Akira

Afternoon everyone! Started putting the 3VZE back together and as soon as I finished torquing down the heads had a second thought about the gasket orientation. They are both labeled "L" and "R" and i know they are on the correct sides. The "slipper plate" material is on the block deck. I have checked other posts for this but haven't come up with much, feel free to link me if you know where this info is.

Image of the gaskets (enginetech from Rock) below


I just want to confirm that the holes/openings indicated in the image above and corresponding identification below are correct. Seems like these would be oil passages right? I can't image coolant flowing to this side of the heads.... thanks for the help!

Grabbit89

Correct, those are oil return/drain passages.