Engine Oil Leaking Problems of Toyota Tundra

The truck at only 60,000 miles has a faulty cam tower seal leak that causes oil to drip onto the exhaust with potential to cause an engine fire.

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Engine leaking oil while running at the cam towers on both sides causes oil to drip onto engine exhaust header. This unsafe condition could cause a fire. This condition happens to all 4. 6 and 5. 7 Tundra and sequoia engines produced after 2007. This is an extremely expensive to repair. The manufacture made these engines with inferior sealant at the cam towers.

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The air pump was failed at traffic lights around 22,000 miles. The vehicle was moved at low speed 10mph to dealer. It was fixed. Right now at 27,300 mile tower cam seal was leaked and oil was dripped on exhaust with smell and smoked in cold days. It is very scary danger. I do not feel safe about my truck. I did call Toyota corporate for recall, but they denied! there is no way that the cam tower seal is leaked but it is starting dripping more now. I brought the car to dealer and the service advisor told me to call them again. Toyota corporate keep denying!! I urged Toyota company immediately take care of their fail product. It may get fire because the oil dripping on the exhaust, passenger side. Please seriously take care of the problem.

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Notice strong smell of oil in the cab, my kids complained about it so , I decided to go underneath and check what's going on and there is a oil leak on the drivers side coming from the engine , my vehicle has only 40k miles and I researched and find out a lot of reports about this issue. I'm afraid the oil dripping on the catalytic converter will catch on fire , not to mention the smell and carbon monoxide that we are breathing inside the cab. Especially my kids.

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I bought a certified used 2012 platinum Tundra with 32k miles and 2 years later with regular maintenance and a cam seal leak fixed by the dealer, I have found a very hard rod knock from the engine. I took my truck back to the dealership to have the oil and filter changed with 114. 8k miles on it at this time and was told I will need to replace the engine. I believe something isn't smelling right. Does anyone know any issues with the connection of the cam seal leak and the rod ready to blow. The dealership said it would be approx. $14k to replace the engine with 40k miles on it. . Really ? again, I'm smelling "not my problem" from the people involved. Who can I reach out to assist me in researching the cause of possible mis repair maintenance ? I appreciate anyone's help. Best regards,.

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Cam tower leak -oil leaking on motor.

My Tundra has 48048 miles on it. I took my Tundra in for an oil change and was told there was a oil leak in the cam tower. The cost to fix it was $2850. It was no longer under warranty. I did a little searching and found that this is a problem that has occurred frequently in this engine. I contacted Toyota and was told, after they consulted with the dealer, that the problem wasn't a defect, but caused by engine wear and altitude. They offered to pay for parts, which were $420. If it is really engine wear, I expect this to happen again. In talking to the dealer, I was told this is a one time fix, and it should not happen again. Something isn't right here. Either it is a defect in the engine and this repair will fix it. Or it is normal wear and this will keep happening. I feel this is a problem that Toyota should fix, since it seems to be happening frequently. Many people reported it happening while it was under warranty. Mine just happened to have occurred after the warranty expired. Either way, it is not acceptable to have this happening in this engine with low mileage. Apparently the oil leaks down from the engine onto the exhaust part of the vehicle and can cause fires. It also can leak out and cause engine damage if the oil gets too low. I hope you can help me.

Oil leak around cams. This is a common problem noted all over the internet - both 4. 6 and 5. 7 liter motors. Toyota refuses to cover if you are not notified of this problem after 60k miles or 5 years. Oil leaks on both sides of the motor on to the exhaust. The date I noted below, is only when the dealership told me. I believe this has been happening for sometime now. I just reached 60k+ with my last oil change and was then reported to me -- I believe with that intention.

I bought my 2010 Toyota Tundra brand new in Feb. 2010, during a routine oil change at Toyota dealer recently, engine oil leaking was noticed by the technician. The repair was done to reseal both cam box housings and replaced seals and gaskets that are related. It costed over $1800. Unfortunately, the vehicle just passed the powertrain warranty, since it has been 5 year and 11 months, but the mileage is at 38,000, related low. I have contaced Toyota us headquarter, told them the oil leaking most likely started before 5 years mark, but it was just discovered now. They refused to reimburse the repair cost. The dealer service technician told me that he has seen many Tundra had this oil leak issue, and most of them were within warranty, so there is no recall for this issue so far, I also did research on internet, found other people had this oil leak issue for their 2010 Tundra and 2011 Tundra. I would like NHTSA to investigate this wide spread issue and hopefully let Toyota do a recall for this defect!.

I would like your help in assessing the possible danger from an active excessive oil leak from the cam tower on the 2013 Tundra. This relatively new truck leaked oil all over the engine without my knowledge until I brought it in for service. I was told this could have lead to an auto fire and since I am a disabled senior this is terrifying. A brief review of the internet literature shows that this leaking cam tower seal is a common problem and can happen repetitively because of a manufacture defect in the cam tower cover and seals. My question to you is this a common problem and is there really a danger of fire? in short should I think about buying a new truck and is there any investigation taking place at this time. Thank you for your help and assistance at this time.