fowards but has no reverse and the linkage is all in tact so after I fix this issue I will be digging further into that. Hoping to learn more about transmissions that way.

This is the first time I’ve ever had to use a 30mm socket to take off a valve cover. There is a nut on the top of each cylinder tube that is a 30mm that must come off to remove the cover. The spec on those nuts is 17ft lbs from what I was able to find. I was easily able to loosen them with a short 1/2 ratchet.

Let the sleeping dog lie.
I wouldn't put anything in it to remove the gunk because it may clog an oil passage or something.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Any pictures of the car? Don't see those everyday. Dad's first Camry was a '92 SE V6.

Here you go. Mine is an LE. Sunroof leaks when it rains have to fix that too lol.

 

[supton]

Anyone notice the varnish pattern on the teeth of the timing gear?

You know how during setting up hypoid gears for differentials, you wipe something onto the gear surface, then look at the wiping patterns? This is Toyota's version of dykem blue.

 

[The Critic]

Wait, why are we doing wallet flushes on a car with no reverse?

 

[brages]

Anyone notice the varnish pattern on the teeth of the timing gear?

A scissor gear (anti-backlash preloaded gear) can be seen on the right side of the photo.

 

[Nick1994]

Wait, why are we doing wallet flushes on a car with no reverse?

Gotta keep the lawn ornaments maintained too

 

[amblerman]

Vanish on the cam lobes, These do not use Hydraulic Lash Adjusters/Lifters, So the Buckets do not contact the base circle of the Camshafts.

thank you for that explanation.

 

[InvalidUserID]

Not pretty but will get the job done and not very needed.

Geez, did I describe a car or a partner?

 

[Elroy the Brave]

Its a 1994 Toyota Camry with 200K miles.

I'd use the cheapest 10w30 and change the oil every 6,000 miles. I wouldn't try to clean he engine at all.

Great lasting car.

 

[ATex7239]

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Here you go.

This situation legit made me laugh out loud…

 

[citationxeleven]

Change the oil every 4-5k and drive it. I purchased my 94 in 2005 with 192k, now has 314k.

 

[HemiBenny]

I would just button her back up and run whichever oil you want for the rest of her life, I just wouldn’t waste money on any expensive boutique oils though. I wouldn’t go crazy trying to clean it up either, you may just open up Pandora’s box if you do. That’s my .02 cents, it probably ain’t worth .01 cent, but there it is.

 

[CleanSump]

@AutoMechanic, when does the Transmission thread start?

 

[clinebarger]

Anyone notice the varnish pattern on the teeth of the timing gear?

One of the gears is a split, Spring loaded scissor gear, Normal to have 2 different opposing patterns.....The varnish just makes it visible.