Recent content by jdogray

I will do as you recommend. Also I have an appointment with Toyota scheduled in two weeks. They should be able to tell we what is going on. When I picked up my car, the guy told me there were TSBs issued about this problem. I'll ask Toyota. Thanks again! Also, the garage put in 5W oil...

Updated The smoke lasts 1-5 minutes. Update----, the overheating was caused by a pinhole in the radiator ---don't know when that happened, I haven't been driving the vehicle it's been in the garage. But got it fixed and THAT problem is solved. I took the vehicle back to the garage that...

It is ONLY during start up, then it stops. Also, work on the heads was just finished the day before this picture was taken.

Picture of smoke during start up I'm tried attaching a video of the smoke during start up, but the file was too big I guess. Here is a snap shot of the video. This was at about 10:30a.m.

Thanks so much for the insights... Let me see if I can add a little more information that may, or may not help: After purchasing the vehicle the only trouble I had was the smoking. I drove it from NM to Denver CO and back --- not problems. For a v8 I even got good gas mileage. No dash...

In November I bought a Used 2003 4Runner with 75,000 miles. Soon afterward it started smoking, white smoke only when I start it up. I told the dealership. They said the vehicle had "sat" for awhile and one of the seals probably dried up. Took on a trip, continued to drive it... no other...