Engine Problem

[jassen62]

Hi there, i got a problem with my Toyota Lucida (7seaters)1993 Turbo Diesel 2.2.

every morning when i start it, and when the engine is cold it starts white smoking from the exhaust. then after it's warm up, the smoke disappear. i need your advise in this situation, if any 1 knows what is the problem, let me know ASAP.thanks a lot. jassen62.

Hi again, i took my car to Toyota company to be checked and they come with (cylinder head/gasket internal coolant loss cylinder head removal required for further investigationof damage.

i took it as well to another garage and he said that if the head gasket is gone like Toyota company said,,,i should have lost water + overheated. and said that he is 100% sure that the problem is the timing belt,,so with all these suggestion i dont know what to think or where to take to be fixed..help plzzzz

[Leeky]

Timing belt? that wont cause white smoke

The headgaskets on the 2.2 diesel are a very common problem.

Its possibly that but again yes it should be using coolant....you may not be using enough yet to cause it to overheat.

I personally think its the valve stem seals, and if the engine is running ok then i wouldn;t worry about it :) Its common on toyota engines that have done high mileage. Dont fix it if it aint broke

Best to get over to the estima owners club and ask about there

[ericaz78]

Hi there, we are having the same problem, it started a few weeks back with the white smoke but now it's losing coolant and overheating, so best get it seen to ASAP