Recent content by Misdixie01

The latest from @MURPH, motor is not bad, head gasket is a ok, and safe travels home for Christmas. Going to take more detective work to find out why it's running rich, no heart attack, just the normal hiccup in the giddy up. Woo Hoo!!! I will keep posted on what I find when the issue is...

Yes thank you very much. I figured I could make it to loon lake and uncle toms cabin. I would take it easy. No extremes for me. I really enjoy the spot and the kids and my mom and brothers enjoy a snow day as well. Hopefully all goes smoothly today. Thank you for the update on the conditions.

Update, she is spending the night with @MURPH and his crew are looking over motor health.

There is Toyota Red coolant and Toyota oil and Toyota oil filter.

I have to agree! This has been the best experience in a forum. All of the kindness and support and great information has been stellar. I have been blown away how helpful this has been. Cheers to a Happy Holiday

Thank you for the comparison. Sounds the same as mine. I'm leaning towards the possibility of it not being the motor..., and possibly the evaporate canister. It would make more sense than an HG since that was done 100,000 miles ago. The gas cap hisses when I open it.

The Rubicon resides there. It's really snowy there now and a beautiful place to play.

Thank you for your response! It made complete sense and made me laugh a little. You are probably right about the mechanic. And yes that must be it, it seems to run very rich at times. That must be the smell I'm smelling. Thank you for allowing me to be finicky.

The destination is the El Dorado National Forest. Thinking might have friend trailer it home.

You tube link to my video of motor at start up.

Heck yes if you'd like to that would be stellar. I set an appt with @MURPH for tomorrow.

Unable to do a video.

Temps are 51 night 61 day. This all makes sense as since the smell started I was thinking there was something wrong so then I started to not drive it very far. So, when I do drive it any longer distance all the excess oil burns off, I get reaffirmed there is something wrong due to the smell. I...

This is super helpful! Thank you for this.

Thank you Mark! This is great advise. Going to take it for another opinion. Mechanic wrote smell codusive of an overheated motor. Ran scan tool while driving with no abnormalies.