Toyota 3rd Gen 1.8 Timing Cover 

Wow, this is a WAY more intensive project than i assumed. Thank you VERY much for doing such a thorough video. I will definitely be watching this multiple times before doing this project.

Great job by the master technician! He explains things in a way that even non professionals can understand. Tone just gets it and I appreciate everything he does.

This is a 5 star video! Love the crystal clear step by step detailed instructions. Looked all over the internet for trimming cover replacement videos for my 2011 Lexus CT200h without success until I found this one. (Same engine) kudos for the great work!

Thank you Tone for this nicely presented how-to, I especially appreciate the important tips you emphasize and pointing out the "gotchas" to avoid based on your own experience. I sure hope you get to work on an LS430 (3UZ-FE) that needs a timing belt/water pump replacement one of these days, I will be taking copious notes for that involved repair! 👍

Total professional job as always 👊🏻

Great job Tony, you could eat off of those surfaces.

Great job teaching 👍 I am sure people will find value on this. Where can I find the tools you use? Do you have an Amazon link?

Wow thats clean! I didnt get mine quite as clean i hope ill be ok!

Thank you so much for doing this and uploading it!! It looks complicated. Even though you make it look easy. What was your real time hours in replacing this gasket? Should I go ahead and replace the head gasket. Even though its not leaking? As this is half way there to replacing it. Thank you in advance!

No wonder they charge freaking $3,000 Plus to do this job !!! Sheeeesh well I feel soooo much better about my quote "

How do you put the timing cover on without the un tensioned chain guide getting on the way or falling?

You said most people don’t fix the timing cover on Priuses, why is that? If it is leaking doesn’t it need to be fixed?

You and I know to force the tensioner back in very slowly, but for a tutorial video, I would have done this task much earlier as you said you are not going to replace it. Less experienced mechanics will jam the piston back in (BASED ON TYPE) and it will leak, the video should say if this thing leaks, REPLACE IT and it takes time to get parts in so this is why I do this task earlier in the game as it might leak simply because it's bad. QUESTION, it seems as though you have done plenty of these jobs, you showed us some Service Info, did you print everything out so you can make all the notes that you need for the next time that you do this job in the future and store the package of papers in a private library? You forgot to put sealant on the 3rd set of seams, I would think your previously made notes from your private library, OR a checklist that you custom created would prevent such mistakes. Not a complaint, only a question if you keep a library of past jobs, even though in the future, there can still be an update or improvement added in, I don't believe in relying on the human memory, I believe we should work as robots and we need a step by step process in an attempt to prevent mistakes knowing it might take a few tries to perfect the process. Thank you again for a great tutorial video with extra TIPS, timing alignment, torq info, part info.

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I was told today by the Toyota dealership that mine is leaking. Said it would be $3,500 to fix it. And they mentioned that they have to take the engine out. Is this price accurate or overpriced? I don’t have access to a lift so I don’t think I could try to do this repair myself.

I need to have this done. Are you available to do this repair? I hope that you are local. How far are you from Los Angeles?

What do charge for this job and where are you located?

Can the tensioner be removed, put on new gasket, then reset and put back tensioner, then rotate engine main crank bolt until you hear the tensioner release? The tensioner on a corrolla can be done independently like that. Is it the same on Prius? I know i probably have the cover leaking too, but was curious about tensioner only procedure. Thanks! Absolutely, excellent video!

Ugh Lexus quoted $4300 for this.