done!
I wish I could fix the oil leak on my Camry
are these attached photos working? I can't see mine.
Re: Oil Leak 96 Camry
Best to change all the oil seals once the timing cover is removed.
Sounds like an oil pump seal, since those are under pressure.
Tips for the crankshaft oil seal replacement.
These are my own ideas, not necessarily representing them as a
professional approach, but they worked for me.
The big caution when removing the crankshaft oil seal by prying with a
screwdriver as usually recommended, is not to scratch the crankshaft.
Since I didn't want to take a chance on ruining a crankshaft on my
first attempt, and noticed the crankshaft oil seal has a steel backing,
I center punched and drilled some small holes, using tape on the drill
bit to limit depth and proceeding very carefully, then using a hook and
pick set, hooked one of those holes, pulled hard, and the seal popped
out. Turns out drilling one small hole would have been enough.
For driving in the new crank seal, I took the new crank seal to Home
Depot and matched it up with a "wye" ABS black plastic plumbing line.
Turned out to be a standard size - don't remember anymore, 2 1/2" or
something similar. Then held the angle part and tapped on the end with
a small sledge hammer to drive the crank seal in flush. Had tried
finding a socket, but none of the deep sockets, even up to 3/4" drive
at Sears, had enough depth to reach over the crank snout. Good thing I
had that little plumbing pipe because otherwise could not have gotten
the crankshaft oil seal to seat fully - it did have to be driven into
place.
Oil seal replacement was fairly simple, Small seal could be pressed in
by hand. Used a small amount of red grease to hold the little O ring in
place, since it would otherwise fall out of the groove.
Used the electric impact wrench to remove the oil pump pulley bolt,
after removing the oil pump. I used one of those neoprene band clamps
to hold the oil pump sprocket. Some had said it can be extremely
difficult to remove, but mine spun right off.
I wish there was peace on earth.
