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shadowgus02
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Nov 24, 2008, 9:16 PM
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2001
TOYOTA
TACOMA DOUBLE CAB
3.4 V6 engine
94,438 MILES
AS OF LAST WEEK I SAW SOME SMOKE COMING OUT OF MY EXHAUST. AT FIRST I JUST THOUGHT SINCE ITS COLD OUTSIDE ITS FROM THAT THE NEXT DAY IT WAS 95 OUTSIDE AND IT STILL DID IT FOR 5 MINUTES. SO I TOOK IT HOME AND PARKED IT. I CALLED A SHOP AND THEY TOLD ME TO CHECK THE OIL AND DO A FLUSH. SO I GOT SOME BG ENGINE CLEANER AND DID THE WHOLE THING. NOW IT SMOKES FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND GOES AWAY. THEY TOLD ME BLOWN VALVE GAUSKETS, VALVE GUARD, SPARK PLUGS. DID THE OIL AND THE PLUGS. SHOULD I DO SOMETHING MORE?
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Tom Greenleaf
Ultimate Carjunky
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Nov 24, 2008, 11:12 PM
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Re: SMOKE WHEN START
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Are you and have you been "haphazzard" with oil changes with this vehicle? Seems like it.
Sounds like it improved a lot - mostly from changing the oil. Bet if you just selected a high end synthetic for higher mile engines the issue would be reduced to about nothing to tend to for now,
T
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