Dude! Your trick using the serpentine belt to get the crank pulley loose just saved me a ton of frustration. I tried the impact, tried heat, tried heat and impact. Nothing was working but this worked so effortlessly. Thanks for this vid.
Same here! Took a little bit of figuring out, with a few tries to get it to lock but I got it. The way it was laid out on the ground for reference was perfect.
I watched a few videos and picked up varying tips along the way with each person doing something new. Thank you brother for the extensive how-to! I have everything I need to do this and getting myself educated before I dove in.
Doing this to my 2j i picked up and cant wait to swap it in my gs. Then build the motor in the gs for my fc3s! Thanks for making these videos! Love it!!!
I have a 03 is300 and I have to say your video is amazing and very informative. I have the same issue and after watching I have the confidence to tackle it. Wish me luck
Removing the fan assembly gives you so much more room. Just swapped out my alternator a couple days ago! And the cooling fan has to be removed if it makes everything so much easier. I love my 03 IS300 Sport Design and I'll never sell this car. She's been strong as hell! The oil filter is in pain in the azz spot! But this car is amazing! I love it!
I didnt have any leaks on my gs400 until I tried to pop the trans pan a day before work. Was under there for 4 hours and had to call quits cuz all my methods would not crack the 25 year old toyota fipg, now its leaking from where I tried. Its more seeping than it is leaking as the seal didn't budge. I have all the stuff to redo it just not the time. Plus I want to do accumulator shims to firm up shifts and hold a little extra power as Im planning to go 4-500hp so stock trans is still capable but not without light modding.
Thanks for this! Was interesting to see the cam seals up close and learn how they seal with pressure. Now i've seen this job done, it doesn't seem so scary lol. How do you know what to torque everything to, e.g. tensioner, vvti gear etc?
Every bolt in the engine has a recommended torque spec. The only things i torque to spec are parts internally, like rotating assembly parts and head studs. The other things have such a low torque spec its more of a snug to preference. The crank bolt is supposed to be a big torque but its only use is holding the harmonic balancer. Tighten as tight as you can and it'll be fine.
so it would just be lining up the 2 gears on top and the pulley gear before taking the timing belt off, trying to do my gs seals but i’ve never dug that much into my engine before
Just finished my job and I broke the alternator wire smh, the 2 cam shafts are also spitting out oil, could that just be old residue removing itself? Or am I assed out and got bad ones?
I hold the gears against themselves using a bolt or something to bind them. Then just tighten them. There's torque specs on ever nut and bolt in a car, but i only torque a select few.
Thank u! The video is awesome. My GS 300 has 184k miles on non-op cuz I don't want to risk it. But for sure, I'll be doing this soon. I always use OEM parts but I've heard a lot of good things about the Aisin timing belt kit with "Mitsuboshi Tbelt, Aisin Water Pump, NTN Hydrolic Ten, Koyo Idler Ten". They claim they are Toyota/Lexus and others supplier. I know Toyota owns about 25% of Aisin but could the specs be the same as Lexus wants it? Just wondering what you think? Btw, on the 24:59 min of the video, I heard u say "all ready to rumble for another 200k miles" did u mean 100k or you really meant 200k miles til changing the TB again? Ok., thanks again for helping us little guys.
hey i just finished the timing portion but cannot figure out how to get the crank bolt back off so i can put the crank pulley back on. what method did you use?
Great video. If replacing cam seals only can I loosen the timing belt without pulling crank pully. Timing belt was replaced with crank seal already. And again great video with lots of help.👍👍👍
It would be extremely risky to attempt that. You really will need to make sure everything is aligned properly after the belt is lose. There's nothing stopping the belt from coming off the crank gear
Hello, what is the difference between replacing the cam seal and crank seal with doing a timing cover gasket? Is doing a timing cover gasket much more expensive at the auto shop? Thanks.
Man I just picked up my first Lexus and it’s a is300 I’m gonna be replacing water pump cuz it’s broken but noticed oil leak and grime everywhere but it’s ok got it for a steal someone made it sound like a huge job down at look to bad after watching this video since I’m already bf gonna be in there figured this was the cause of the leak
Needed the refresher course. Have to do the timing belt/water pump on my '05 and I need to knock out EVERYTHING.... THIS HELPED (I WILL END UP WATCHUNG IT TWICE THOUGH, LOL). PLUS, I gotta re uild the VVTI get it ALL DONE in one swoop.... hVent done it since I bought it though I did check the belt recently but the idler pulleys squeekin and the covers are getting hella dirty, and I don't want to lose this SLEEPING MONSTER (which i plan to SUPERCHARGE, YES I LIVE IN CALI😤😤😤).
did you replace the water pump and tensioners? or did you just reuse them? i need to replace mine but to be honest i dont want to buy a whole kit just for the other parts to still be working and id also save some money
So after you turned the engine a little, you showed the crank being lined up and said the cam gears were a little off, does that correct itself once you pull the pin for the tensioner? I guess you just did it so fast I didn't quite understand what you did 😅
@@RabidJz gotcha. I'll just rewatch it a few times and see if I understand better. I just got an 03 Lexus GS300 Sport design that has a massive oil leak I'm guessing from the front main seal, the P/o had the timing belt done, but not the seals. Any parts you'd recommend for reliability and toughness for the occasional romping?
I need help is300 same everything obviously I need to do all of this I’ve worked on cars but never opened an engine this is my daily and I need to save it and make it last
Hold the gears by putting a bolt/washer between the gear teeth to lock it. Or remove the covers and you can put a wrench on the hex on the cam itself. That's the proper way to do it.
Hey I’m doing the job right now but I didn’t rotate the engine before pulling the parts is that ok I’m gonna follow your steps on re timing after i install all the new parts, but 2 weeks Pryor I cleaned up and changed the valve cover gaskets along with plugs and coils I don’t wanna touch anything up there but I want to change cam seals how can I take the cam gears off without removing valve covers ?
You have to rotate the engine multiple times before the cam gears will align too. If its stopping all together, you either timed it wrong, or you're fighting compression. Make sure if you pulled the cam gears off, that the dowel pins were properly aligned in the gears
@@RabidJz Ik the timing is wrong that’s why I’m trying to set the timing, but it no longer wants to turn clockwise, and I didn’t remove the gears or anything
@@RabidJz hows it going bro, my car leaking hella bad rn im not sure if its from here or the valve covers. i just ordered hella shit which im not thinking is useless after watching this video. the car just surpassed 112k miles the timing belt hasnt been done before prior my knowledge, i bought the car at 110k and now its leaking baddd. i damn near bought a whole ass water pump timing belt kit, valve covers, intake manifold gaskets, a thermostat, spark plugs lol. the car runs fine its just leaking hella bad, should i return the kit and just buy a timing belt alone, with the 3 seals? please lmk asap bro, im new at this and appreciate any advice
There’s no way the crank gear thing just “comes off” you used something to pry it off and didn’t show it. There’s no way. Am I wrong? You just pulled it off with ease ??
@@RabidJz I broke one the teeth trying to pry it off. It was not coming off at all. I now need to find a new one lol do you know if they are pricey? Or should I just find one from someone parting out theirs
The part number for the cam seals are 90311-40020
They are both the same seal.
And the crank seal?
What marks do I mark up ? I have the 2 u have on the cam gears but I also have dots with white marks 3 teeth away what one do I mark it to ?
@BrodyPeraza do the lines on the cam gears. Not the dots. The dots indicate something different
Dude! Your trick using the serpentine belt to get the crank pulley loose just saved me a ton of frustration. I tried the impact, tried heat, tried heat and impact. Nothing was working but this worked so effortlessly. Thanks for this vid.
That's what im here for. Glad i could be of some sorta help
Same here! Took a little bit of figuring out, with a few tries to get it to lock but I got it. The way it was laid out on the ground for reference was perfect.
I watched a few videos and picked up varying tips along the way with each person doing something new. Thank you brother for the extensive how-to! I have everything I need to do this and getting myself educated before I dove in.
Doing this to my 2j i picked up and cant wait to swap it in my gs. Then build the motor in the gs for my fc3s! Thanks for making these videos! Love it!!!
I have a 03 is300 and I have to say your video is amazing and very informative. I have the same issue and after watching I have the confidence to tackle it. Wish me luck
Man, thanks for taking the time to post this video! Sure made it look simple! Going to tackle this on my GS soon! Subscribed!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Removing the fan assembly gives you so much more room. Just swapped out my alternator a couple days ago! And the cooling fan has to be removed if it makes everything so much easier.
I love my 03 IS300 Sport Design and I'll never sell this car. She's been strong as hell!
The oil filter is in pain in the azz spot! But this car is amazing! I love it!
Thanks for the information dude! I appreciate people like you! 💯
I like this format! Haven't had to take my 2JZ apart yet, always useful to see this stuff :)
I didnt have any leaks on my gs400 until I tried to pop the trans pan a day before work. Was under there for 4 hours and had to call quits cuz all my methods would not crack the 25 year old toyota fipg, now its leaking from where I tried. Its more seeping than it is leaking as the seal didn't budge. I have all the stuff to redo it just not the time. Plus I want to do accumulator shims to firm up shifts and hold a little extra power as Im planning to go 4-500hp so stock trans is still capable but not without light modding.
Thanks for this! Was interesting to see the cam seals up close and learn how they seal with pressure. Now i've seen this job done, it doesn't seem so scary lol. How do you know what to torque everything to, e.g. tensioner, vvti gear etc?
Every bolt in the engine has a recommended torque spec. The only things i torque to spec are parts internally, like rotating assembly parts and head studs. The other things have such a low torque spec its more of a snug to preference. The crank bolt is supposed to be a big torque but its only use is holding the harmonic balancer. Tighten as tight as you can and it'll be fine.
@@RabidJz Sweet thanks mate! Looking forward to more content like this :)
Soo both the cams timings has to align up properly but the crankshaft gear timing marking can be slightly off correct ?
so it would just be lining up the 2 gears on top and the pulley gear before taking the timing belt off, trying to do my gs seals but i’ve never dug that much into my engine before
Just finished my job and I broke the alternator wire smh, the 2 cam shafts are also spitting out oil, could that just be old residue removing itself? Or am I assed out and got bad ones?
How did you re torque cam bolts? What did you do to hold it with out removing the valve covers? To re torque?
I hold the gears against themselves using a bolt or something to bind them. Then just tighten them. There's torque specs on ever nut and bolt in a car, but i only torque a select few.
In real time how long does this take for a first timer? Appreciate the great info.
Learned a ton!! Thanks for this!!
Thank u! The video is awesome. My GS 300 has 184k miles on non-op cuz I don't want to risk it. But for sure, I'll be doing this soon.
I always use OEM parts but I've heard a lot of good things about the Aisin timing belt kit with "Mitsuboshi Tbelt, Aisin Water Pump, NTN Hydrolic Ten, Koyo Idler Ten". They claim they are Toyota/Lexus and others supplier. I know Toyota owns about 25% of Aisin but could the specs be the same as Lexus wants it? Just wondering what you think?
Btw, on the 24:59 min of the video, I heard u
say "all ready to rumble for another 200k miles" did u mean 100k or you really meant 200k miles til changing the TB again?
Ok., thanks again for helping us little guys.
hey i just finished the timing portion but cannot figure out how to get the crank bolt back off so i can put the crank pulley back on. what method did you use?
Great video man. Looking to do my IS300 seals and timing belt myself and I’m a lil scared to lock that engine up.
As long as marks align, you'll do fine. Just follow my video
What size is the reversible puller
Great video. If replacing cam seals only can I loosen the timing belt without pulling crank pully. Timing belt was replaced with crank seal already. And again great video with lots of help.👍👍👍
It would be extremely risky to attempt that. You really will need to make sure everything is aligned properly after the belt is lose. There's nothing stopping the belt from coming off the crank gear
Any tips on getting the harmonic balancer off if the outside portion rotted off from the middle with the bolt?
Would you replace the seals even if it's not leaking? I was leaning towards doing my seals even though it's at 110k miles andall seals are bone dry
If you want to. If its not leaking, i wouldnt have a desire unless you're already inside the engine
@@RabidJz left out some details. just got it yesterday, and it's got the original t belt from 04. Feel like I'm running on borrowed time.
Hello, what is the difference between replacing the cam seal and crank seal with doing a timing cover gasket? Is doing a timing cover gasket much more expensive at the auto shop? Thanks.
There is no timing cover gasket
Man I just picked up my first Lexus and it’s a is300 I’m gonna be replacing water pump cuz it’s broken but noticed oil leak and grime everywhere but it’s ok got it for a steal someone made it sound like a huge job down at look to bad after watching this video since I’m already bf gonna be in there figured this was the cause of the leak
Needed the refresher course. Have to do the timing belt/water pump on my '05 and I need to knock out EVERYTHING.... THIS HELPED (I WILL END UP WATCHUNG IT TWICE THOUGH, LOL). PLUS, I gotta re uild the VVTI get it ALL DONE in one swoop.... hVent done it since I bought it though I did check the belt recently but the idler pulleys squeekin and the covers are getting hella dirty, and I don't want to lose this SLEEPING MONSTER (which i plan to SUPERCHARGE, YES I LIVE IN CALI😤😤😤).
Thank you for the video man helped a lot!!!!
did you replace the water pump and tensioners? or did you just reuse them? i need to replace mine but to be honest i dont want to buy a whole kit just for the other parts to still be working and id also save some money
I never replace those things if they're in good condition
@@RabidJzdo you remember about how many miles u had on it when u did it?
Very helpful video.. Thanks a lot for sharing..🤘
And just like that ive subscribed 🤙🏼
Awesome video brother
Awesome video, thanks man.
Any gotchas on the intake cam for non vvti 2JZs?
So after you turned the engine a little, you showed the crank being lined up and said the cam gears were a little off, does that correct itself once you pull the pin for the tensioner? I guess you just did it so fast I didn't quite understand what you did 😅
They're a little off because the cranj gear tab was a hair off. The cam gears are alot bigger so it shows more
@@RabidJz gotcha. I'll just rewatch it a few times and see if I understand better. I just got an 03 Lexus GS300 Sport design that has a massive oil leak I'm guessing from the front main seal, the P/o had the timing belt done, but not the seals. Any parts you'd recommend for reliability and toughness for the occasional romping?
Well I just broke two socket wrenches trying to get the crank pulley loose with the serpentine trick 😢.
Get a breaker bar and 1/2 inch sockets
@@RabidJz my buddy is bringing me his as we speak. He said the same thing to me. Thanks so much!
Never use a regular ratchet lol. You'll always break them
@@RabidJz I’m learning 😭
Same process for 2jz GTE?
I need help is300 same everything obviously I need to do all of this I’ve worked on cars but never opened an engine this is my daily and I need to save it and make it last
Dont overthink it. Engines are very simple machines. Just follow my guide and you'll be good
how did you put the pin through the tensioner?
Compress the tensioner with a table vice
11:12 "dropportunity". I've a phd in dropology and know what you mean exactly.
Hey man I’m trying to find my camshaft ! I guess cus my gs300 2003 wants to crank up but turns right back off
What do you mean find your camshaft
@@RabidJz they lost it when out shopping
How long did the job take
Yes please how long did it take? @Rabid JZ
Would all this apply and be the same on the earlier 2jz ge non vvti engine?
Exactly!
@@RabidJz Thank you
Good shit man.
What is that gold bearing puller? To get the the tensioner off?
Its just a 3 jaw puller
@@RabidJzwhat’s the black thing you put in it ?
Amazing!!!! Thank you
You did not show how you tightened those 2 cams without holding it into place specially the vvti cam.
Hold the gears by putting a bolt/washer between the gear teeth to lock it. Or remove the covers and you can put a wrench on the hex on the cam itself. That's the proper way to do it.
What did you use to clean up the oil
Brake Clean
How did you get the left cam gear off
If its high miles and seized, prying and wiggling, and a deadblow hammer
While im trying to loosen this gear it moves which im scared of messing up the timing
Is their a tool that you can use to get this gear off
As long as you align the timing marks after the fact, your timing will be fine.
You can take the valve cover off and hold the cam with a wrench
Is 1jz cam seals and crank seals very similar?
yes
Hey I’m doing the job right now but I didn’t rotate the engine before pulling the parts is that ok I’m gonna follow your steps on re timing after i install all the new parts, but 2 weeks Pryor I cleaned up and changed the valve cover gaskets along with plugs and coils I don’t wanna touch anything up there but I want to change cam seals how can I take the cam gears off without removing valve covers ?
So how did that go
did ur car blow up or what?
😂😂😂
Thanks man
Let goooooo
Would you by chance happen to have the part number for both seals. My local parts houses are full of morons and cant find the damn seals
Just go on rock auto 👍🏼
When doing this can you use the timing marks that are the notch? Not the dot and just clock the vvti gear clockwise til timing mark lines up? Thanks
Yes exactly that
Perfect thanks. I am having a random misfire code only misfire at idle...
@@mikemoschetto1143what happened?
24m31s I see the crank mark is half teeth off? any comment?
The engine moved. The cam gears were also off
Maintenance.. repeat after me, MAI TE NANCE
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You do NOT set the engine at TDC when replacing the timing belt. Follow the service manual for proper steps.
Aligning the timing marks sets the engine to TDC.
@@RabidJz wrong thing to do!!! You should be setting the engine at 60BTDC when replacing the ring belt.
Well, considering i have 5 different 2jz cars, one being 1000+hp, i think i know what im doing, thanks.
@@RabidJzLOL, don't know what you are doing.
Solid argument. Let me know when you have your own supra. How many jzs have you owned? Cause ive done timing on over 40 of them.
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When I try lining up the lines for timing, only one will line up while the others don’t ?
Then after a while of Turning it by hand it stopped turning all together and the timing is still off
You have to rotate the engine multiple times before the cam gears will align too. If its stopping all together, you either timed it wrong, or you're fighting compression. Make sure if you pulled the cam gears off, that the dowel pins were properly aligned in the gears
@@RabidJz Ik the timing is wrong that’s why I’m trying to set the timing, but it no longer wants to turn clockwise, and I didn’t remove the gears or anything
The pistons are hitting the valves
@@RabidJz but why? And what do I to fix it
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Great tutorial but looks scary… hope I don’t f up
Just go slow, and follow my video exactly. You'll do great!
You are not change seal inside in cam and you show this video fast.
at 27m27s, cam marks not at round dot of cam but on line marks, are they correct?
ive read in some forums that rtv is needed on the cam seals. has anyone ever heard of this?
On the edge of the caps
19:23
do you take this car to burning man!?? playa dusted all day! )"(
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I thought 2jzs are non interference engines?
Some are, some aren't
@@RabidJz hows it going bro, my car leaking hella bad rn im not sure if its from here or the valve covers. i just ordered hella shit which im not thinking is useless after watching this video. the car just surpassed 112k miles the timing belt hasnt been done before prior my knowledge, i bought the car at 110k and now its leaking baddd. i damn near bought a whole ass water pump timing belt kit, valve covers, intake manifold gaskets, a thermostat, spark plugs lol. the car runs fine its just leaking hella bad, should i return the kit and just buy a timing belt alone, with the 3 seals? please lmk asap bro, im new at this and appreciate any advice
There’s no way the crank gear thing just “comes off” you used something to pry it off and didn’t show it. There’s no way. Am I wrong? You just pulled it off with ease ??
I used a 3 jaw puller
19:32 you used a 3 jaw puller for this?
You removed that 10mm bolt and then like magic pulled that gear thing clean off
Ohhhhhh yeah sometimes they just come off if they've been off before. I thought you were talking about the balancer.
@@RabidJz I broke one the teeth trying to pry it off. It was not coming off at all. I now need to find a new one lol do you know if they are pricey? Or should I just find one from someone parting out theirs
Thank you this was such a good video