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Unfortunately I'm having to sell my 4Runner. I'll still have my other, but it still stings. The wife wants a house, so for some reason, that means I have to sacrifice. Details: - Matte black professionally applied Raptor Coating - New 17" Matte black TRD Alloy Wheels - New 265/70 R17 Nitto...

To ME the smoke looks pretty white... as far as the exhaust smell, it smells normal... i think, at least. i had a buddy at the station just look at it, and he thinks it might be a cracked head gasket. i guess the only thing to do is to just take it in and have it professionally examined. i...

also, thanks 98Base4R for the good info!

so, you suggest i do a compression test? do i need to take the vehicle anywhere to do that? and if it's what you initially thought, is it a big job to fix? i suppose i need to just take this to a dealership and get it diagnosed... but i swear i never trust those guys.

on a timeline, there were a few times where the car would tick loudly and spew out a ton of white smoke... almost sounded like the muffler was falling off. on the interstate one morning, it just shut off and wouldn't crank back up for a few minutes. it's been ticking ever since. sometime's...

anyone have any ideas?

been a toyota owner all of my life, and i purchased a '99 4-cylinder 4runner a few months back after i sold my tacoma. i really love it, and it gets great mileage, but about a month ago it started ticking really bad. every so often, it'll tick super bad and smoke like crazy. from all the...