HELPPPP!!!! ROCKER COVER CONFUSION GEN 1

[edselst162]

Hello,

I'm a newbie here but i really need some help finding the right rocker cover. I bought a second hand engine hoping to do a head swap. The two engines are both out of a st162 celica. The dirty one is the unrepairable original. The second photo is the reconditoned second hand head. I bought the second hand engine cheap without a rocker cover. Ithought that i could just do a direct swap but later realised they are completely different moulds for the same size head. All the cams are the same the gaskets fit and everything but i just can't seem tofind the right rocker cover at the wreckers. Could anyone tell me what type of head this is out of if its not a 89 3sge, and where i can find a rocker cover to suit the reconditioned one.

Its all i need to complete the engine in my st162. I honestly feel stupid for not checking before i got it but if anyone can help me out i'd really appreciate it.

Ed

[Guest]

the clean head looks like its off a 3sfe... so a rocker cover/gasket for a 3SFE equipt celica (Gen 4) or a SV21 camry... you would prob pick up one from the wreckers for cheap

[edselst162]

I can't find a single peice rocker cover atthe wreckers, but i saw the camry engine and it only seems to have 1 cam pulley. Which model 3sfe had 2 cam shafts and 2 cam pulleys>?

[Guest]

I can't find a single peice rocker cover atthe wreckers, but i saw the camry engine and it only seems to have 1 cam pulley. Which model 3sfe had 2 cam shafts and 2 cam pulleys>?

none of them did AFAIK... perhaps the later gen 3SGE rocker cover was similar to the 3SFE one.

Perhaps its a Gen 2 or Gen 3 head?

[edselst162]

I found the right rocker cover. It belongs to a jdm 3sge. Very rare spare. Only found 1 after looking through the whole phone book.