How to Replace Head Gasket 1997-2001 Toyota Camry 5S-FE Part 2 

The symptom of my 2001 Camry was exhaust gas going into the cooling system and causing the car to overheat and rough idle. After following your video and I was able to replace the head gasket and valve seal without issue. Now the car runs perfectly. Thank you.

Just finished doing the head gasket on my daughters 2001 Camry. The first thing I do before any job like that is to search youtube for extra hints etc.so I came across your video. I have done lots of jobs on different cars and seen many videos online, yours is without doubt the best I have ever seen , thanks so much for posting this.

Made me dizzy just watching. He did it without a hitch !! Amazing skills. Had he been in LA I would have trusted him with my Camry for all jobs. Thanks !

Just done the head gasket on my 2000 Camry saved my self €700 euros , valve seals were a nightmare... Thanks for all your help, couldn't have done it without you - CHEERS!!!

Mod MINI you're literally the best step by step mechanic. Luckily my car is the 1997 2.2 fe automatic Camry literally same car even the color only difference is literally the vin no. Anyways bought It back in September from a guy who worked at Toyotas garage for 28 years he worked with me at steakhouse also anyway he ran it on the dealership shop diagnostic and I had some censors out when I bought it from him well lost my job bad luck ect. Just now getting around to it bless tax returns anyway my o2 exhaust sensor is out the front 1. About 2 months ago noticed my car got alot louder well just got under it yesterday and the flex pipe is busted and disconnected from the front pipe Cadillac convert. While I know those are problems and pretty sure going to have to do exhaust manifold and converter well I noticed oil had has build up in an area near front right axle mostly around tire rod area/top boot this is obviously my biggest problem as of now. With an educated guess do you think it's from an oil pump seal seems to be near were the oil/grim has built up behind and below it. Well while checking my fluids the radiator over flow. Seems to show I light line of oil residue if I give it a little wiggle. Soo maybe doing my head gasket.. probably am taking care of first said problems first would that be ok or should I go ahead for the head gasket. The guy I got this car from did the valve cover gasket and belts at 240k I bought the car off him at 250k and it's now at 254k. Last thing I forgot to mention speed sensor is going out as well. Any advice on what to do first would be tremendous help I'm not very car savvy and still in hard times. I only paid 1200 for the car what should be my first fixes. BBecause I'm only going to have around 400 dollars to put in it.

I've never commented on a video before, however for you I made an exception. You are a true man of your craft and we're very thorough on the steps of this project. I had to subscribe 😎💪

No wonder the repair cost so much!! A lot of work!! Thanks for awesome video...

Your videos are inspiring sir, what we have today makes ten years ago feel like a hundred. I can now approach the head problem with my 2001 Camry with much more confidence than I had before, all thanks to you. Much respect.

Great video. Really helped me prep for the job. I'm going to keep this video cued up as I work. Excellent quality shots.

Thank you so much for a well-edited video with clear narration! I just did this job and it was a huge help.

Totally awesome. A lot of videos just how how to take it apart, you also did the order of putting it back together. Thank you!

Thank you for all these videos. They have taught me something, and I want to go to school now to be a mechanic. I think I'm actually going to do it this time instead of just thinking about it.

Excellent video with extremely good explanations...

excellent tutorials on head gasket replacements. Thanks for taking the time in sharing your knowledge.

Thanks for this two-part video set. I'm a Jeep 4.0 guy and that's easy. Never didn't anything on a Toyota so this video will help me with my wife's '97 Camry 2.2L having over 338K on the original engine. Discovered brown foam in the coolant tank. Suspecting a head gasket breach.

One of the best video walk-through's I've ever seen, obviously a motor mechanic, but very well executed.--Thank-You!.

Awesome work,thank you for explaining in very good detail on how to get this job done. I have a 99 Camry 240.000 on her runs great. God bless Marty

Great video wish everyone kept their videos this fast and informative.

Best how-to I think Ive ever seen! Thank you.

Super professional videos. Very impressive, Sir. Everything is explained step by step and the video quality is top notch. Am grateful for your efforts in producing this two part series, especially considering it's tough to find decent You Tube content related to exhaust manifold gasket and valve seal replacement for the 5sfe Toyota Camry. Am currently working on my late 90's model due to codes P1130 + P0171 and your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks so much for taking the time to document your work in detail! You're truly an excellent professional automotive mechanic. Best Regards,

I really enjoyed watching your videos, I appreciate you sharing your knowledge .

Thank you for this video, i am going to do 1993 camry 2.2 liter soon and this really helps.

You are a life saver.. I have..so much respect for all "genuine" mechanics..! I diligently watched both videos.. I have had an issue with "white smoke" coming out of my #toyotacamry1999v6 . I am the 3rd owner and I have spent money since 2020 for some repairs.. She still has her tires.. Mechanics replaced her valve cover gasket.. Timing belt, Spark plus,Serpentine chain and alternator belt. They even replaced the Speedometer sensor that went bezerk in the spring. Two weeks again the Thermostat,.. now I'm suspecting the darn #headgasket .. such a pain. I wouldn't trade this car for a million dollars..! She's worth it.. !

awesome video. Excellent job explaing how its done. best how to video i think ive ever seen

Dude, I like clean application of knowledge & neat and high detail surrounding the tear down of this car! Keen description of the actions being performed and the tools in use for certain maneuvers. I did not think you were going to go all the way down to those valves and what not!0.0 All it is is awesome. I'm gonna end of doing this soon. But I don't know how far I'll let myself go.XD

A truly fascinating pair of videos. Computer assembly is actually quite a lot simpler than car repair, I've come to realize after watching this. A lot of the same caution is required (and a lot of the same basic principles apply), but clearly there is a lot more that can go wrong with car repair. No wonder mechanics are paid so well.

Great video! Helping my daughter with a 95 celica gt convertible she found with only 125,000 miles. Only problem is that it sat, fixing all those issues now. Thanks for the torque specs, sometimes hard to get a straight answer with those.

Great documentation and camera work!

nice video, thanks for all your hard work!

One of the best video I ever watch. Thanks Master.

thanks for the video, i've learn alot from this ..hope you will have more great video like this...

Most impressive! This is like watching an open heart surgery...and no extra parts laying around when you're done. After watching this I will NEVER, EVER try this at home.

WOW WOW awesome video. Excellent job explain how its done. best how to video i think ever seen Thank you My Camry has same problem I need someone like him to do my car

Wonderful video! The total time for parts 1&2 is 48:09 so I've set aside a full hour to reproduce your work! ;)

This looks pretty involved. Going to do some more research about this before jumping into it. Great video.

Love my 1998 Camry. Had a little fender bender this winter on the front grill and hood. With 330,000km I'm thinking it would be a good time to do this job while the car is out of service and I repair the body from the accident. This video has given me the courage to go ahead and take a shot at a top end refresh. Thanks.

Damn, keep up the good work. Never heard anything about you starting your new job so hopefully its going good allowing you to attend more track days.

A huge thanks for this! after watching this I feel better about doing it myself

Great video.I will be doing my 92 camry headgasket,and this will help alot.

i very much appreciate the videos, i hope i never have to do a head gasket replacement but if i do, i know where to look. having these videos will allow me to help better take care of my celica

I really enjoyed your video. Wright to the point. I will be doing my 2000 camry headgasket very soon.I have a ticking sound coming from the #1 cylinder intake valve .May need to replace valve or head.

Great detail videos please continue to make more!

Awesome video very clear and detailed.

Very thorough and to the point video 👍 I was hoping my son’s 97 Camry only needed the cylinder head replaced. Turns out, he’s going to need the whole engine replaced. Dropped the oil pan and found Fools Gold along with silver flakes inside the oil pan. Two con rod had spun bearings and practically melted onto the caps 🤨 CS journals are shot. I’ll be searching for used engines.

Holy crap, that was amazing... I'm exhausted!

I wish I could say my mechanic jobs, went this easy,.🙆‍♂️😕 really good job, Have to agree one of the best. thank you for the video.🚘

Great video breaking down the steps to replace the headgasket i have a 99 model so will be replacing mine soon your video let me see what steps I will need to follow. Thanx.

The toyota camry is the boss in 29 years of driving them iv have just had 3...NOT ONE GAVE UP... All at that time older models two..Still driving this model and loving it...

really love it..explained in detailed

Great video, nice work place

That was excellently!!! I enjoyed it.

Thank you for such a great video !

Wonderful job my friend, thank you for your video and time 👍👍👍

Thank u very much for the detailed video, it helps me out a lot. I took the head off on this same engine today, wish me luck putting it back together.

great job on this!

Thanks for the tip love your videos

Excellent video

Great job and thanks for sharing 👍!

Great video.

I changed my timing belt water pump cam crank and oil pump seals on my 99 camry 54 thousand miles ago. My head gasket is blown now. If I don't junk the car I'll be referencing this video a lot. Thanks

Great video

I have a 1999 Toyota Celica Gt 2.2L man you make it look easy I have a head gasket I have to do on it

that Camry got a lot of love. others aren't so lucky.

Thanks for sharing and great job.

im finally on this second video. This helped me take my 1990 Celica apart. time to rebuild. thanks for the knowledge and video. doesnt hurt im a certified auto tech. 26 years old! someones gotta do it!

This was hands down the best auto repair video that I've seen on RU-vid thus far; precise in both explaining things and in the repair. This guy had done this before and was familiar with the parts, the tools and how everything went together including the caveats. Almost every other repair video on RU-vid that I have watched includes learning as they went, imprecise or just wrong information on things like which tools to use, torque settings etc. Many include breakage due to inexperience or just plain clumsiness. I am puzzled by one thing however; when you tightened down the head you used the correct sequence and mentioned the torque. Then it looks like you tightened them to specs and then also added a 90' turn. Why add torque by hand when you have a torque wrench?

A very good video. Thank you

Well, this excellent video is definitely the right formula. My bad back won't allow me to work over my 5SFE very long, so when the day comes when I have to open it up, can I bring some steaks and beer by to what ever retierement community you'll be at by then so I can watch you in action? Of course, my 99 only has 120k miles (mostly non-stop highway miles) so the car may outlast both of us.

Awesome video those tips will help alot I bought a 2001 camary with a spun bearing and I bought a engine from a junkyard and swapped it new seals and timing it kit.. after I started it everything was good until I started bleeding the coolant . Alot of smoke was coming out of the radiator... shaking my head now I have to pull the head I hope there is no cracks.... how critical is that zertek coolant

If I could find a mechanic this thorough I would stop working on my own cars.

I am installing a head I have rebuilt on the same type of engine. I read in the manual of the requirement to put a bolt in the exhaust camshaft to lock the gears together so they will be together for installation. I installed the bolt after removal of the camshaft and had a time putting the necessary rotation on the front gear in order to put the bolt in for reinstallation of the exhaust camshaft. I gather the tension exerted between the two gears is to keep the gears from chattering by keeping the gears meshed under tension. I enjoyed and got much out of the video...

Great Job...

Hey, great video! I took my head off for a valve job and now putting back together. At 20:20 when u are putting the "funky" coil pack bracket over side of valve cover, there is a open hole. Am i missing something? I forgot if there is a seal on intake camshaft on drivers side. Thanks

Thanks buddy nice video

that is the coolest valve keeper tool ever

thanyou nice video good explanetion

Good job 👍

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Good job

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Great job!!!

This is a GREAT video. You made this look pretty straight forward. The only thing, you put coolant back in but no oil...? Did I miss something?

Youre awesome thanks for sharing this

Thanks for this 2 parter. In one of your earlier Mini videos, you used a large silver clamp type tool to compress the spring retainers in order to remove the magnets from a Mini cylinder head. Could that tool have been used on this Toyota cylinder head?

great Job

Wonderful job man! How long have you been working on cars?

Ty for the vid. Curious what a shop would charge for this, assuming head is good and straight. Just the head gasket. I barely use the car so don't want to go all out. No coolant leaks and no overheating ever, but I smell anti freeze. Buddy is going to pressure test cooling system first. Ty

Thanks

Very very nice video :) At 19:30 you say 23 Nmfor the 30mm nut. The Toyota service manual say 44 Nm. I had to do some research on that cause after I had it at the work shop, it was leaking oil and engine was not running well at load up to 2000 RPM. The 30mm nuts was like one full turn off from 44 Nm, and when I tighten them to 44 Nm the oil leak was gone, and engine was running smoothly again :) 44 Nm felt pretty damn tight, so I hope the service manual is right!

I just bought a 99 camry with the 2.2 when I bought it it was running hot I found the electrical fan not working and thought it would be fine today I seen the radiator foaming up so ill be doing head gasket soon could you post a link for your head gasket kit and the other two tools you used to do valve seals

Hello there, real cool ,helpful video. I followed step by step, n even consulted Chilton book, for toyota camry. now everything is set, but car won't start or have any power only headlight work everything else is dead. any tips? what should I check or do?

thank good video

Doing 1995 honda odyssey head gasket. 1st time doing head job got off at machine shop. May have to pull 1999 toyota rav4 head for head gasket replacement. Have a coolant leak unable to locate will use liquid combustin tester hope for blue not yellow

I'll take another look,thanks. anything else I should double check? just in case.

Firestone did this job on my 2000 Camry. $852 for parts and $1,680 for labor for a total of $2,598. I was curious to know what they did so I watched this. I hope they did as good of a job as you did.

did you not use a bolt to hold the subgear to the cam gear on the exhuast camshaft?

Legend!!!

Hey there thanks for this video, i have the same car and situation. How many hours or labor was this? And if taken to a mecanic, how mow much is the average charge? Did you have to drain any fluids prior to doing any work aside from the coolant?

Awesome that's amazing

Great job. Thanks for sharing. This is a tedious and time consuming job. I can see why shops charge so much. If I had your tools, time, energy, and patience I wouldn't mind taking a stab at this. Question: I recently did a combustion test on this make and model and the test liquid turned light green which according to forums, is a sign that the head gasket isn't severely damaged. Before I shell out a grand to a mechanic,, would a head gasket sealer be a good first line of defense? Thank you.