Dealer says timing cover is leaking oil, what should I do?

[tmontague]

^this. I would triple fold an old towel and place on the jackstand so you don't scratch the pinch welds and eventually cause rust

The other place I have placed stands are under one of the control are or subframe bolts up front. Those are all solid and strong places to hold the weight of the car. You can also jack from here so you don't fold in the pinch welds

[RMcG]

Originally Posted by tmontague

^this. I would triple fold an old towel and place on the jackstand so you don't scratch the pinch welds and eventually cause rust

The other place I have placed stands are under one of the control are or subframe bolts up front. Those are all solid and strong places to hold the weight of the car. You can also jack from here so you don't fold in the pinch welds

Thanks tmontague and wee,

I found this Youtube video which is informative at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78DWeQwTWvQ . He is using a hydraulic jack to lift the front of the vehicle, a 2008 Yaris. He places his hydraulic jack under the middle of a cross member at the front of the vehicle and then places two jack stands under the two (left & right) front rocker panel lips between the two notches (where the tire jacks are normally placed). (I think what he calls the rocker panel lip may be what you (tmontague) are calling the pinch weld.)

I don't have a hydraulic lift, I just have two tire jacks that I use in the spots between the notches on the rocker panel lips.

QUESTION: Is there a way to use the two tire jacks to lift the car prior to putting the jack stands under the spot on the rocker panel lips between the notches?

Maybe the space between the two notches can accommodate both a tire jack and a jack stand. I am assuming I can't safely use one or both tire jacks under the cross member to lift the car initially -- but maybe there is some way to do this safely by slowly increasing the heights of the jack stands placed under the rocker panel lips.

Later Edit: I measured the width of the ridge between the two notches on the rocker panel lip and it measures about 1 3/4", the width of an old Honda Civic Jck that I carry is about 1 1/2" and I think this width is similar to the width of the OEM Toyota Yaris Jack under the front seat. So I doubt if there is enough room for both a tire jack and a jack stand to fit between the two notches. But, I also looked at (and felt) the rocker panel lip just behind the notched area and this area seems to be structurally the same as the area between the notches. So, I think I could jack the car up with a tire jack behind the notched area and then slide a jack stand under the notched area (or vice-versa, i.e., use the tire jack in the notched area and slide the jack stand under the area behind the notched area). I doubt if there is a safe way to use the tire jacks under the front cross member to jack up the car, the handles of the tire jacks are just not long enough for this.

Thanks,

R.