Well i got underneath my car today because i know i have an oil leak, I took my skid plate off and it was pretty obvious where most of the oil is. My questions are,,,Does it look like the oil is coming from the timing belt cover? If it is, is it just a seal i need to replace? And the most important question,,,Can my engine remain inside the engine bay to do this?






What are these lines???

I'm not sure where on the car you're at but those could be parking brake cables.

Take the timing cover loose and look inside for oil, very common for cam seals, crank seals, and especially oil pump seals to leak.

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Looks like shift cables.

To get to that leak...may have to remove or atleast raise the engine, vice versa...raise car lower engine. Hard place to get too, and alot involved there. Can't say for sure, because I'm working on that area now with my engine, and it is certainly out of the car on a stand.

But I don't think if you take it to a shop they take it completely out.

I would say some seals around the oil pump are leaking.

very common.
no need to pull the engine.
cam seal,
oil pump seals
valve cover gasket
distributor seal kit

those are your main seals that leak on the 5s over 100k miles.
while doing the timing belt side seals, also a good time to do the water pump and t-belt if it hasnt been done alredy.

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Sorry i was at a weird angle on the ground there, The cables are in the middle of the car underneath, i figured it was my brake cables or something like that.

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Thanks for the reply!,,,Do i need to move my engine at all to get at these seals? It looks really tight to be changing the timing belt etc inside the bay,,,My problem is I'm living in a trailer at the moment and don't have a shop or any lifts, Might be a stupid question here but is there any chance i can spend a few days and do this in my driveway LOL? I love my celica I've fixed all the other leaks and problems and I'm not about to let this one get me.

those are shifter cables.....


In other news heed the advice from pressure2.

Valve cover gasket is the most common failure. Replaced mine at 189xxx about 3 weeks ago

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Oh okay there is so much oil around those cables i thought they might be something else,,,and i did replace my valve cover gasket the other day along with the spark plug tube seals.

actually it looks more like power steering pump leaking. thats very common