Recent content by SMRM

Gonna book it into a mechanic who specializes in the 2UZ / Toyota engines here and find the cause of this. Will keep yall updated 👍🏽

I’ll definitely have to check that, it was white smoke but did not smell like coolant burning. Was 100% oil burning. I read this same power steering related issue else where. Will check it out

Sure ill try take a video on a cold start.. Its not that cold here, lowest we got so far is 16 celcius (60F) but the weather changed in the span of 12-15 hours… and zero smoke once shes fully warm. That why im confused. The best way to figure out the head gasket issue the pressure test as you...

Shes driven daily, so she sat the usual amount of time. And very slight smoke on startup but disappears pretty quickly. Not anywhere close to the plume of smoke that came out a few days ago.. and thank you!

Coolant level has not changed, smoke has subsided and temperatures are as normal. Been driving the 200 as usual for the past few days. Nothing is out the ordinary besides that large amount of smoke. Could it be PCV related?

I need to double check that but once the smoke subsided, the car didnt show any overheating symptoms. Steady temperature

Hey Guys, I own a 2008 LC200 with the 2UZ since new and currently had 608,000 kilometers (380k miles). She suddenly started blowing a lot of white smoke on cold start yesterday and a bit less today. The engine burns a little oil but nothing out of the ordinary (esp at 380k miles) but has...