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To help you out a bit on why it cost so much, it’s a lot of work, but it’s far from a rebuild.After having my Tundra for less than 36,000 miles, the service department recently reported to me the dreaded Cam Tower leak. I have always had my vehicle serviced by the same dealership and had noticed after a previous servicing, an burning oil smell. I looked under the vehicle frequently and found nothing then or in the following months until the next scheduled service when I received the report. Mind you, I'd had the vehicle for just about 5 years and had the low mileage. Of course, they told me it was out of warranty. The price I was quoted for repairs was over $3000.00. I felt this was a Toyota defect since this should not be happening on a vehicle with low mileage AND, Toyota's are supposed to be built tough. The sealer used to seal the Cam covers was defective. And while waiting for the current servicing to be completed, I googled this issue and found it was nothing new, especially for low mileage vehicles.
In any case, I wasn't going to get any help from the dealership OR Toyota Customer care. I refused to pay the $3000.00 to them and called around for quotes from other dealerships who were aware of the issue and was quoted prices between $2500.00 and $5500.00. What's even more concerning than the costs for repairs, is the total engine rebuild required to fix the issue. The water pump, and I 'm certain the timing belt, has to come off too. What's to say there wouldn't be additional problems and no recourse.
Anyway, I'm not a happy camper for having made such a huge investment. Deciding on next steps....and watching. I really would like to have the engine diagrams to further study the work to be performed.
Which model years are effected? Pretty ridiculous if this is a common problem and they are fixing it at no charge