Originally Posted by john_pifer
Originally Posted by Delta
They pop the hood on your PA inspection? Dang, I got off lucky... Anyways, it will get worse over time as the gasket gets more brittle, how long is up in the air. The valve/timing chain cover on my Tacoma has had a slow seep since I've owned it going on 10K miles now and hasn't really gotten worse up until a month ago when I seen one more drip from the corner of the valve cover.
Passenger side front corner of valve cover? Yep, mine has it, too. Slight seep along both valve covers. Been doing it for at least 8 years, but it's never gotten bad enough to get on the exhaust. That's my breaking point. If it ever gets that bad, or drips onto another component that would cause a problem, or hits the ground, I'll fix it. Agree with Boomer - that's ridiculous that they looked under the hood. Here they just hook up scanner to make sure no CEL, and put a probe in the exhaust.
The station you went to probably had some overzealous new hire. Try a different location.
Here is the deal. The vehicle is still a 1 owner vehicle. Still have the free safety inspection at the dealership. Can't pass that up. The reason they probably popped the hood is they do there free multi point inspection as well. That is fine by me, because I did not catch it myself. They didn't fail it, so I can't hold them against for that. But yes, I can see what your saying, if they didn't pop the hood, them they wouldn't see it. If it is leaking unto the manifold, it looks like I should fix it anyways. All I was trying to see is what should I expect from this. I saw some good advice, but I plan on just to watch it for now.